FAQs

You have been emailed calendar invitations with Zoom links to the sessions for which you are registered. Please ensure that you check your spam folder!

To join your session, click on the Zoom link in your calendar invitation or calendar event.

Before workshops and skill-builders, our intrepid teaching assistants will also send you a reminder email with a link to join.

Missing a calendar invitation for a session? Please get in touch at [email protected]!

Some sessions are recorded:

The webinar sessions are recorded. The recordings will be sent to attendees in the weeks following the event.

Skill-builders, workshops, and social events are not recorded due to the nature of the sessions.

 To receive a digital badge recognizing attendance at TQ, participants must fully attend live:

• At least three workshops
• At least 1 skill-builder
• At least 1 webinar

On event materials, session times are usually given in Mountain Time (MT), UTC-6. When we send you session calendar invites, most calendar platforms will automatically convert the invitation to your timezone. Please double-check!

On our website and the event app, you can also select your time zone in the upper right-hand header menu (desktop).

To log into the event app:

1. Find the "log in" prompt (to the right of the page, on desktop; in the menu, on mobile).
2. Enter the same email address you used to register for Thinking Qualitatively. There is no password required.
3. Once you enter your email address, you'll receive an email with a link to log in. Remember to check your spam folder or other inbox tabs!
4. Click the link and you'll be taken directly into the app.

If you're having trouble logging in, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.

Your registration package includes:

• Your choice of up to four interactive workshops
• Your choice of up to two skill-builder sessions
• Access to all four webinars, including recordings
• Casual drop-in mixers and sessions
• Recognition of attendance with a Digital Badge (certificate) if requirements are met
• Complimentary access to a free public keynote

Thinking Qualitatively (TQ) is an annual event that aims to advance understanding of qualitative methods among graduate students, academics, and community research practitioners all over the world. We refer to TQ as a "learning and knowledge exchange event" - a blend between a course, conference, and workshop series that offers a focused sprint for enhancing your qualitative methods!

TQ was established over 24 years ago by the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology as a series with keynotes, panels, interdisciplinary methodological workshops, and software training sessions. We carry on this legacy, seeking to bring diverse scholarly voices into conversation, prioritize participants from equity-deserving groups, and equip the next generation of qualitative researchers with transformative tools to support social change.

We will consider the fundamental importance of relationality in qualitative inquiry, including relationships among researchers, participants, and communities; between human and non-human actors; and across theory and method. Possible topics or key phrases include decolonizing methods, Indigenous relationality, reflexivity, co-creation, community-based or participatory research, communities of practice, visual-text (or other multi-method) relationships, critical engagements with AI, working across qual/quant, and many more.

TQ is geared toward graduate students, early career scholars, community practitioners, and any other thinkers interested in broadening their understanding of qualitative methods. Participants can be from any discipline or sector. You're completely welcome whether you're familiar with qualitative methods or are just starting to use them.

You should have some foundational knowledge of research methods broadly and an interest in expanding your knowledge and skills.