Qual+
The Qual+ center advances greater cooperation and capacity building around topics of qualitative methodologies within the School of Business at Aalto, and leverages Aalto’s world class qualitative research skills internationally.
Qual+ x CARMA symposium: Advancements in Qualitative Research Methods
A two-day symposium consisting of two methods workshops and one paper development workshop, facilitated by Professor Tine Köhler (University of Melbourne), Professor Catherine Welch (Trinity College), and Lecturer Maria Rumyantseva (University of Sydney). The symposium is organized in collaboration between Qual+ and CARMA.
This symposium is open to all researchers with an interest in qualitative research methods, but especially those with ideas for future research projects on qualitative research methods scholarship. It is facilitated by Professor Tine Köhler (University of Melbourne), Professor Catherine Welch (Trinity College), and Lecturer Maria Rumyantseva (University of Sydney).
The symposium will consist of:
- two methods workshops during which we will share recent advances in qualitative research methods, focusing on strengthening and elucidating the links between qualitative methods and theorizing.
- a paper development workshop, during which symposium attendees can present their ideas for future qualitative research methods projects and receive feedback from research methods experts.
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8 June 2026 15:00–18:00 |
Qualitative Techniques for Theorizing Held by Tine Köhler and Catherine Welch Covering theorizing from qualitative research, the process of abduction and its connection to qualitative data analysis, qualitative techniques and their facilitation of theorizing, practical examples of the process of theorizing with qualitative techniques. |
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9 June 2026 9:00–12:00 |
Qualitative Restudies and their value for retheorizing Held by Catherine Welch, Maria Rumyantseva, and Tine Köhler Covering introduction to qualitative restudy designs, research planning and execution, opportunities for theorizing with restudies, practical examples of qualitative restudies, practical learnings and experiences with the peer review process related to restudy designs. |
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9 June 13:00–16:30 |
Paper development workshop Symposium attendees interested in participating in the paper development workshop are encouraged to submit ideas for future projects or work in progress related to research methods scholarship, on which they would like to receive feedback from methods experts. Most suitable are papers related to one of the two workshop topics, i.e., Qualitative Techniques for Theorizing and Qualitative Restudies and their value for retheorizing, but other topics related to qualitative methods scholarship will also be considered. |
Submission process
In order to participate in the paper development workshop, participants will be required to submit an outline of their paper idea containing the goal of their study, relevant literature, intended contribution to that literature, and an outline of the design of the empirical part of the paper (maximum 1000 words, excluding references).
Submissions will be taken until 1 May 2026, and confirmation of acceptance will be provided on a rolling basis, typically within 3 weeks from the date of submission of the outline.
Please submit to tkoehler@unimelb.edu.au
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