Joaquim Pais Barbosa, Lusófona University of Porto (vice-rector)
Catarina Brandão, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto (co-chair)
António Pedro Costa, University of Aveiro (WCQR coordinator)

Davys Moreno (Violin Performance - www.davys.pro)

Empowering qualitative research methods with artificial intelligence
Luca Longo, Technological University Dublin - Ireland

Artificial Intelligence is one of the fastest growing disciplines, disrupting many sectors. Originally mainly for computer scientists and engineers, it has been expanding its horizons and empowering many other disciplines contributing to the development of many novel applications in many sectors. These include medicine and health care, business and finance, psychology and neuroscience, physics and biology. However, one of the disciplines in which artificial intelligence has not yet been fully explored and exploited yes is education. In this discipline, many research methods are employed by scholars and lecturers to investigate the impact of different instructional approaches on learning and on the acquisition of skills and knowledge by learners. One of these methods is qualitative research, a scientific method grounded in observations that manipulates and analyses non-numerical data. It focuses on seeking answers to why and how a particular observed phenomenon occurs rather than on its occurrences. This study is aimed at exploring and discussing the impact of artificial intelligence on qualitative research methods in education. In particular, it focuses on how artificial intelligence can empower qualitative research methods, employed in education, for enhancing teaching and learning.

Design fiction and the social, cultural, and ethical implications of emerging technologies [Palacio da Bolsa Room]

Design fiction is a design practice aiming at exploring and criticising possible futures by creating speculative, and sometimes provocative, scenarios narrated through designed artefacts. This demo session introduces the concept, basic elements and some genres of design fiction through exposition and selected case studies. It also allows participants to get first-hand contact with the early stages of the process of creating a diegetic prototype. In the end Participants will be knowledgeable about the overall concept and will grasp some of its particularities. Read more >>

Literature Review with webQDA: better organization, faster process, stellar results [Clérigos Tower Room]

Literature Review is an important step for researchers, as it allows to synthesize previously produced knowledge and identify gaps in proposing new studies. The use of digital tools to support literature review, and qualitative analysis in general, provides better organization, quality and validation of the research process. The purpose of this Demo Session is to present webQDA as a potential tool to support Literature Review and showcase an example of LR with the use of this software. Read more >>

Introduction to ATLAS.ti 8 Windows: Tools for Digging into your Qualitative Data [Sé Room]

ATLAS.ti is a powerful computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) that facilitates the analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data in any discipline. This workshop will present a global overview of ATLAS.ti 8 Windows, including the fundamental procedures related to creating a project, segmenting the data, coding… Read more >>

Data Mining using RAPIDMINER for Mixed Methods Research [Palacio da Bolsa Room]

Mixed methods research includes mixing qualitative and quantitative data, methods, methodologies, and/or paradigms in a research study or set of related studies. Mixed methods research enable to provide a more complete view, and use correct/adequate methods for the different phases of a research project which enables to achieve better and more complete results. Read more >>

Literature Review with webQDA: better organization, faster process, stellar results [Clérigos Tower Room]

Literature Review is an important step for researchers, as it allows to synthesize previously produced knowledge and identify gaps in proposing new studies. The use of digital tools to support literature review, and qualitative analysis in general, provides better organization, quality and validation of the research process. The purpose of this Demo Session is to present webQDA as a potential tool to support Literature Review and showcase an example of LR with the use of this software. Read more >>

Introduction to ATLAS.ti 8 Windows: Tools for Digging into your Qualitative Data [Sé Room]

ATLAS.ti is a powerful computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) that facilitates the analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data in any discipline. This workshop will present a global overview of ATLAS.ti 8 Windows, including the fundamental procedures related to creating a project, segmenting the data, coding… Read more >>

At the Intersection of Art, Science and Technology, The Estonian STARTS.EE initiative
David Lamas, Tallinn University - Estonia

