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1.	Abedi Dunia, Oscar, et al. (author) Visibilising hidden realities and uncertainties : the ‘post-covid’ move towards decolonized and ethical field research practices 2023 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Routledge. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 26:5, s. 549-564 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract This article seeks to move beyond the Euro/North-centrism recurrent in methodological discussions on what we may learn from the COVID-19 pandemic. Such debates often centre on uncertainty and involuntary immobility – aspects which are hardly new for many researchers. In this article, we argue that the pandemic offers an opportunity to rethink research relations between what we term ‘contracting researchers’ in the Global North and ‘facilitating researchers’ in the Global South. Such relations are often marked by rampant inequalities in remuneration, working conditions, and visibility/authorship. Drawing upon experiences in DR Congo, Sierra Leone, and India, we argue that the pandemic increased the dependence on – and highlighted the invaluable contributions and skills of – facilitating researchers, in part slightly refiguring bargaining power. We also propose pathways for change, arguing for a strong collaborative approach and the need for institutional change, without discarding the responsibilities of individual researchers.
2.	Alexiadou, Nafsika, 1968- (author) Researching policy implementation : Interview data analysis in institutional contexts 2001 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 4:1, s. 51-61 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract In this paper I am concerned with the analysis of semi-structured interview data that emerge from an inquiry rooted in institutional environments. The examples of data used to illustrate the procedures of analysis come from research carried out in Further Education Colleges in England, The focus is on individual actors (managers and teachers), mediating change within organizations. This focus provides scope for the exploration of social manifestations of political action, A number of epistemological questions arise with respect to the data and the nature of knowledge that is accessible through their analysis. The paper is practically oriented in that it presents an example of data analysis as part of researching the implementation of policy at the level of institutions, and the enactment of such a policy by individuals. The consideration of different traditions underpinning research and specific methodological techniques for data analysis has resulted in identification of a set of theoretically informed procedures that provide a framework for de-constructing, interpreting, and synthesizing interview data into accounts of policy implementation in the field. These procedures are presented and exemplified, while the theoretical assumptions underlying them and their implications for further research are discussed.
3.	Alexiadou, Nafsika, 1968- (author) Researching policy implementation : interview data analysis in institutional contexts 2001 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 4:1, s. 51-69 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract In this paper I am concerned with the analysis of semi-structured interview data that emerge from an inquiry rooted in institutional environments. The examples of data used to illustrate the procedures of analysis come from research carried out in Further Education Colleges in England. The focus is on individual actors (managers and teachers), mediating change within organizations. This focus provides scope for the exploration of social manifestations of political action. A number of epistemological questions arise with respect to the data and the nature of knowledge that is accessible through their analysis. The paper is practically oriented in that it presents an example of data analysis as part of researching the implementation of policy at the level of institutions, and the enactment of such a policy by individuals. The consideration of different traditions underpinning research and specific methodological techniques for data analysis has resulted in identification of a set of theoretically informed procedures that provide a framework for de-constructing, interpreting, and synthesizing interview data into accounts of policy implementation in the field. These procedures are presented and exemplified, while the theoretical assumptions underlying them and their implications for further research are discussed.
4.	Andersson, Katarina, 1963-, et al. (author) Methodological challenges in the implementation and evaluation of social welfare policies 2012 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 15:1, s. 69-80 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract As social reality is quite elusive, even regarding seemingly well-recognized everyday concepts and objects, there are always methodological challenges underlying assessments and evaluations of implementation policies. The present article addresses this area of concern by presenting the results of a rereading of an empirical study of elderly home care services. Our results reveal the emergence of a dissolution of common and professional key concepts and objects in these welfare services to a degree that challenges both the implementation policy and the evaluation of policy. We claim that this has methodological implications for evaluation of implementation policies in general.
5.	Andrews, Paul, 1954- (author) Is the ‘telling case’ a methodological myth? 2016 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 20:5, s. 455-467 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract This paper discusses the ‘telling case’ (Mitchell, 1984) and the manner and extent of its use in social research. The ‘telling case’, proposed by Mitchell as a counter to prevailing expectations of typicality, is an ethnographic case study, derived from analytic induction and focused on the exposure of new theoretical insights. By means of an evaluation of the available literature this paper summarises Mitchell’s construal of the ‘telling case’ before examining how it has been exploited by others. The evidence suggests that while authors acknowledge the source of the ‘telling case’ few offer any substantial acknowledgement of Mitchell’s conceptualisation, indicating that most ‘telling case’ research has employed Mitchell’s name somewhat disingenuously and contributed to the growth of a methodological myth. Moreover, despite its international spread, its origins seem located in the work of a small number of internationally recognised scholars and the mobility of their former graduate students.
