The Researcher HAA Audit
Integrity and auditability process for hermeneutic phenomenological research; for both research on AI and for research with AI-Assisted workflows. The HAA audit and evaluative framework provides reflective prompts and self-assessment for the researcher to carry out and evidence.
Open the framework →Participant Recruitment and Sampling
How participants were identified and selected, set out in both hermeneutic phenomenology and qualitative social science vocabulary so that my decisions can be followed in either register: participant sources, population and sample, the purposive sampling strategies, and sample size.
View the sampling →Data Collection Procedure
The fieldwork in overview: eight phases across fifteen months, from orientation and researcher explication, through four rounds of text-based interviews, to a small-group fusion of horizons. Enacted iteratively within the hermeneutic circle, with reflexive journalling and critical reflective questions throughout. The fuller step-by-step account for the methodology chapter.
View the procedures →Hearing This Study: The Researcher HAA Record
An audit record produced for this study on 20 August 2026. It sets out how the algorithmic phenomenon was heard through participants' accounts, where the AI encounter pressurised or challenged my researcher pre-understanding and how I responded, presented for a supervisor, examiner or reader to scrutinise.
View the record →AI Use Declaration and Register 2026
The AI use declaration and register accompanying my confirmation of status submission, 2026, set out against the OII and University of Oxford guidance, with representative examples.
View the declaration →