A quasi-summary of Day 2 of the International Conference on Qualitative Research for Policy-Making 2010
by Tim Nelson
The only defense I have for what you are about to read is that Jasper asked for a copy of my rather rambling summary at the end of Day 2 of the conference. Seizing upon this meager excuse, I decided not only to write up some of those points but to plague you with some further thoughts that have occurred to me since that time.

First, let me say that this is not an attempt at an objective summary, but a take on the conference from the perspective of one who has only recently come into the world of policy-relevant research (as I think I told any of you who came within three feet of me at the conference). As a relative newbie then, the conference raised a lot of questions for me - many of which I also picked up from other participants during presentations and discussions.