6.	Denk, Thomas, 1971- (author) Comparative multilevel analysis : Proposal for a methodology 2010 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Routledge. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 13:1, s. 29-39 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract This article presents a new methodology for multilevel analysis using a small number of cases, named Comparative Multilevel Analysis (CMA). A classic problem in comparative studies has been the presence of too many variables and too few cases. One traditional solution to this problem has been to study subsystems within a system. However, the approach has fundamental limitations: it cannot analyse subsystems from different contexts, nor can it determine how conditions on the system level influence subsystems. By proposing four additions to traditional methodology, this article offers a new method of comparing subsystems from different contexts in order to analyse the effect of context on subsystems. The author also illustrates how CMA can be combined with Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy‐set, thereby enabling these methods to be used in the study of subsystem and context effects.
7.	Dignum, Frank (author) Should we make predictions based on social simulations? 2023 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Routledge. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 26:2, s. 193-206 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract The general feeling is that no predictions can be made based on agent-based social simulations. The outcomes of social simulations are based on the behaviors of individuals and their interactions. Behavioral models are always incomplete and often, also incorrect with respect to real behavior and thus the outcomes of agent-based social simulations cannot be trusted as predictions. In this article, we argue that behavioral models do not have to be valid in all respects, but only in the essential aspects in order to be able to make useful predictions. Based on some case studies on the effectiveness of restrictions during the COVID-19 crisis, we show that what are essential aspects of a behavioral model that need to be valid depends on the specific situation that is simulated. The predictions that were needed for the COVID-19 crisis were made with an agent-based social simulation framework using a behavioral model based on needs. The predictions could indicate the relative increase or decrease of COVID-19 infections due to the introduction of a new restriction. It shows that useful predictions can be made based on social simulations, but that we have to be careful on what type of predictions to make.
8.	Grönvik, Lars (author) Defining Disability : Effects on Disability Concepts on Research Outcomes 2009 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 12:1, s. 1-18 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract This article presents analyses of how different definitions of disability affect the outcomes of studies of disabled people’s living conditions. Three different definitions of disability are compared using six rather common variables: gender, age, living arrangements, education, labour market participation and income. Selected definitions of disability are administrative definitions, a subjective definition and a functional definition. Analyses were conducted using compilations of several databases in Sweden. Recurrent differences between administrative definitions, on the one hand, and functional and subjective definitions, on the other, are found in relation to educational and labour force variables. People defined by an administrative definition are more likely to be younger and single than the people defined by the other two definitions. More research on the impact of disability definitions is needed. However, a first step in resolving this question would be to improve the methodological awareness of disability researchers.
9.	Hydén, Lars-Christer, et al. (author) Who's Talking : Drawing Conclusions from Focus Groups - Some Methodological Considerations 2003 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 6:4, s. 305-321 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract The central argument of this article is that participants in focus groups may talk and interact in many capacities. As a consequence a central methodological question in analysing focus group material is who’s talking – that is, in what way are the utterances of individual members of focus group to be interpreted. This problem is discussed by using material from three focus groups discussing the phenomenon ’burnout’. We suggest that the participants of focus groups may constitute themselves in various ways, even just as an array of individuals talking together, without being a group and that they may shift between these different modes of interacting. There seem to be especially two interactive problems that are import in the establishment of a focus group. A first interactive problem for the participants is to establish a common ground; a second is to add their contributions to the common ground. This have implications in the way the researcher is able to attribute attitudes and opinions to persons in the focus group.
10.	Hydén, Lars-Christer, 1954-, et al. (author) Who's Talking : Drawing Conclusions from Focus Groups - Some Methodological Considerations 2003 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 6, s. 305-321 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
11.	Joyce, Jack B., et al. (author) Should we share qualitative data? Epistemological and practical insights from conversation analysis 2023 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Routledge; Taylor & Francis. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 26:6, s. 645-659 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract Over the last 30 years, there has been substantial debate about the practical, ethical and epistemological issues uniquely associated with qualitative data sharing. In this paper, we contribute to these debates by examining established data sharing practices in Conversation Analysis (CA). CA is an approach to the analysis of social interaction that relies on audio/video recordings of naturally occurring human interactions and moreover works at a level of detail that presents challenges for assumptions about participant anonymity. Nonetheless, data sharing occupies a central position in both the methodology and the wider academic culture of CA as a discipline and a community. Despite this, CA has largely been ignored in qualitative data sharing debates and discussions. We argue that the methodological traditions of CA present a strong case for the value of qualitative data sharing and offer open data sharing practices that might be usefully adopted in other qualitative approaches.
