The Problem-Centred Interview: Principles and Practice, authored by Andreas Witzel and Herwig Reiter, offers an insightful exploration into a unique interview method called PCI (Problem-Centred Interview). This first edition, published by SAGE Publications Ltd on June 22, 2012, provides novice and experienced interview researchers in social, educational, and health sciences with practical guidance. By emphasizing active participant involvement, the book presents the interviewer’s role as that of an informed traveler who sets out with clear objectives but adapts to unexpected encounters along the way. Through careful preparation and planning, this method allows for a rich and dynamic exchange of knowledge.

Andreas Witzel, senior researcher (retired) at the University of Bremen and former director of the Bremen Archive for Life Course Research, and Herwig Reiter, senior researcher in the Department of Social Monitoring and Methodology of the German Youth Institute in Munich, bring their expertise to this valuable resource.