Dr Jo Rose is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Bristol, and Faculty Education Director for Postgraduate Taught Students in Social Sciences and Law. She is co-editor of the International Journal of Research and Method in Education, and of the book series Emerald Studies in Out-of-School Learning. Her research interests lie in the areas of educational partnerships and collaborative working, particularly in the context of research processes and research relationships. She draws from the disciplines of Psychology, Sociology and Education, and particularly enjoys tangling with the myriad of ways that research methods can be combined to understand the complexity of collaboration in the context of education.