Past event
Grand Challenge — From Dyads to Triads to Quartets and Above: Promises and Challenges of Group Interaction Studies
GMT (UK)
Opening up the study of interactions between more than two people — the promises of moving beyond dyads, and the unique challenges of triadic and group interaction studies, with examples from research on hearing impairment and acoustic noise.
Host
- Jonas Nölle
Speakers
- Ingvi Örnolfsson — DTU — Technical University of Denmark
“Analysis of data from a triadic conversation study” - Raluca Nicoras — University of Nottingham
“Design decisions in a quartet conversation study”
Agenda
- Introduction: why study groups?
- Analysis of data from a triadic conversation study (Ingvi Örnolfsson)
- Design decisions in a quartet conversation study (Raluca Nicoras)
- Discussion: promises and challenges of group interaction studies
This session opened a discussion about the promises of studying interactions between more than two individuals, and the unique challenges associated with these studies. The speakers gave examples from their own research on hearing impairment and acoustic noise, with the main focus on the contrasts between group interactions and dyadic interaction. After the presentations, all attendees were invited to contribute their own stories, frustrations, and insights about how to tackle the challenges of group interaction research.