Profile area A medical faculty thematic space for senior researchers, teachers and doctoral students active in the field qualitative methods, and others interested in the topic.
The theme qualitative methods was initiated in the spring of 2021. The aim of the theme is to provide knowledge exchange and stimulate debate, increase creative thinking about qualitative methods and to create opportunities for collaboration between the three departments. The seminars given within the theme are interactive and the ambition is for the theme to give two seminars/workshops per semester. The seminars are open to staff members at the three participating departments, as well as to specially invited guests. External participants who are interested in attending a seminar are welcome to contact the steering committee.
We welcome suggestions for speakers for the seminar series. Researchers and others working with qualitative methods who are interested in contributing to the seminar series are warmly invited to contact the steering committee.
Upcoming seminars
26 March, 13:00-14:30, Norrskenet, Biology Building or Zoom.
The topic is Intersectionality in Qualitative studies, with introductory presentations from Ida Linander and Margarita Mondaca, followed by moderated discussion among participants.
Ida Linander, Research fellow at Epidemiology and Global Health. MD, PhD, and Docent/Associate Professor in Public Health. Dr Linander’s research is interdisciplinary linking public health with gender studies. She critically examines health and welfare systems, focusing on inequalities, LGBTQ health, sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence. Dr Linander will present a background on Intersectional theory and its application in health science.
Margarita Mondaca, Assistant Professor at the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University. Dr. Mondaca is an occupational therapist leading Moving people –a project and a research network– focused on migration, health and social participation. Her research explores everyday life, vulnerability, and participation through critical and interpretative approaches, emphasizing equity and human rights.
Dr Mondaca will provide examples of applying intersectionality as a method, drawing from her own research.
May 11 2026, 13.00-15.00, Norrskenet, Biology Building or Zoom
Research and Activism: A Multifaceted Relationship
Anna-Britt Coe is a Professor of Sociology at Karlstad University with extensive experience in research on social movements, power relations, and research practice. She works with qualitative and action-oriented methods, exploring how science and social engagement can both collaborate and challenge each other.
In this lecture, Anna-Britt Coe will discuss different types of relationships between research (science) and activism. Examples include researching activism as an object of study, challenging power relations (a form of activism) within a research field, and using research methods that question power structures in society and foster engagement among study participants. She will also address activism for science itself, and the risks that arise when, within or outside academia, science is disregarded in the pursuit of political agendas.
Past seminars
26 March 2025
Introduction to DIPEx
Presentation by Associate professo Hege Andreassen, Centre for care research, UiT- the Arctic University of Norway.
18 November 2024
How to perform meta-synthesis analysis - examples of various methods
Presentation by Associate Professor Åsa Audulv, Department of Nursing.
19 September 2024
Qualitative methods and reflexive thematic analysis
Presentation by Professor Marit Solbjør, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
8 May 2024
Involvement of stakeholders in co-creation of public health interventions – introduction and examples from on-going research
Presentation by Professor Ingeborg Nilsson, Professor Karin Wadell, Associate Professor Marlene Sandlund, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation.
21 February 2024
Digital ethnography – introduction and examples from qualitative research in and about digital environment
Presentation by Evelina Liliequist, Associate Professor at Humlab and
researcher at Centre for Regional Science at Umeå University.
23 October 2023
Mixed methods Designs
Presentation by Senior research assistant Faustine Kyungu Nkulu Kalengayi from the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health.
29 May 2023
Video recording as a method for data collection
Presentation by Maria Härgestam and Catarina Fischer Grönlund, Department of Nursing.
24 March 2023
Observation and use of vignettes for learning and practicing person-centered care – an ethnographic study
Presentation by Associate Professor Öncel Naldemirci from the Department of Social Work.
14 December 2022
Qualitative Content Analysis
Presentation by Professor Ulla Hällgren Graneheim, University West.
9 November 2022
Fenomenological-hermeneutic method inspired by Ricoeur
Presentation by Professor Gunilla Strandberg, Department of Nursing.
18 May 2022
Discourse analysis – examples from research
Presentations by Doctoral student Therese Nordin, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Professor Anna Sofia Lundgren, Department of Culture and Media Studies, and Associate Professor Ann Jacobsson, Department of Nursing.
23 February 2022
Discourse Analysis in theory and practice - approach and method(s). Presentation by Professor Annika Egan Sjölander, Department of Culture and Media Studies.
9 December 2021
Narrativ och tolkande metod som resurs för hälsovetenskaplig forskning.
Lunchseminar with Professor Staffan Josephsson, Karolinska Institutet, member of the Steering Committee for the Strategic Research Area in Health Sciences (SFO-V) and Visiting Researcher at the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation.
11 November 2021
How can Qualitative Longitudinal Research (QLR) be used in health science research?
The seminar gave an overview of qualitative longitudinal research and practical examples from studies where this method has been used.
10 May 2021
Progression in teaching in qualitative methods from undergraduate to advanced levels.
Lecture by Lars Larsson, Umeå University Pedagogy and Learning Support (UPL).
