Events

NU Qualitative Special Interest Group Annual Symposium 2026

  • Venue: Frederick Douglass Building, Newcastle University
  • Start: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:30:00 GMT
  • End: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:30:00 GMT

Theme: Contemporary Challenges in Qualitative Research
Abstract submission deadline: Friday the 24th of October 2025
Registration: Registration will be open later this year, there will be a registration fee of between £10 and £20 depending on the category of delegate. 
Keynotes: TBC

We are now accepting submissions in the following streams:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Qualitative Research: Any work on data collection, methodologies, analysis, and research on AI.
  • Challenging Participants and Situations: How you deal with imposter participants and aggressive, rude, and abusive participants, researcher safety, and traumatic topics.  We expect submissions in this stream to be researcher-focused.
  • The Ethics and Dilemmas of Open Research.
  • New, Niche, and Novel: Any work using a method which is new to you, your field, or the qualitative community, or are you using a known method in a different way.
  • Free topic stream: Anything that does not fit in the other streams is welcome to be submitted under this stream.

Presentation Styles:

  • Standard Presentation (15mins + 5mins Q&A).
  • Rapid Presentation (3mins + 2mins Q&A) These will be pre-recorded presentations with in-person Q&A.
  • Early-Stage Career Researcher/PhD Spotlight (3mins + 2mins Q&A) These will be pre-recorded presentations with in-person Q&A.

Prizes:

  • Best Abstract (Selected from all submitted abstracts).
  • Best in the Early-Stage Career Researcher/PhD Spotlight (Selected from all presentations in the ESCR spotlight session).

Panel discussion:

  • Qualitative Research 2056: What will the next 30 years bring us? Please contact the QualSIG if you would like to contribute to this panel discussion. QualSIG@newcastle.ac.uk

Abstract submission:

 

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