WCQR2026 | 02 - 05 Feb 2026 (in progress)

Online

WCQR2026 Training Day

Please note: Attendance at the Training Day is not included in the WCQR2026 conference registration and requires separate enrollment.

09:00 - 12:00 Online

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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Anna Kimberley Anna Kimberley
09:00 - 12:00 Online

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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Elaine Keane Elaine Keane
09:00 - 12:00 Online

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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Grzegorz Bryda Grzegorz Bryda
09:00 - 12:00 Online

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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António Pedro Costa António Pedro Costa
Judita Kasperiuniene Judita Kasperiuniene
12:00 - 14:00

Break

14:00 - 17:00 Online

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

Anna Kimberley Anna Kimberley
14:00 - 17:00 Online

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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Grzegorz Bryda Grzegorz Bryda
14:00 - 17:00 Online

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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Cheryl N. Poth Cheryl N. Poth
14:00 - 17:00 Online

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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Kelly Bare Kelly Bare
Eric Karahalis Eric Karahalis
Tricia Kress Tricia Kress
09:20 - 11:00 Online

Parallel Communications

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11:00 - 11:20

Break

11:20 - 13:20 Online

Parallel Communications

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13:20 - 14:00

Break

14:00 - 14:15 Online

WCQR2026 Welcome

14:15 - 15:15 Online

Plenary Conference

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15:15 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 17:30 Online

Parallel Communications

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17:30 - 18:30 Online

Panel Discussion

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09:20 - 11:20 Online

Parallel Communications

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11:20 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 13:00 Online

Workshop 1

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11:30 - 13:00 Online

Demo Session 1

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13:00 - 14:30

Break

14:30 - 16:00 Online

Workshop 2

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14:30 - 16:00 Online

Demo Session 2

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16:00 - 16:20

Break

16:20 - 17:20 Online

Plenary Conference

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09:20 - 11:20 Online

Parallel Communications

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09:20 - 13:00 Online

Pre-recorded video presentations

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11:20 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:30 Online

Panel Discussion

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12:30 - 14:10

Break

14:10 - 16:10

Paralell Communications

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16:10 - 16:30

Break

16:30 - 17:30 Online

Plenary Conference

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17:30 - 17:50 Online

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.

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