🚨IMPORTANT UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨 Great news for all abstract submitters: you now have until 5PM on Monday 8 December to share your work! A huge thank you to everyone who’s submitted so far—we can’t wait to receive even more brilliant abstracts. 🔗submission portal: qhrn2026.exordo.com

🚨Two exciting conference updates this morning...🚨 🌟BMJ Open will be returning as a sponsor! 🎟️ Early-bird tickets will go on sale Jan 2026: 🔹 £120 – full price 🔹 £100 – student 🔹 £60 – PPIE 🔗 Reminder - abstract submissions open until 1 Dec: qhrn2026.exordo.com @bmj.com

🚨ABSTRACT PORTAL OPEN🚨Submit your #QHRNConf26 abstracts now at qhrn2026.exordo.com Theme: ‘The Transformative Power of Qualitative Research: Insights, Impact and Innovation’. Our 5 streams and info on keynotes can be found at tinyurl.com/yhr8ez7r 🗓️Deadline: 1 Dec 2025

Here's a talk I gave as a keynote for the BPS @qmip.bsky.social conference (July 2025) - the result of @vicclarke.bsky.social & I recognising we needed to "dive in" & grapple with the beast that is GenAI & qualitative/(reflexive) thematic analysis www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...

Today we are welcoming our Community of Practice for qualitative researchers to the first meeting to discuss how we can best work together to support our community’s needs 😊

@ucl-qhrn.bsky.social up-coming qualitative training opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/qualitative-...

📢SAVE THE DATE & SPREAD THE WORD📢 This is the moment you've all been waiting for... ⭐️The 7th biennial UCL QHRN Conference will be held on Thurs 14th May 2026 ⭐️The pre-conference workshop will be held on Weds 13th May 2026 ⭐️Conference theme to be announced soon

What does openness and transparency in qualitative methods mean to you? 🧐 If you're interested in these discussions, join our european open qualitative research community here: forms.gle/EbC2CsjPbw6t... #openresearch #qualitative #metaresearch

New podcast episode! #Neurodivergent #Autoethnography. Autoethnographers use their personal experiences to explore wider issues, relationships, or situations. So what happens if you experience the world differently? www.quahrc.co.uk/resources/ne...

This month we hear from conference committee member Rachel Lawrence. Hear about her journey into qualitative research & our exciting update that planning for the QHRN 2026 conference is underway! 🎉 Watch this space for more news on our conference... 👀 www.linkedin.com/pulse/spotli...

Talking, discussing, reflecting on methodologist career development in health research - including qualitative researchers.

New journal! EXPERIENCE – Journal of Qualitative Research in Mental Health is a peer-reviewed scholarly publication dedicated to advancing the field of mental health through qualitative research methodologies. submit.akademiai.com/exper/index....

'Research inspired by under-represented disciplines and specialisms' ring-fenced funding opportunity - October 2025 To find out more join the webinar 30 June 10:30-12:15 Register shorturl.at/ZLBBL

Opening in October: NIHR PGfAR funding opportunity for research inspired by under-represented disciplines and specialisms (including Qualitative researchers) to drive transformational changes for patients and the public. www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/prog...

British Psychological Society's Qualitative Methods in Psychology Conference. Link to find out more and for registration: www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...

Early Career Researchers' Creative Methods Showcase 12th June. Find out more here: www.bps.org.uk/event/early-...

📣 We're excited to announce the launch of our very first Special Interest Group (SIG) at QRSE! 🗓️ Date: Tuesday 13th May between 4pm-5pm 🔗 The event flyer includes a QR code linking to registration and the online meeting. 📘 Learn more about the SIG here: lnkd.in/eMfnTndk

Are you a health psychology researcher? We would love to hear from you about your engagement with #OpenScience! Follow the link below to be taken to a brief survey: psychologygalway.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@QHRN Qualitative Evidence Synthesis course is happening on 7th May. Find out more at: extendstore.ucl.ac.uk/product?cata...

Creative research methods conference registration open for in-person or via Zoom attendance: creativeresearchmethods.com

🧠 Curious about how #AI is reshaping #QualitativeResearch research? 🧠 Our researcher Sharli is looking for collaborators to explore AI features in #NVivo, test them critically & co-develop research and training that unpacks their potential and limitations. Email [email protected]

#CreativeResearchMethods have revolutionised #DataGeneration, but how can we apply the same #Creativity to #DataAnalysis while maintaining rigor, ethics and systematic approaches? Register for this webinar to find out more. 28 April, 11:00, 2025: buff.ly/hWZIU9E

Summer School! Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods at Kings College London: www.kcl.ac.uk/short-course...

Some themes from the #acrl2025 presentation on supporting #qualitative inquiry in academic libraries. I love the concept of a "qualitative village" of people who support qual work for those who haven't had much experience or training.

