Case Study Research

Helen Simons, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Education and Evaluation at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Society of Arts, and a founder member and past president of the United Kingdom Evaluation Society. Dr. Simons has conducted many external case study evaluations funded by both governmental and nongovernmental agencies, directed case study training in 25 countries, and acted as consultant to several international organizations. She has been a visiting scholar at several universities in Spain and Australia, as well as in Iceland, Portugal, and Cyprus, and held research scholarships in New Zealand, Norway, and Poland. Her case study practice takes a humanities and arts focus underpinned by democratic ethics. Dr. Simons has also taken a major role in promoting professional ethics. She has written and published widely on case study research, qualitative methodology, and ethics.