ABSTRACT
The idea for this collection on being reflexive about critical educational and social research, came from conversations we had on the personal struggle of doing research, and writing accounts of those struggles. In the first instance, these conversations were pedagogical because of their focus on researching the process of placing closure on a dissertation. Later, the conversations became more concerned about the absence of such commentaries. It became clear that it was often difficult to find an account of the complexities of doing critical research, written by a researcher who could construct the account out of a critical appraisal of their own work.
