Philly Desai
Philly set up Turnstone after working for many years as an independent researcher. He has a doctorate in sociology from the University of London, where he specialised in ethnographic research and youth cultures. Philly is interested in combining academic and commercial research approaches and in developing innovative methods to conduct and communicate research.
He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and has published many papers on qualitative research. In his spare time, Philly enjoys modern art, cinema, travel and skiing.
If you would like to contact Philly, call Turnstone on 020 7703 4744 or email philly@turnstone-research.co.uk.
Papers
- Free yourself from research - four rants and a challenge
with Gill Ereaut, Mike Imms, Ray Poynter and Paul Vittle, MRS Conference, March 2003 - Truth, lies and videotape - broadening the horizons of qualitative research
In Brief Magazine, September 2004 - Dreaming the global future - identity, culture and the media in multicultural age
with Karen Roberts and Christine Roberts, MRS Conference, March 2004 - Free at last - a new model of qualitative consultancy
AQR and QRCA Qualitative Research Conference, Lisbon 2003 - Targeting the kaleidescope - Marketing in a multi cultural age
with David Foxon, Esomar Conference, November 2004 - The Future of Qualitative Research
Research Magazine, March 2002 - Mind the gap – bridging the divide between research and innovation
with Ian Waller, Consumer Insight Conference London, 2002 - Bhangramuffin Style – Global Brands, Local Consumers
AQR / QRCA Conference, Paris, 2001
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