Below you will find additional professional development opportunities external to CTRL and AU, categorized by qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research, that you might take advantage of in addition to CTRL programming. Feel free to schedule a consultation with a CTRL research methodologist to discuss these options and decide what might be appropriate to support your goals.

Qualitative 

Qualitative Research Resources: Training Opportunities UNC & Beyond: Find sources of qualitative training & support at UNC. How to search for and evaluate qualitative research, integrate qualitative research into systematic reviews, report/publish qualitative research. Includes some Mixed Methods resources. UNC & Beyond: These workshops are not free. 

Link: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/qual 

Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive: At the Qualitative Research Summer Intensive, take advantage of a unique opportunity to gain both theoretical and practical understanding of qualitative inquiry. This workshop is not free. 

Link: https://www.researchtalk.com 

Qualitative Design and Data Collection Camp: 3.5 days of focused attention on improving your ability to design and execute qualitative projects. Our mentor team will help you work in a way that keeps you engaged and motivated through the life of your project. Our camp participants appreciate the opportunity to give themselves “permission” to spend time with their project, away from their busy work and family lives, with coaching from our team of experts. Take advantage of the opportunity to interact with fellow qualitative researchers across a variety of disciplines. This workshop is not free. 

Link: https://www.researchtalk.com/upcoming-events 

Qualitative Data Analysis Camp: Our Qualitative Data Analysis Camp fosters data-based decision-making, reflection and strategizing about your analysis approach with guidance from the ResearchTalk mentor team. Our camp participants appreciate the opportunity to give themselves “permission” to spend time with their data, away from their busy work and family lives, with coaching from our team of experts. Camp participants report feeling re-energized by learning how to truly be directed by data content using the Sort and Sift, Think and Shift method. Take advantage of the opportunity to interact with fellow qualitative researchers analyzing data across a variety of disciplines. This workshop is not free. 

Link: https://www.researchtalk.com/upcoming-events 

Spring Qualitative Inquiry Seminars: 3 online courses offered by our qualitative scholar team that introduce methodologically-informed principles and practice techniques to guide you through your qualitative inquiry project. This workshop is not free. 

Link: https://www.researchtalk.com/sqis 

Qualitative Writing Camp: Our Qualitative Writing Camp focuses on four core questions: 

1. When do I start writing for my qualitative projects? 

1. How do I integrate data into my qualitative writing? 

1. How do I write a methods section? 

1. Where do I publish or present my qualitative work? 

Responses to these questions introduce strategies to help you compose authentic, impactful and relevant data-based articles, books, chapters, reports and presentations. Our team of qualitative inquiry mentors will introduce you to writing practices and tips to use through the entire research lifecycle of your projects. “Writing” can and should start early in your work on a new project. We encourage you to begin memoing and diagramming to contemplate emerging ideas early in each project. This workshop is not free. 

Link: https://www.researchtalk.com/upcoming-events  

Professional Development Courses with AERA (American Educational Research Association): This page includes professional development opportunities offered at the Annual Meeting for AERA. The courses cover salient topics in education research design; quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods; meta-analysis; and other data analysis techniques. This page also covers the Virtual Learning Series. Membership required. 

Link: https://www.aera.net/Professional-Opportunities-Funding/Professional-Development-Courses  

Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (Qualitative Research Workshops): The MCHRI Qualitative Workshop Research was created to provide an educational resource for Stanford Researchers engaging in Qualitative Research. Available on site for free. 

Link: https://med.stanford.edu/mchri/education/qualitative-research-workshops.html 

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. This workshop is not free. 

Link: https://icqi.org  

QRCA Connecting. Educating. Advancing.: QRCA is a global network of qualitative research professionals, including market research, UX, CX, sociologists, ethnographers, linguists, social media and other qualitative experts, and the resource for elevating qualitative research expertise at all levels, where members network and share best practices, trends and technology, and take advantage of unique educational content. Membership required. 

Link: https://www.qrca.org/ 

Temple University Libraries-Qualitative Data Analysis and QDA Tools: Information for Temple students, researchers, and instructors interested in conducting qualitative data analysis. Available on site for free. 

Link: Home – Qualitative Data Analysis and QDA Tools – Research Guides at Temple University 

Quantitative 

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. This workshop is not free. 

Link: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/sumprog/ 

International Society Quantitative Ethnography: The International Society for Quantitative Ethnography is a professional organization that supports and promotes research that unifies qualitative and quantitative analysis of human thought, behavior, and interaction. Quantitative ethnographic approaches are used in a range of fields, including education, history, anthropology, systems engineering, and psychology, and ISQE provides a forum for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scholarly interactions at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences. The society hosts the annual International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE), a monthly QE Webinar Series, and other events that facilitate intellectual exchange, collaboration, and community building. Membership required. 

Link: https://www.qesoc.org/  

Mixed Methods 

Mixed Methods International Research Association: Support the MMIRA Annual Conference to provide a forum at various locations worldwide for scholars, students, practitioners, policymakers, citizens, and other stakeholders to come together and share their international and interdisciplinary problems, perspectives, findings, and solutions. Membership required. 

Link:  https://mmira.wildapricot.org/objectives 

University of Michigan Mixed Methods Program: Our mission is to promote mixed methods research and scholarship across academic disciplines through education, training, consulting and mentoring with the support of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan. This workshop is not free.
​Link: https://www.mixedmethods.org/ 

Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research: The Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research (SWMMR) is an academic organization that aims to further discussions on the theory and application of mixed methods research in the social sciences. Available on site for free.
Link: https://swmixedmethods.com/