Conference Report: 18th Conference on Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQD) 2016: MAXQDA User Conference

Abstract

During the first week of March 2016, 120 researchers from 12 different countries, including Syria, Japan, the USA and Turkey, met in Berlin (Germany) to learn more about their computer-assisted qualitative data analysis skills. The 18th Conference on Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQD) offered several workshops, a research methods poster session, and the opportunity to share and discuss best practice between attendees, trainers and speakers (informally and through the user forum). The conference also hosted three seminal keynote speakers in two presentations: John CRESWELL, and Udo KUCKARTZ and Stefan RÄDIKER, who shared, respectively, the state of the art of mixed methods and the ways that software can support these approaches.

In der ersten Märzwoche 2016 trafen sich ca. 120 Forschende aus 12 Ländern (u.a. Japan, Syrien, den USA und der Türkei) in Berlin, um sich über Nutzungsmöglichkeiten qualitativer Software zu informieren. Die 18. Conference on Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQD) erlaubte im Rahmen verschiedener Workshops sowie mittels einer Poster-Session und von Nutzer/innenforen, Best-Practice-Beispiele (auch informell) zu diskutieren. Hinzu kamen Keynotes von John CRESWELL bzw. Udo KUCKARTZ und Stefan RÄDIKER, die über Potenziale des Softwareeinsatzes im Themenfeld Mixed Methods informierten.