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'This book offers a more than welcome clarification of the role of pragmatism as a framework for several methodological contexts. It is very important for qualitative, mixed methods, and big data research, and for the methodological foundation of psychological research. It is clearly written and very accessible for various audiences.' Uwe Flick, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 'We must congratulate the authors for this bountiful attempt to cross the divide between the quantitative and qualitative research communities. Their choice of philosophic pragmatism as the vehicle for this uniting is right on target, and their concern with ethical implications adds vital dimension to the ongoing dialogues. This is a vitally needed reflection.' Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College, USA 'This remarkable book insists that social research should work on expanding human possibilities in ethical, imaginative, and responsive ways. Building on early American pragmatism, the authors argue that complex multifarious human interests can only be addressed by mixing different research methods. Their stance greatly contributes to current debates on truth, post-truth, epistemology, and useful knowledge, among other fundamental issues.' Ivana Markova, University of Stirling, UK 'This book should be used in introductory research methods courses, to complement the standard texts. Students will enjoy this book, which presents a clear and elegant introduction to research methodology from a pragmatist perspective, with a leaning toward mixed methodology.' Fathali M. Moghaddam, Georgetown University, USA 'Informative, insightful, and eminently practical. Gillespie, Glăveanu, and de Saint Laurent capture the spirit of pragmatist thinking, redevelop it in the context of contemporary problems, and present it to us in a way that is timely and reinvigorates social scientific inquiry.' Kieran O'Doherty, University of Guelph, Canada

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Alex Gillespie is Professor of Psychological and Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics, UK, and Visiting Professor II at Oslo New University, Norway. He is an expert on communication, especially divergences of perspective, misunderstandings, internal dialogues, distrust, and problems in listening. He uses a variety of methods and has developed several methodological tools. Vlad Glăveanu is Professor of Psychology at Dublin City University, Ireland, and Visiting Professor II at the Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology (SLATE), University of Bergen, Norway. He is a leading expert in the fields of creativity, imagination, wonder, collaboration, and culture research, as well as the founder and president of the Possibility Studies Network and editor of Possibility Studies & Society (Sage). Constance de Saint Laurent is a researcher at the Human Sciences Studio based at The Dock, Accenture's flagship R&D and global innovation center in Dublin, Ireland. She works on trust in technology as well as on the impact of technology and societal changes on people and organisations. She has previously carried out research on social media, misinformation, collective memory, and representations of alterity, some of which has been published in the open access book Social Thinking and History: A Sociocultural Psychological Perspective on Representations of the Past (2021).

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