Prof. Dr. Melanie Nind, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, is a Professor of Education at the University of Southampton. She serves as the Deputy Director of the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership and is one of the co-directors of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, where she leads research on the pedagogy of research methods learning. She has been awarded gold membership by the Asian Qualitative Research Association for her support in advancing qualitative research and received an honorary doctorate from VID in Norway for her contributions to science. She is a former editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Learning Disabilities and former editor of the International Journal of Research & Method in Education, as well as a member of the editorial boards for Teaching in Higher Education, European Journal of Special Needs Education, and Disability and Society. Her recent research projects focus on pedagogy and innovation in research methods, changes in research practices due to COVID-19 mitigations, and the themes of quality and belonging in inclusive research.