We encourage the submission of papers that address  qualitative research  methodology, cases reflecting experiences with qualitative research from disciplines like  sociology, psychology, marketing, organizations, law and humanities, as well as cases utilizing qualitative software and technological developments in related software. We are  interested in papers that  address  topics such as, but not limited to

1. Research cases from various disciplines utilizing qualitative methodology
2. Opportunities in and challenges of conducting software assisted qualitative research
3. Methodological reflections of using software in qualitative research
4. Analysis  processes that benefit most  from qualitative software
5. Innovative and new ways of using software tools
6. Transparency on reporting software assisted qualitative research
7. Experiences and models on teaching qualitative software
8. New software tools and the future of qualitative research
9. Research team possibilities in using software
10. On line research, ethics and qualitative software
11. Integration of quantitative and qualitative data in mixed methods research and emerging inquiry approaches

Qualitative Computing: Diverse Worlds and Research Practices Conference is open to any initiative to include other topics related to using qualitative software, you are invited to contact us if you have suggestions.

The extended deadline for abstract submission: October 31, 2010. Authors will be informed of the outcome of their submission by December 1, 2010. Abstracts of all accepted papers will be available to participants at the conference.

Abstracts should be 400 - 800 words in length and written in English. The abstract should include the title of the paper and an overview of the background theoretical/ practical context, objective of the paper, methodology (if applicable), main findings/points of discussion and conclusions. The author’s name(s) should not be on the abstract itself. A cover sheet including the title of the paper, the author’s names, titles, institutional affiliations and contact details, with the primary contact person designated, should accompany the abstract.

Please send your submissions as a Word document to the Conference Chairs:
csh@xanum.uam.mx,kus@humanity.ankara.edu.tr,tapans@boun.edu.tr
All submissions will be subject to a blind peer review process