Every educational research project has challenges and obstacles that need to be managed and overcome. This book uses real case studies employing a wide range of research methodologies and drawn from educational contexts across Europe to explore these challenges offering flexible and universal guidance that you can apply to your own research.

PART I: Getting Ready for the UnexpectedAn Introduction to Challenges in Educational Research - Sofia Marques da Silva and Lucien CiolanChapter 1: Doing Educational Research - Marit Honerød Hoveid and Angelika PasekaPART II: Negotiating Research Contexts and Demands from the FieldChapter 2: Entering a Fluid Research Field - Maria P. Figueiredo and Nelson Gonçalves:Chapter 3. Using Photo-Elicitation Interviewing to Bridge Social Gaps - Karin Doolan and Linda LiebenbergChapter 4. Producing and Sharing Knowledge with a Research Field - Anja Sieber Egger, Gisela Unterweger and Christoph MaederPART III: Exploring Other Paths for InterpretationChapter 5: Doing Systematic Literature Reviews - 'Net-Fishing' or 'Whale Hunting'? - Gábor HalászChapter 6: Doing Participatory Stories Research - Detoxing Narratives, - Sabine Krause, Gertraud Kremsner, Michelle Proyer and Raphael ZahndChapter 7: Doing Multi-Level Statistical Modelling with Hierarchically Nested Samples - Tim Mainhard, Theo Wubbels and Perry den Brok. Chapter 8: Doing Data Analysis - Collaboration, Creativity and Critique - Liselott Aarsand and Pål AarsandPART IV: Building a Common Ground for UnderstandingChapter 9: Discussing Sociological Gaps and Power Relations in an International Setting - Sarah Désirée LangeChapter 10: Addressing the Context in Cross-National Comparative Research - Herbert Altrichter, Miriam Galvin, Gerry McNamara and Joe O'Hara Chapter 11: Organising International Collaborative Research for Social Inclusion - Rocío García-Carrión, Aitor Gómez & Javier Díez-PalomarPART V: Bridging Research and PolicyChapter 12: Shaping the Research Puzzle in an Intervention Project - Lucian Ciolan, Romita Iucu, Anca Nedelcu and Catalina Ulrich HygumChapter 13: Navigating a Multi-Perspective, Multi-Level and Longitudinal Research - Tamara Katschnig, Corinna Geppert, Mariella Knapp, Michaela Kilian, Sonja Bauer-Hofmann and Tanja WerklChapter 14: Meeting the Expectations of Different Actors at the Science-Policy Interface - Monitoring of Education for Sustainable Development in Germany - Mandy Singer-Brodowski, Antje Brock and Nadine Etzkorn PART VI: Getting Ready for an Open FutureChapter 15: Educational Research - a Space of Risk and Uncertainty - Angelika Paseka, Marit Honerød Hoveid, Lucian Ciolan, Sofia Marques da Silva