12.	Larsson, Jens, et al. (author) Integrating behavioral and geospatial data on the timeline : Towards new dimensions of analysis 2021 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 24:1, s. 1-13 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract Studies of spatial behavior increasingly rely on a combination of audiovisual and geospatial recordings. So far, however, few analytical environments have offered opportunities for integrated and expedient annotation and analysis of the two. Here we report the first study aimed at integrating geospatial data in ELAN, a tool developed for time-aligned annotation of audiovisual media. By calibrating the audiovisual and geospatial signals on the timeline and inserting the geo data as a tier in the annotation tool, we generate an environment in which time-aligned annotations of audiovisually observed behavior can be linked and explored in relation to the corresponding geographical coordinates. We illustrate the technique with linguistic and cultural behavior recorded on the move among indigenous communities in Southeast Asia. Our method is of potential interest to any study or discipline concerned with linking the location and properties of observable behavior.
13.	Lundström, Markus, et al. (author) Podcast ethnography 2021 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 24:3, s. 289-299 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract This article introduces the method of podcast ethnography. The method encompasses three general stages: to explore a podcast from a particular social field, to engage with it through careful, ethnographic reflexivity and to examine the podcast by developing typologies and themes expedient for analysis. Podcast ethnography is beneficial due to its spatial and temporal flexibility; observing a podcast universe can be performed on the move and in parallel with other tasks. This advantage enables a much-needed breathing space for researchers inquiring vehement milieus, such as white radical nationalism. The article uses an example from this precise milieu in Sweden – the podcast Motgift [Antidote] – to illustrate and flesh out the potentials and challenges of applying the method’s three stages. In so doing, the article argues for inclusion of podcast ethnography into the extended family of ethnographic methods.
14.	Löfgren, Orvar (author) Routinising research : academic skills in analogue and digitial worlds 2014 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1464-5300 .- 1364-5579. ; 17:1, s. 73-86 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract This paper explores research routines which are so mundane that they are rarely noticed and may be hard to even verbalise. How does one acquire the bodily dexterity of rifling through a filing cabinet, skimming Google lists, or judging a book by holding in it one’s hands? Drawing on interviews with and observations among scholars of both the analogue and digital generations, mainly in the social and cultural sciences, I look at how such routines are established, naturalised and transformed. They may be seen as methods slowly turning into habits taken for granted. To what extent do such practices, which are often seen as intensely personal, actually mirror norms and cultural conventions of specific academic settings? With a focus on materialities and sensibilities, I discuss three arenas of everyday academic activities: writing, reading and handling information.
15.	Nordin, Susanna, et al. (author) A 5-day codesign sprint to improve housing decisions of older adults : lessons learned from Sweden and the Netherlands 2023 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Routledge. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract The use of codesign methods is becoming increasingly common practice to involve and engage research participants in health research. Through codesign, end-users and stakeholders can contribute their own perspectives and experiences to solve a common problem. This article describes how a 5-day codesign sprint can be used to find solutions to improve housing decisions of older adults. Based on case studies in Sweden and the Netherlands, we identified similarities, differences, and patterns across the two contexts. By sharing methodological experiences across projects, opportunities are created for other researchers to build on the method and to integrate a creative process into traditional health research methods. We conclude that a 5-day codesign sprint can effectively and efficiently engage older adults and people with dementia in creative housing decision solutions, and we provide recommendations for future codesign sprint projects. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
16.	Oakley, Ann (author) Paradigm wars : Some thoughts on a personal and public trajectory 1999 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Routledge. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 2:3, s. 247-254 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
17.	Szczepanska, Timo, et al. (author) GAM on! Six ways to explore social complexity by combining games and agent-based models 2022 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 25:4, s. 541-555 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract GAM, combining games and agent-based models, shows potential for investigating complex social phenomena. Games offer engaging environments generating insights into social dynamics, perceptions, and behaviours, while agent-based models support the analysis of complexity. Games and agent-based models share the important ability both to input and output qualitative and quantitative data. Currently, there is no overview of GAM approaches. In a systematic literature review, we identified six research design types in empirical studies to date. The functional range of these design types is wide, with diverse application domains involving analogue, digital, and hybrid games. This makes GAM a highly versatile approach, appealing to researchers in both natural and social sciences, along with the gaming community itself. To consolidate the GAM field, we propose recording the design and implementation of studies that combine games and agent-based models by using a dedicated documentation scheme.