How can 'interdisciplinary objects' help us share ideas, build connection and plan next steps in interdisciplinary & cross-sector health research teams? Mary Robson reflects on the use of creative and experimental methods in a workshop on Long Covid. medhumsplatform.org/interdiscipl...

Our summer school, An Introduction to #Qualitative Research Methods, is open for booking now: www.kcl.ac.uk/short-course... #ResearchMethods #AcademicSky #QualitativeResearch #QualitativeMethods

📚 Call for Abstracts! We are inviting chapter proposals for a new edited book on positionality and reflexivity in research! Check out the Call for Abstracts below for more details! ⤵️ #AcademicSky #ResearchIdentity #ReflexivityInResearch #Positionality #PhDlife

Online Advanced Qualitative Methods public short course hosted by King's College London: www.kcl.ac.uk/short-course... Running two more times this year: - 2-6 June '25 (Application deadline: 26 May '25) - 20-24 October '25 (Application deadline: 13 October '25) Booking now open☺️👇

The last opportunity to book for this course this academic year! Our one-day online course 'Introduction to doing Qualitative Interviews' 12 May 2025. www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-...

I’m hiring a #qualitative researcher with experience in #ConversationAnalysis to work with me on an NIHR policy research program grant, exploring the new ‘Healthy Weight Coach’ role in primary care. More info, and how to apply 👇 www.phc.ox.ac.uk/about/work-w... @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

NEW SURVEY LINK: Calling all Qualitative Researchers - Our new research explores how AI could assist qualitative data analysis. We want to find out what quali researchers think about the prospect of using AI to analyse qualitative data. Please consider completing our survey tinyurl.com/LboroQuAIL

There are still spaces for our Introduction to Ethnography in Healthcare course. Find out more in the link below 👇 @quahrc.bsky.social

Calling all Qualitative Researchers: Our new research explores how AI could assist qualitative data analysis. We want to find out what qualitative researchers think about the prospect of using AI to analyse qualitative data. Please consider completing our survey: tinyurl.com/QUAILresearch

Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research taster session: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-a...

📢 New publication "Reflexivity for Qualitative Research Quality and the Quality of Reflexivity" with Alexander Stoffel for The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research Quality (ed. Uwe Flick) 1/6 https://buff.ly/3PlKaz3 @lsemethodology.bsky.social #reflexivity #qualitativeresearch #researchquality

Interested in the benefits and challenges of the Open Science movement for qualitative research. Registration open for a webinar about Open Science in Qualitative research and join the discussion 🙂👇

Posting this call for help in managing useless but harmful reviews of #qualitative #research.

An extraordinary week spent discussing Openness, Transparency and Rigour at #QRS2025! Thank you to everyone for creating an incredibly inspiring, and friendly conference! Check out our great summary vid including our keynotes @maddipow.bsky.social and Sarah Neal 💪 What did you learn from QRS 2025?

⭐️QHRN Seminar ⭐️ Delighted to have Rachel Rowan Olive with us to talk about multilingual voice-hearers' experiences, and questions of impact and ownership of research results! 🗓️ 27th Feb, 1-2pm on Zoom Find out more and register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/qualitative-...

@ucl-qhrn.bsky.social seminar 27th February 13:00-14:00 UK time. You can find out more and register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qualitativ...

Submissions open until 15th Feb for the Qualitative Research in Mental Health conference qrmh10.com

And just a few days left until this one!

The last episode in our podcast series on controversies in #QualitativeResearch is out! Host Sohail gets into issues around class and snobbery in academia with Johnny Saldaña: #AcademicSky #ResearchMethods www.quahrc.co.uk/resources/co...

Imposter participants in online research. Nice lay summary of the issues. #academicsky theconversation.com/imposter-par...

CLIP-Q - Collaborative & Intensive Pragmatic Qualitative research event hosted by @ARC_West . Register for this free online event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborat...

We move into 2025 full of gratitude for all things that the network has been engaged with this year (have a look: sites.google.com/view/ecqhrn/...) & the amazing people that have shared their expertise & experience with us! We wish you peaceful festivities & hope to (re)meet you in 2025!

📣Call for submissions📣 International Journal of Qualitative Methods has a special call around qualitative methods used to help address contemporary public health challenges: tinyurl.com/2dpmfhwm

**Updated #EMCA Starter Pack** We're almost at the 150 max and therefore onto a second! Please repost to keep building our 🦋 community. If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX

We are looking for ways to best support networking opportunities for our community. To support this work, we would like to learn more about existing opportunities and how networking needs can be met. We would be grateful if you could answer a few short Qs via this link: forms.office.com/e/HgAQJXmzGZ

Two new research jobs with a health inequalities focus currently being advertised at Strathclyde @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social - both would suit qualitative researchers who like working in large, cross-disciplinary teams, who also enjoy community engagement and policy engagement. Thread 1/3