Selected Papers from the 8th World Conference on Qualitative Research

Dear Colleagues,

Every year, researchers, renowned authors, and research groups from over 40 countries come together to share their experiences with qualitative methods at the World Conference on Qualitative Research (WCQR). This makes the WCQR one of the most pertinent forums for discussing and sharing the greatest scientific output in Qualitative Research and we are very pleased to welcome submissions from the 8th conference held simultaneously from the 23rd to 25th January 2024 in Portugal (Azores) and South Africa (Johannesburg).

The research in this Special Issue can originate from three of the five Fields of Application from the conference:

1. Qualitative Research in Health (emphasis on the processes of research in the fields of Medicine, Nursing, Geriatrics, Gerontology, Psychology, etc.).
2. Qualitative Research in Education (emphasis on the processes of research in various areas of Higher Education, Basic Education, Assessment, Curriculum, Teaching, Teaching Science, Languages, History, Technology, etc.).
3. Qualitative Research in Social Science (emphasis on the processes of research in the fields of Administration, Anthropology, Arts, Political Science, Communication, Economics, Management, Humanities, Linguistics, Marketing, Psychology, Sociology, etc.).
4. Qualitative Research in Engineering and Technology (emphasis on the research processes in the areas of Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, and Engineering Education).
5. Qualitative Research in Business (emphasis on the processes of research in the fields of Administration, Economics, Human Resources, Management, Marketing, etc.).

All forms of qualitative research methods are welcome for the submission of:

1. (A) Fundamentals
2. Rationale and Paradigms of Qualitative Research (theoretical studies, critical reflection about epistemological dimensions, ontological and axiological);
3. Systematization of approaches with Qualitative Studies (literature review, integrating results, aggregation studies, meta-analysis, meta-analysis of qualitative meta-synthesis, meta-ethnography);
4. Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research (emphasis on research processes that build on mixed methodologies but with priority to qualitative approaches).
5. (B) Operationalizing
6. Data Analysis Types (content analysis, discourse analysis, thematic analysis, narrative analysis, etc.);
7. Innovative processes of Qualitative Data Analysis (design analysis, articulation, and triangulation of different sources of data—images, audio, video);
8. Qualitative Research in Web Context (eResearch, virtual ethnography, interaction analysis, latent corpus on the internet, etc.);
9. Qualitative Analysis with Support of Specific Software (usability studies, user experience, the impact of software on the quality of research and analysis).

In collaboration with Social Sciences, the authors of high-quality papers from the conference will be invited to submit articles, extending the presented research in this dedicated Special Issue.

Dr. Patrícia Sá
Dr. Grzegorz Bryda
Guest Editors

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• qualitative research
• social science
• research methods