Research Guides: Qualitative Research Methods & Tools: Training & Support beyond UNM

Online Discussion Groups, etc.

QUALRS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU (Qualitative Research for the Human Sciences) is a listserv hosted by the University of Georgia (UGA) Qualitative Research Program. Click on the link for information on how to subscribe.

UGA's SQUIG (Student Qualitative Interest Group) has also published a list of other listservs related to qualitative research and their website also includes lists of qualitative research journals, etc.

Training/Conferences beyond UNM

Below are some workshops and conferences that can help you build your qualitative research and methods skills/knowledge. Most of these charge a fee to attend.

Odum Institute (UNC Chapel Hill) Education
Offers training and workshops (for a fee) related to social sciences research. People come from all over to attend the Institute's qualitative research training - they offer intensive summer courses and short courses.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Summer Program
ICPSR's Summer Programs have been training researchers in quantitative methods since 1963. They occasionally have a few qualitative methods courses too. Most courses are held in Ann Arbor at U Michigan while some are hosted in other regions by other universities.
ICQI (International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry), U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Annual conference with workshops (usually in May) hosted by the International Institute for Qualitative Inquiry (IIQI)at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Its mission is to facilitate the development of qualitative research methods across a wide variety of academic disciplines. In addition, it provides leadership to demonstrate the promise of qualitative inquiry as a form of democratic practice, to show how qualitative inquiry can be used to directly engage pressing social issues at the level of local, state, national and global communities.
ResearchTalk
Offers workshops and camps (for a fee) and partners with UNC's Odum Institute to sponsor the Qualitative Research Summer Intensive.
Arizona Methods Workshops (U Arizona, School of Sociology)
These 3-day workshops are hosted by the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona. The goal is to share their methodological expertise with the wider community of social scientists. Topics and instructors vary from year to year.
Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research - IQMR (Syracuse U)
Summer training program with attendance by application or nomination (by November). Some UNM departments (e.g. Political Science) often nominate a student. Ask your department if they participate. If not, the Institute has a competitive fellowship program to which you can apply.
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (U Alberta)
Annual conference and other learning events focusing on qualitative research across all disciplines and is held in various countries around the world.
Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC)
Invites presentations on research projects among a broad spectrum of topics related to employment of traditional ethnographic and qualitative research. The focus is on results of qualitative and ethnographic research studies, qualitative research methods, and pedagogical issues in qualitative research.

Online/Webinars

CAQDAS Networking Project (U Surrey)
Provides training and resources related to QDA. Lots of good info on this website.
IIQM (International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, U of Alberta) Webinars
Free archived webinars on all kinds of topics related to qualitative research.
IES Resources for Researchers, Video Training
The Institute for Education Sciences (IES) sponsors research methods training institutes. Many of these are videotaped and the videos and slides are available online. Topics include: single-case intervention research design, Cluster Randomized Trials (RCT), Quasi-Experimental Design & Analysis, intentionally missing data, etc.
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They also have a webpage with links to a variety of methodological resources: https://ies.ed.gov/funding/resources.asp

Online QDA Software Tutorials & Help

The following links lead to online video trainings created by the companies who produce these programs. Note that HyperRESEARCH has a series of hands-on tutorials embedded in the software, which you should be able to use if you have a license.

Also search on YOUTUBE for NVIVO videos, many libraries and academic institutions have created useful videos that are quite good.

The Albuquerque/Bernalillo Public Library subscribes to LinkedIn Learning (formerly LYNDA.COM), a resources which includes online tutorials on how to use NVIVO. If you are a member of the LIbrary you can access this resources by clicking on the RESEARCH drop down tab, choosing ERESOURCES AND DATABASES, and then clicking on the letter "L" in order to find the link to LYNDA.COM.