The collaboration spans several research domains. In the QMM Collaboration, the goal is to improve teamwork using digital tools, create digital collaboration spaces, develop digital platforms for collaboration, and manage projects online. QMM Research aims to enhance research skills in the digital era, conduct AI-assisted research, and use AI-support tools. The QMM Analysis concentrates on techniques for dictionary creation, integrating AI with large language models and chatbots, exploring corpus and computational linguistics, adhering to AI research ethics, applying computational research methods, and merging AI with computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software.

QMM Thinking focuses on developing computational thinking skills, AI-driven problem-solving, fostering critical thinking in AI contexts, applying design thinking, and emphasizing qualitative thinking in technology. QMM Education is about teaching and learning in the digital age, training in digital and multimodal literacy, integrating AI into education, using multimodal educational tools, and enhancing learning with technology-enhanced methods.

The collaboration also involves standard publishing in research, data analysis, and educational methods. There's interest in trending topics in CAQDAS, AI, LLM, and AI tools, but specific articles are not yet planned. A paper planning template and an author exchange program are being developed. Additionally, there are plans to host the World Congress of Qualitative Research (WCQR) in Krakow in 2025, focusing on QMM research, collaboration, analysis, thinking, and education.

In all these initiatives, collaborating with academic and business networks is vital. Central to these efforts are the postgraduate program led by Antonio and a knowledge database developed by the CAQDAS TM Lab, along with regular seminars and meetings. These are part of a broader strategy to advance the field and promote a culture of innovation and knowledge exchange.

Miriam Mary Brgles is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology at Catholic University of Croatia in Zagreb.

Before academia she was working in the Marketing Department of Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, where she did her PhD research. In 2020 she published a book, based on her doctoral thesis, named Struggle for Power: Politics, Artists and Audience. Social Aspects of the Development of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (published in Croatian language). She was a visiting PhD researcher at the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna and did her postdoctoral research at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas-Angelicum in Rome.

She was the research director and the team member of the CRO Laudato Si' Project, and the research director of the follow-up project Creation and Care: Application of New Lifestyles and Interaction of Young People with Vulnerable Social Groups/Groups of People in Need, and a research director of the EU funded project.

These lectures are designed to help young researchers develop arts-based research projects, reflect on challenges and opportunities in a rapidly changing digital environment/society, and disseminate the research or/and research results in a creative and innovative way.

The first lecture introduces the relationship between the researcher and participants/collaborators and the practice of reflexivity.

The second one provides introduction to ABR either as a data collection technique and a dissemination technique and gives key examples to highlight the range of possibilities afforded by arts-based research in researching vulnerable social groups.

The last lecture presents that traditional avenues like academic journals and conferences are valuable, but they often don't reach a wide enough audience or allow for much interaction. That's why we're diving deep into creative methods that make research more accessible and engaging for everyone.

In a practical sense, the main goal of these lectures is to learn that art is a form of (transferable) knowledge, which can offer empowerment and change.

Open online meeting organised by CAQDAS TM Lab & JU Institute of Sociology

Date: Friday 20.10.2023
Time: 10:00 am
Where? Online on MsTeams

In practical sense, students will observe some creative ways to present a project or research results to the wider audiences and learn that art is a form of (transferable) knowledge, which can offer empowerment and change.
 

Traditional methods of sharing research through academic journals and conferences have their merits, but they often limit the audience and interaction. Our meeting will explore innovative ways to make research more accessible and engaging. These creative methods not only make complex findings easier to understand but also facilitate a meaningful dialogue between researchers and the broader community. Topics to be covered include Digital Storytelling, Infographics, Podcasts, Interactive Webinars, Social Media, Blog Posts, Virtual Reality, Art Installations, Gamification, Community Outreach, Interactive Dashboards, Zines/Comics, and Traditional Media.

Course Summary
Sociology in an International Context: The View from America
(15h, 3 ECTS, BA and MA level)

This course examines the academic discipline of sociology using as an exemplar the department of sociology at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC. We will explore the varied theoretical and methodological approaches to the discipline employed by GWU sociologists, their range of sub-disciplinary specializations, and the department curriculum, which includes courses in sociology, criminal justice, and human services and social justice. We will also read and discuss some of Professor Tuch’s published research in the area of racial and ethnic intergroup relations. Students who are interested in studying abroad will find the course especially helpful.

Time and place: 
seven meetings plus consultations: October 25th, November 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, December 6th, 13th 
Wednesdays, 3:40 - 5:10 pm
the Institute of Sociology
room 81, second floor.

For further information:

• check the general syllabus of the course: Sociology in an International Context
• or contact the course coordinator, dr. Daria Łucka, daria.lucka@uj.edu.pl