QRS 2027 Submissions

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1.QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2027 - ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The 2027 Qualitative Research Symposium invites researchers from all disciplines and methodological traditions to explore how qualitative researchers make meaning. We welcome contributions that critically and creatively consider the processes through which qualitative researchers interpret, understand and represent the social world. We are particularly interested in work that challenges assumptions about what qualitative analysis should look like, or that explores the possibilities and limits of meaning-making in qualitative research. We encourage contributors to reflect on and consider their past, current, or future work in relation to the following overarching theme of making meaning. Contributions across all academic disciplines are welcome, as are theoretically inspired, methodologically oriented, and empirically grounded inquiries that link to these overlapping themes:


1. Exploring how qualitative researchers do, could and should make meaning.
2. Asking critical questions about qualitative interpretation and understanding.
3. Using empirical examples to explore approaches to qualitative meaning-making.

Submission Deadline: Friday 20th November 2026

SUBMISSION FORMATS

Traditional talk

• 15-minute talk followed by 5-minutes for questions.

Symposium and Alternative Sessions
• Symposia should consist of 3-4 presentations (each lasting no more than 15/20 minutes) aligned under a common theme. Each symposium should also include a Q&A or Discussion at the end. Proposals should indicate who will be chairing the session.
- Alternative sessions could include a workshop, a panel discussion or a hackathon. Please specify the intended format of your session in the application. 

Lightning Presentations

• Lightning Presentations will last no more than 5 minutes and will be grouped with other submissions of a common theme. They are an opportunity to showcase new research, methods or perspectives. Each lightning presentation will be followed by a 5-minute Q&A.


SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Single Presenter Submission (either a 15-minute or 5-minute talk)

• Paper title

• Presentation format (either 15-minute traditional talk or 5-minute lightning talk)

• Author(s) and affiliated university or employer, and contact information

• Symposium theme(s) to which paper relates

• Abstract of no more than 250 words


 Multiple Presenter Submission (Symposium and Alternative Sessions)

• Symposium title

• Symposium Chair and Discussant information

• Author(s) and affiliated university or employer, and contact information

• Symposium theme(s) to which paper relates

• Symposium abstract of no more than 250 words

• Talk Titles, Author and Abstracts (3-4) of no more than 250 words
2.What type of abstract are you submitting?
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