STARTS.EE is Tallinn University umbrella initiative promoting encounters between science, technology and the arts, for the benefit of society. The aim is to build on Tallinn University’s potential and to open up its research and development activities to the outer world, strengthening its abilities and increasing societal and cultural impact. Although STARTS.EE has strong links to an environment where multidisciplinary exchanges already happen, we still feel the need to promote stronger ties between the creative approaches on the one hand and the science and technology development practices on the other. As such, our programme builds on three streams of activity: Residencies; Seasonal schools, workshops, courses; and Publications, presentations and public discussions. In this address, an overview of past and ongoing activities will be provided together with a reflection on the perceived impact of the initiative. The contribution will also dwell into the framing and reframing of art-science collaborations from a more theoretical perspective as an attempt to provide grounds for full exploitation of its potential.

Maus Hábitos literally means Bad Habits. Bad habits because cultural intervention to be socially meaningful and fruitful, and to prevent it from staying only in the dimension of the purely decorative, cannot be "well behaved", but innovative, subversive and transgressive. A space for cultural intervention with an interdisciplinary character, offering areas and proper equipment and human resources to receive exhibitions, various shows, such as concerts, theatre, performing arts, space for rehearsals, training and artistic residencies, as well as there’s also room to enjoy a good meal, either vegetarian, portuguese typicals or marvellous pizzas.

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Dealing with the Dog’s Effect of Qualitative Research
Safary Wa-Mbaleka, Asian Qualitative Research Association - Phillippines

Qualitative research is creating waves all around the world. The thirst for qualitative research at all academic levels can no longer be denied. In a country like the Philippines, senior high school students are now required to take an introductory course in qualitative research. More and more books and articles are regularly published in qualitative research. Newer book publications on qualitative research have become much more practical in guiding novice researchers than they have ever been before. Practical methods are now recommended to make qualitative research much more user-friendly and more readable than before. The field of qualitative research is becoming much more structured than it has ever been before. As more and more exploration goes on in qualitative research, new challenges are coming to light. One of them is about the difficulty that non-native speakers of English have in synthesizing the abstracted concepts from their qualitative research data. Just like the dog that may know so much but cannot verbally express itself, these researchers may know much about qualitative research and yet be unable to express it in their second language; in this case, English. This problem has been reported consistently in recent years by graduate students, novice qualitative researchers, and conference and seminar participants of qualitative research trainings. Based on existing literature and interviews with some qualitative researchers, this paper will highlight the major linguistic challenges non-native speakers of English have and will propose some solutions to those challenges. It is the intent of this paper to raise the common challenges non-native speakers of English face in capturing, analyzing, and interpreting qualitative research data. By addressing these challenges, the quality of the interpretation of qualitative research data in non-English speaking countries may be more accurate and more meaningful for the research problem under exploration. Doing so can empower this important group of researchers, thus providing them an important opportunity to contribute to the global scholarship within their respective fields. Practical strategies to deal with the Dog’s Effect of Qualitative Research will be recommended based on the limited existing literature on the topic and hopefully generate more discussion useful in addressing these challenges that may be so far less known in English-speaking countries. They will also be based on interviews conducted with graduate students and faculty who have taught or published qualitative research. This paper is intended to generate further discussion that will help improve the training on qualitative research in non-English speaking countries. 

Triangulation as a tool for validation of data in qualitative research in Education [Palácio da Bolsa Room]
Andrea Karla Ferreira Nunes¹, Rita de Cássia Amorim Barroso², Jacques Fernandes Santos³

¹ Department of Postgraduate Education in Tiradentes University – Sergipe – Brazil andreaknunes@gmail.com
² Department of Postgraduate Education in Tiradentes University – Sergipe – Brazil ritadte@gmail.com
³ Doctor Student of the Department of Postgraduate Education in Tiradentes University – Sergipe – Brazil  jacquesfs@hotmail.com

