WCQR2026 | 02 - 05 Feb 2026 (in progress)
Online
- 02 Feb Online - Mon | 02 Feb
- 03 Feb Online - Tue | 03 Feb
- 04 Feb Online - Wed | 04 Feb
- 05 Feb Online - Thu | 05 Feb
WCQR2026 Training Day
Please note: Attendance at the Training Day is not included in the WCQR2026 conference registration and requires separate enrollment.
It’s All About Me: Autoethnography
This short course aims to empower researchers to articulate their lived experiences while drawing critical connections to broader societal issues, enhancing both personal understanding and academic scholarship.
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An Introduction to Constructivist Grounded Theory
This short course introduces Kathy Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory (CGT), with a particular focus on social justice-oriented research. Grounded theory (GT) methods consist of flexible guidelines to fit particular research problems, not to apply mechanically...
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AI as a Co-Researcher in Qualitative Data Analysis
This short course offers an original methodology for qualitative data analysis that incorporates natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI). The methodology, developed by the researcher, combines traditional sociological approaches with advanced digital tools...
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MIXAI: Integrating Mixed-Methods and Generative AI in Methodological Literature Reviews
This short course introduces the MIXAI model, a human-AI collaborative approach that integrates mixed-methods techniques with GenAI to enhance methodological literature reviews.
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It’s All About Me: Autoethnography
This short course aims to empower researchers to articulate their lived experiences while drawing critical connections to broader societal issues, enhancing both personal understanding and academic scholarship.
Learn more
AI as a Co-Researcher in Qualitative Data Analysis
This short offers an original methodology for qualitative data analysis that incorporates natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI). The methodology, developed by the researcher, combines traditional sociological approaches with advanced digital tools...
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Designing Qualitatively-Oriented Mixed Methods Research
How can mixed methods designs be leveraged to prioritize qualitative perspectives in their integration with quantitative research approaches? This short course sheds light on the nine key integration decisions researchers make in qualitatively-oriented mixed methods designs and how to incorporate evidence of qualitatively prioritized integration in your work.
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Bending Space-Time with Personal Ways of Knowing: A Playful Introduction to the Liberatory Potential of Postformal Theory and Methodology
This short course introduces postformal theory and methodology as a counterbalance to the linearity, reductionism, and rigidity of neopositivist social science research. Postformal thinking seeks out complexity and difference, giving rise to further questions about humanity and the social world to home in on and make sense of entangled issues that may reproduce social inequality...
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WCQR2026 Welcome
Plenary Conference
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Panel Discussion
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Workshop 1
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Demo Session 1
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Workshop 2
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Demo Session 2
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Plenary Conference
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Parallel Communications
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Pre-recorded video presentations
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Paralell Communications
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Plenary Conference
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Closing of WCQR2026 and presentation of WCQR2027
Important:
Online sessions are scheduled according to the local time in Madrid – Central European Time (UTC+01:00). See the corresponding times in your time zone.
The Program may suffer minor adjustments up until the Conference date. Please refer to the full program regularly for updates.