Doctoral Consortium

Workshop Description

The ICQE25 Doctoral Consortium is designed to support doctoral students in the exploration and development of their research interests. The consortium provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to share their dissertation research with their peers, advisors, and an international panel of faculty serving as mentors.

Participants will engage in collaborative inquiry and scholarly discourse to improve their dissertation work and to advance their understanding of the field. To benefit from the Doctoral Consortium, applicants should be advanced graduate students and be at a stage in their dissertation research where the other participants and mentors may be of help in shaping and framing their research and analysis activities. The goal of this workshop is to promote intellectual exchange, provide mentoring and support for junior researchers, build capacity for diverse leadership and participation in the QE community, and facilitate collaboration across disciplines and geographic contexts.

Objectives and Design

The Doctoral Consortium aims to:

• Provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on their dissertation research and to identify problems/issues for discussion and inquiry
• Provide a setting for participants to contribute ideas and receive feedback and guidance on their current research
• Promote collaborative mentorship between dissertation or thesis chairs and Ph.D. students using quantitative ethnographic approaches in their research
• Provide a forum for discussing theoretical and methodological issues of central importance to quantitative ethnography
• Develop a network of supportive scholars using quantitative ethnography across countries and continents
• Contribute to the conference experience of participating students through interaction with other participants, mentors, and organizers
• Support young researchers in their effort to enter different research communities.

Doctoral Consortium sessions occur before the conference on Sunday, October 12, and after the conference on Thursday, October 16. First, participants will meet before the conference to present their dissertation projects and engage in discussions with other members on specific aspects of their work. On the last day of the conference, participants will meet again to engage with common issues and themes identified during the conference, including theoretical models, research design and questions, pedagogy and technology, data collection, methods of analysis, etc. and how these issues may or may not relate to their dissertation work. During both days of the consortium, participants will receive support from expert mentors to engage in further inquiry and discussion.

Who Should Apply?

The ICQE25 Doctoral Consortium is open to Ph.D. candidates who are most likely to benefit from the intended goals through collaborative interaction. Generally, students should be at a stage in their work where the consortium may support the development of their dissertation research design and/or analysis.

The eligibility criteria for the ICQE Doctoral Consortium are as follows:

1. The applicant must be a doctoral student in a Ph.D. or other terminal degree program.
2. The applicant must be a dissertator (or the equivalent) working on a dissertation project for which QE is an appropriate method.
3. The applicant must be at least one year from finishing the Ph.D. or other terminal degree at the time when the application is due.
4. The applicant cannot have participated in a previous ICQE Doctoral Consortium.

If accepted, funding will be provided to participating doctoral students. Advisors of accepted doctoral consortium participants are encouraged to attend ICQE25. Applicants who have queries about eligibility or have other questions should send an email to: icqeconf@gmail.com.

How to Apply?

Eligible students should submit an application through the conference system by the June 1st, 2025 deadline.

Proposals will be reviewed by at least two international experts in the field. Participants for the Doctoral Consortium will be selected on the basis of:

• the academic quality of the proposal
• the relevance and potential contribution of research to the field of quantitative ethnography
• the recommendation letter from dissertation or thesis chair
• anticipated contribution to the workshop goals

Each proposal should contain the following within one document in the following order, and be submitted through the conference system:

1. A cover sheet with:
1. Student name, email address, institutional affiliation, and mailing address
2. A link to the students’ personal webpage (optional)
3. The title of the research project or dissertation
4. The name, institutional affiliation, and email address of the student’s dissertation or thesis chair
2. A 1-2 page personal statement that includes:
1. A summary of the current status of the students’ dissertation study and research broadly
2. A discussion of the expected benefits of consortium participation for the student and research advisor (if submitting jointly)
3. A description of specific issues, challenges or questions in the students’ quantitative ethnographic work that could be addressed or explored further during the consortium
3. A 2-page summary of the student’s research including tables, figures and references formatted using the Proceedings template. The summary should include the following:
1. Abstract
2. Goals of the research
3. Background of the project
4. Methodology
5. Preliminary or expected findings
6. Expected contributions
4. A letter of recommendation from the students’ dissertation or thesis advisor (submitted via email to icqeconf@gmail.com).

Please submit the cover page, the page personal statement, and the research summary as a single file in DOCX and PDF format named as follows: “Firstname_Lastname_DCproposal”. The application should be written in English, and submitted (coming soon).

Letters of recommendation should be emailed separately to icqeconf@gmail.com.