Abstract. The process of Triangulation of data has over the years expanded its collaboration in qualitative research, mainly by the adhesion of several researchers and scientists who are dedicated to the field of research in Education. Known mainly for its ability to combine different methods of data collection, Triangulation has consolidated itself as an effective tool for both textual analysis and empirical data analysis, grouped into its different universes. In addition to its traditional use, this resource has also been used as a viable instrument for the validation and comparison of data collected in field studies, qualitative, which lack reliability and checking, when dealing with collections involving structured interviews or semistructured.
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Exploring Researcher-Participant Relationship in Qualitative Research [Sé Room]
Safary Wa-Mbaleka¹ , Pavel Zubkov², Gracel Ann Saban², Arceli Rosario²

¹ Adventist University of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. Wa-mbalekas@aua.ac.ke
² Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, Silang, Cavite, Philippines. zubkovp@aiias.edu; gsaban@aiias.edu; rosarioa@aiias.edu

Abstract. The relationship between researcher and participant is crucial in qualitative research. In this presentation, we will explore how this relationship can be developed and negotiated in such a way that the goals of the research project are achieved and both the participant and the researcher, in the research process and after it, feel valued and respected. We will address four aspects of the researcher-participant relationship: “zone of the untouchable,” participants’ vulnerability, reciprocity, and cultural diversity.
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Methodological Innovations and Resources: Forms of Data, Partnership and Pedagogy
Rosalind Edwards^1,2, Lynn Jamieson^1,3, Melanie Nind^{1, 4}

¹ National Centre for Research Methods, UK. R.S.Edwards@soton.ac.uk; L.Jamieson@ed.ac.uk; Nind@soton.ac.uk
² Department of Economic, Social & Political Science, University of Southampton, UK.
³ School of Social & Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, UK. M.A

Abstract. For the past five years, the National Centre for Research Methods (Phase III), funded in the UK by the Economic and Social Research Council, has acted as a focal point for national and international research and training activities in social science research methods.  It has driven forward methodological development and innovation through its own programme of cutting-edge research, and supported capacity building for social scientists through a programme of methods training courses and development of pedagogic resources.
This session draws on research and resources developed in the context of NCRM with presentations by three of its co-directors. The presentations will range across innovations and resources relating to the considerations around participatory research through focus groups, research involving partnerships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, and research-generated resources to build capacity in dealing with large amounts of qualitative data. This showcases some of the variety in qualitative methods development work in NCRM and shows how boundaries are being pushed. Participants will have their knowledge of advanced qualitative methods extended, and be made aware of resources available to support them.
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The Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Ethics are Confidentiality and Informed Consent: Paradoxically, they are as Robust as they are Fragile
Martin Tolich, Otago University - New Zeland

The primacy of the method in quantitative research is the research instrument. In mixed methods, it is the dictatorship of the research question. In qualitative research it is usually limited to the researcher’s responsibility to simultaneously collect and analyse data in real-time. Unstated in this primacy for qualitative research is the necessity to take responsibility for the big ethical moments that are arise in the field. This presentation highlights two fundamental ethical assurances, confidentiality and informed consent, that qualitative researchers routinely employ to protect participants. These concepts are only robust if understanding their fragility and nuance. Confidentiality and anonymity are sound ethical concepts yet they are mutually exclusive. Qualitative research is nuanced, it cannot be anonymous; the researcher always knows what the participant said and who the participant is. De-identifying this knowledge does not anonymise it. Confidentiality has two limits. Law authorities can subpoena confidential data. In addition, data collected among relational groups (families, workplaces, small towns) can undermine confidentiality. Informed consent is also malleable. Participants who give their consent to take part in a research project with an iterative, emergent research question gave uninformed consent. Is this situation aberrant or the norm? Should process consent; given before, during and after data collection become standard? The primacy of the method for qualitative researchers is not limited to data collection and analysis. It also entails ethical considerations both before and after data collection and analysis. In qualitative research, the researcher is the primary guardian of ethics.

Elisabete Pinto da Costa, Lusófona University of Porto (chair)
Catarina Brandão, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto (co-chair)
António Pedro Costa, University of Aveiro (WCQR Coordinator)

15h30 to 17h30 - Walking tour through the historic centre of Porto (2 hours)

Start point

17h30 to 20h00 - Fábrica da Nortada (ByeByeBeer and Cocktail)

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