1 Research questions: a core ingredient in developing interesting theories 2 The context of constructing and formulating research questions 3 Gap-spotting: the prevalent way of constructing research questions in social science 4 A critical evaluation of gap-spotting research: does it lead to interesting theories? 5 Problematization as a methodology for generating research questions 6 Applying the problematization methodology 7 Why does gap-spotting dominate when it reduces the chance to create interesting theories? 8 Constructing interesting research questions: problematization and beyond