1. Overview & Eligibility
The Student Track in QRDC 2025 is designed to nurture emerging qualitative researchers at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Students may join as individuals or in a team of up to three (3) members from the same or different programmes/institutions.
2. Student Categories
Please select the most suitable category. Click “View Guideline” for detailed instructions and rubric.
Focuses on designing a clear and coherent qualitative research proposal with aligned problem, purpose, research questions, methodology and ethics.
- Short to medium-length proposal.
- Emphasis on alignment & feasibility.
- Suitable for coursework or early thesis ideas.
Requires a more comprehensive qualitative research design, including detailed sampling, data collection and analysis plans with stronger methodological justification.
- Full design structure.
- Stronger focus on rigour and trustworthiness.
- Suitable for dissertation/thesis-level work.
Emphasises the design of qualitative data collection instruments and the analysis plan, demonstrating how rich data will be generated and interpreted.
- