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Everyday practice-based research as a qualitative inquiry approach: structuring research entry from lived experience

Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This is the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) of the following article: Phan, T.X.D. (2026). Everyday practice-based research as a qualitative inquiry approach: structuring research entry from lived experience. Qualitative Research Journal. The Version of Record is available from Emerald at https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-04-2026-0195. Accepted for publication on 10 July 2026. Published on 3 August 2026. This Author Accepted Manuscript is deposited under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0) in accordance with Emerald Publishing's self-archiving policy. This paper addresses the limited methodological attention to how qualitative inquiry begins from lived experience. It develops everyday practice-based research (EPBR) as an entry-oriented approach that structures how everyday practice becomes researchable. The paper adopts a conceptual and practice-based approach, drawing on qualitative research traditions and practice-based reflections to articulate EPBR. It distinguishes between an Everyday Entry Pathway (EPBR-E), which supports structured reflexive engagement with lived experience, and an Analytical Deepening Pathway (EPBR-A), which enables selective progression to conceptual and theoretical development. EPBR foregrounds research entry as a distinct stage of qualitative inquiry and reframes reflexivity as a structured and developable practice. The approach demonstrates how experiential knowledge can be articulated and translated into researchable concerns across academic, organisational, and policy contexts. This paper contributes to qualitative research by conceptualising research entry as an underexamined stage of inquiry and offering a structured approach that strengthens connections between lived experience and qualitative research practice.
DOI: 10.17613/244xp-z7y09
Language: English
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7155054694
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