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Definition
Narrative Research includes the use of collecting stories from individuals. There are different types of narratives that can be used. There is Autoethnography which is written and recorded by individuals who are the subject of the study. Life history portrays an individuals entire life. Oral history consists of gathering personal reflections of events and their causes and effects from one individual or several individuals.
Some procedures determine:
- If the research problem or question best fits narrative research.
- Select one or more individuals who have stories or life experiences to tell, and spend considerable time with them gathering their stories through multiples types of information.
- Consider how the collection of the data and their recording can take different shapes.
- Collect information about the context of these stories. Narrative researchers situate individual stories within participants' personal experiences, their culture, and their historical contexts.
- Collaborate with participants by actively involving them in the research. As researchers collect stories, they negotiate relationships, smooth transitions, and provide ways to be useful to the participants.
Pros and Cons

Con: A researcher needs to collect extensive information about the participant and needs to have a clear understanding. Multiple issues arise in the collecting, analyzing, and telling of individual stories. It raises important questions such as: who owns the story? Who can tell it? Who can change it? Whose version is convincing and what happens when narratives compete?

Pro: allows an individual to share their experiences and their story. narrative stories tell of individual stories and it may shed light on how they see themselves.

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Depending on the individual collecting the narrative/ story personal biases may arise and change the narrative that is being provided.

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Pros: The participants story may also be an interwoven story of the researcher

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https://course.oeru.org/research-methods/modules-1-3/module-3-research-design/narrative-research-design/

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Sometimes we don't know much about a topic. We can tell that it is really important, because it affects people's lives and wellbeing, but it is big, complex, and we may not know much about it. War is a good example. How do the young Congolese, who experienced wars and mass violence in eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, make sense of the prevalence of violence in their home-provinces, and what solutions do they envision for a peaceful future? The research which addressed this question found deep-seated feelings of resentment towards those who were deemed responsible for the Congo's suffering. These findings were uncovered by an examination of the narratives young Congolese recounted about the war and conflict.

Another reason for narrative research: narratives shape our perceptions of reality, and can also influence policy. When narratives are examined, the researcher looks for how people perceive reality, in attempt to identify how they are likely to act on it. The abstract of this | article provides and example.

Data sources for narratives can be primary, which means you collect the data yourself, like interviews (using the oral history technique, for example), or secondary, such as published biographies.

The process of narrative research can be broadly described as follows:

1. Identify a phenomenon to address, or a political issue to study, with narrative research

2. Select individual(s) who can provide an understanding of the phenomenon

3. Collect stories from the individual

4. Review the data of the story, and re-tell it in a sequenced and organised way

5. Identify themes which shed light on the phenomenon or issue you were interested in

6. Group related themes, summarise, and organise. Use tables if you can!

Media: Further knowledge

A video presenting Narrative design in education (not political science) offers a brief review of the main principles of narrative research

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Sometimes we don't know much about a topic. We can tell that it is really important, because it affects people's lives and wellbeing, but it is big, complex, and we may not know much about it. War is a good example.