The course is targeting both Ph.D students and faculty at universities and colleges seeking to improve their skills in qualitative research methods. The course is designed to make participants familiar with different aspects, approaches and traditions of qualitative research methods and design, and to discuss this in relation to their own research projects. The course covers issues within the field of social science research. The course will combine plenary and group sessions - and perhaps most important - ample opportunities for informal discussion.

Qualitative camp is organized every year, however this year we have a special track with focus on the experience economy and qualitative studies within experience based sectors. The special track will involve senior researchers involved in the large research project Northern Insight, researchers situated at different Nordic universities

We are very proud to present the following faculty:
Qualitative Camp Faculty,
Nord University and invited faculty

Larry Browning, University of Texas at Austin, USA, and Nord University Business School
Frode Fjelldal-Soelberg, Nord University Business School
Frank Lindberg, Nord University Business School
Øystein Jensen, Nord University Business School and University of Stavanger
Dorthe Eide, Nord University Business School
Lena Mossberg, Nord University and Gothenburg University
Jan-Oddvar Sørnes, Nord University Business School

In addition to plenary sessions - where the professors will give lectures on specific topics - the participants will work in groups; each supervised by one or several of the professors. In these group sessions, the participants will get the opportunity to present and discuss their own research (methodological approach). To prepare for the discussions, fellow participants and faculty will receive your paper/proposal written prior to the course. Some of the lectures and activities will only involve students at the experience track.

The conference language is English, and the papers should be written in English. Participants are expected to turn in a paper/proposal prior to the conference (May 20th), and a complete paper after the course (October 3rd, 2016). Upon approval of the final paper, 7.5 ECTS is awarded.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Jan-Oddvar Sørnes, PhD.
Jan-Oddvar.sornes@nord.no
Phone: +47 908 39821

The social setting for the course
Graduate level seminars and courses like this are often offered on campus at an academic institution, which is a well-known context for all of us. We challenge the familiar and relocate to less familiar surroundings, to the small fishing village of Kabelvåg in Lofoten, at the Nyvågar Rorbyhotel