Reflections on conducting field research after a three year hiatus

Central Helsinki. Photo by author.

I returned yesterday from a ten day field research trip to Helsinki. It was my first field research trip since September 2019 and my first in-person study since January 2020. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a hiatus from field work this long in my career. Even when I became a manager, I still did some IC work, especially field research.