18.	Thapar-Björkert, Suruchi, et al. (author) Reassessing the research relationship : location, position and power in fieldwork account 2004 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 7:5, s. 363-381 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract In this article we problematize the dualistic and binary model of researcher/researched interaction in the feminist methodological literature, which suggests that manipulation and exploitation only take place by the researcher. We contest assumptions that research participants occupy only one axis of identity, namely, ‘oppressed victimhood’. Through our position as non‐white/non‐western and nonwhite/western researchers in a non‐western research setting, we were able to closely examine the operation of power as it flows and ebbs in the context of a multiplicity of potential identities of both researchers and research participants. Identities were continuously negotiated on issues of national location, age, generation and reciprocity. While we are aware of our power in the ‘final product’, we have explored the different ways in which research participants can also exercise power in the production of the ‘product’. However, our intention is not to place the latter into another rigid category of ‘oppressors’ but to provide a framework for analysis of qualitative research results. By demonstrating that power resides with the research participants, we also seek to challenge the tendency within white western feminism to construct ‘third world’ women as passive recipients.
19.	Thunberg, Sara, 1990-, et al. (author) Pioneering the use of technologies in qualitative research – A research review of the use of digital interviews 2022 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Routledge. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 25:6, s. 757-768 Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract Covid-19 has changed the way research can be conducted. The present literature review, based on 29 studies (2008–2020), investigates and compiles existing research to identify possibilities and limitations of using digital interviews within social work, sociology and adjacent disciplines. The results show that digital interviews can enhance long-distance participation, and that they may be cost-effective. However, technical difficulties can arise that adversely affect the quality of the interviews. Concerning sensitive topics (e.g., victimization, health issues, sexuality), more rich data can be reached with digital options than with in-person options, but it can be difficult to read visual cues, as the camera only captures the participants’ upper body. Based on these results, it is important to strike a balance between the positive and negative aspects associated with digital interviews, and to understand that digital interviews are something different than in-person interviews, with their own logic and rules.
20.	Thunberg, Sara, 1990- (author) Safeguarding personal integrity while collecting sensitive data using narrative interviews – a research note 2022 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 25:5, s. 711-715 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract Narrative interviews with young victims of crime can provide information regarding their unique situations and how the victimization has affected their lives. However, the method can be intrusive, and not all young people are able to safeguard their personal integrity. This research note offers reflections on the use of narrative interviews with young victims of crime, and on interview situations that raised ethical quandaries about whether to discontinue the interviews to reduce the risk of harm. The note starts with a brief description of research on sensitive topics, the study, and the narrative method. After that, I reflect upon some interview situations that have left me wondering what I could have done differently, resulting in suggestions on what could be changed.
21.	Vikström, Lotta, 1971- (author) Identifying dissonant and complementary data on women through the triangulation of historical sources 2010 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - London : Taylor & Francis. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 13:3, s. 211-221 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract If triangulation and its worth have long been contested amongst social scientists,historians have not discussed it. In this paper, a historical demographer practisesdata triangulation by combining qualitative and quantitative sources. The aim is toexplore how these sources identify nineteenth-century women’s occupations andthus challenge the gender bias found in population registers as they reportincomplete information on women’s work. This bias is acknowledged by feministhistorians and also evident in quantitative records in developing countries. Toexplain the outcome of dissonant data that this historical study shows and shareswith modern triangulation approaches, women’s ability to represent theiroccupational identities in the different sources is discussed. Some of theepistemological implications that arise from the triangulation of data that subsistsunder separate paradigms are also reflected upon. Although triangulation is farfrom infallible, it is argued that it helps to gain, view and question knowledge.
22.	Waxell, Anders, 1972- (author) To capture an emerging industry : using industrial standards to identify the biotech industry 2009 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 12:5, s. 441-456 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract Standard industrial classification systems are the cornerstone of quantitative research in several fields. Data collected and coded on the basis of such systems often provide the most complete and accessible material with which to investigate, quantify and map the industrial landscape, and understand the economy at large. However, as relatively static classifications, they present researchers attempting to capture new, emerging and growth industries with a number of problems. Our understanding of the dynamics of economic development is largely based on aggregated firm data, often categorised and identified using an intertwined system of national and international industrial classification standards. This paper uses the example of the biotech industry in testing the ongoing appropriateness of one such industrial classification system, namely the Swedish industrial classification system.
