How Can Your Research Make a Difference?

Nordic Qualitative Research Forum 2025: Assistant Professor Vidya Oruganti (top) and Professor Inger G. Stensaker, both from the Department of Strategy and Management, invite researchers to a workshop on the theme “Impact, beyond academia”.
Nordic Qualitative Research Forum 2025: Assistant Professor Vidya Oruganti (top) and Professor Inger G. Stensaker, both from the Department of Strategy and Management, invite researchers to a workshop on the theme “Impact, beyond academia”.
By Sigrid Folkestad

8 April 2025 08:32

How Can Your Research Make a Difference?

Join the Nordic Qualitative Research Forum at NHH – April 25.

How can qualitative research shape practice and influence society — not just theory? That’s the big question at this year’s Nordic Qualitative Research Forum, a full-day workshop at NHH.

On April 25, NHH will host the Nordic Qualitative Research Forum 2025, a one-day event for researchers who use (or are curious about) qualitative methods – and want their work to matter both inside and outside academia.

`This is a great opportunity to connect, share, and develop your research – and to reflect on the broader relevance of what we do´, Assistant Professor Vidya Oruganti says.

She and Professor Inger G. Stensaker, both Department of Strategy and Management, are organizing the workshop.

`In addition to discussing and improving the impact of qualitative research, our goal is to build a Nordic network´, Stensaker says.

Registration

This year’s theme is Impact, beyond academia,” and the workshop invites participants to explore how qualitative research can not only contribute to theory but also influence practice and society more broadly.

Highlights include:

  • Keynotes by Kevin Corley (Imperial College London) and Malvina Klag (University of Manitoba)
  • A Start Smart session for early-stage projects
  • Paper development roundtables and thematic discussions

Time: April 25 – 09:00

Place: Aud Q