Q2019: 35th Annual Q Conference for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity University of Naples Federico II Napoli, Italy, September 18-22, 2019 |
Conference website | https://qmethod.org/qconference/i4s19/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=q2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | April 15, 2019 |
Submission deadline | May 5, 2019 |
The 35th annual meeting of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity will be held September 18-21 at the University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Pre-conference workshops will be held on Wednesday, September 18 as well as the Welcoming Reception. Panels will be held all day on Thursday and Friday, September 19 and 20. On September 19, in the evening, there will be a complementary guided tour to the Naples Cathedral and to the San Gennaro's Blood miracle. The blood liquifies every year on September 19, the day of San Gennaro's beheading.
In addition, the ISSSS Business Meeting and Awards Banquet will also be held during the conference
On Saturday, September 21an optional day tour of the Isle of Capri is being planned.
ISSSS began in 1985 and the first President of the society was Donald Brenner. It now has a membership of around 200 and an executive committee made up of elected officers and ad hoc contributors.
The society supports the publication of a journal Operant Subjectivity: The International Journal of Q Methodology and the organisation of an annual conference most often in September. Conferences typically alternate between Europe and America and are usually hosted by local Q methodologists.
“Fundamentally, Q Methodology provides a foundation for the systematic study of subjectivity, and it is this central feature which recommends it to persons interested in qualitative aspects of human behavior” (Brown, 2008, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods ). “Only subjective opinions are at issue in Q, and although they are typically unprovable, they can nevertheless be shown to have structure and form, and it is the task of Q-technique to make the form manifest for purposes of observation and study” (Brown, 1986, p.58).
Q Methodology (Q) is a complete methodology which involves technique (sorting), method (factor analysis), philosophy, ontology, and epistemology. Q reveals and describes divergent views in a group as well as consensus. Q was created by William Stephenson (1902-1989) who possessed PhDs in physics (1926) and psychology (1929) and studied psychometrics with Charles Spearman, the creator of factor analysis.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers on the topic listed below. An abstract of no more than 250 words shoukld be submitted and include the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions. Auhthors of accepted abstracts will be invited to orally present their papers at the Conference. Full papers (max. 10,000 words) shoulkd be to be submitted prior to the Conference in order to participate to the Brenner Award competition (deadline for full papers: June 30)
- Posters on the topics listed below. Posters should be submitted as Abstracts describing the main Objectives, Methods and Results.
Papers and posters should acknowldege the use of Q methodology.
List of Topics
- Psychology
- Education
- Health
- Political science
- Journalism
- Agriculture and food
- Marketing and communication
- Consumer research
- Environment
- Methodology
Committees
Program Committee
- Helen Mason (Program Chair)
- Raffaele Zanoli (Host Program Chair)
Organizing committee
- Gianni Cicia (Chair)
- Teresa del Giudice
- Carla Cavallo
Venue
The conference will be held in Naples at the University Federico II, jointly organised with the Associazione Centro di Portici.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Helen Mason <Helen.Mason@gcu.ac.uk>