23.	Wendt, Maria (author) Comparing ‘deep’ insider knowledge : developing analytical strategies for cross-national qualitative studies 2020 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 23:3, s. 241-254 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract One overarching question in scholarly methodological discussions on qualitative comparative approaches concerns how it is possible to compare and generalise deep insider knowledge across (nationally) specific contexts. The aim of this article is to propose a research strategy that both facilitates the comparison and theorisation of such knowledge across nations and limits the risks of reproducing naturalised national ‘truths’. The strategy is developed within a feminist, cross-national, qualitative comparative analysis of how European countries addressed military deaths in connection with the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The article underlines the importance of collective analytical work and of strategies that allow continuous movement between insider and outsider positions throughout the research process. A number of analytical strategies are presented: collective project design, alternating between analytical closeness and distance, and de-familiarising writing practices.
24.	Wijermans, Nanda, et al. (author) Combining approaches : Looking behind the scenes of integrating multiple types of evidence from controlled behavioural experiments through agent-based modelling 2022 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 25:4, s. 569-581 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract Understanding complex (social) phenomena benefits from combining different tools, perspectives, expertise, and experiences. Research designs that combine approaches are gaining in popularity. Carrying out research in interdisciplinary teams, however, is a challenging, high-investment activity. Unawareness of and reflecting on conflicting ways of seeing or studying the world may endanger project success. Agent-based modelling has proven instrumental in bringing together different approaches. Yet, this potential enabler remains an unusual combination partner: the additional prevalent lack of transparency about what is combined, and how, obstructs advancement. We therefore invite our readers behind the scenes of our multi-year research collaboration where we combine agent-based modelling with controlled behavioural experiments to advance the understanding of collective resource use in a common pool resource dilemma. The paper contributes by 1) being an example in sharing the processes of combining approaches, and by 2) highlighting the enabling role of ABM in combining research approaches.
25.	Wilinska, Monika, et al. (author) “We are on air now” : the emotionality of video-recording in the institutional setting 2017 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 20:4, s. 343-355 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract This article engages with the practice of video recording in social research. We draw on our research of institutional talk to explore the emotionality of video recording in the context of the studied situations. Drawing on insights from Collins’ theory of interaction rituals, we demonstrate a variety of situational moments in which different participants negotiate the presence of a video camera. Our analysis reveals the emotional aspects of negotiating and appropriating the presence of such technologies by all parties involved in the research process. We contribute to and extend the growing body of literature that discusses the meaning of technology for social research by emphasizing the emotionality of using video cameras in social and research practices.
26.	Överlien, Carolina, et al. (author) The Focus Group Method as an In-depth Method? : Young Women Talking About Sexuality 2005 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1364-5579 .- 1464-5300. ; 8:4, s. 331-344 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract This article discusses whether the focus group method can be employed with troubled groups and for the discussion of high-involvement topics. It analyses focus groups' discourse of high-involvement topics, such as 'the body', 'relationships', and 'sexuality', conducted with female adolescents aged 15-20 years at a detention home. Contrary to the traditional belief that the focus group method is designed for low-involvement topics and mainstream groups, our analyses of the discursive devices employed suggest that the method can indeed be used for high-involvement topics. We also argue that other methods would not have given us 'deeper' insights and that the focus group method can be seen as a less intrusive method to be used in this setting.
27.	Rasplus, Jean Yves, et al. (author) A first phylogenomic hypothesis for Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) 2020 In: Journal of Natural History. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 54:9-12, s. 597-609 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract Eulophidae is a hyper-diverse family of chalcidoid wasps with 324 genera, about 5300 described species and probably thousands of others to be described. Until now, the absence of unequivocal morphological apomorphies and the low resolution provided by the handful of Sanger sequenced genes have hampered the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships within the family. Here, we used ultra-conserved elements and their flanking regions to resolve relationships among 84 species of eulophids included in 63 genera representing all subfamilies and most tribes, plus 15 outgroups. Our analyses recover all traditional Eulophidae subfamilies and tribes with high support and globally agree with the traditional classification of the family. Our results confirm that Eulophinae + Tetrastichinae is the sister group of (Opheliminae + Entiinae) + Entedoninae. At the generic level, our analyses provide high support for intergeneric relationships for which morphology and Sanger markers previously failed to provide resolution. Our results also confirm that Trisecodes does not group with Eulophidae and may not belong to this family; however, its correct classification still awaits a large-scale phylogenomic hypothesis for Chalcidoidea. This work opens new avenues towards a better understanding of the evolutionary history, biogeography and evolution of host–parasitoid associations in this hyper-diverse family of chalcidoid wasps.

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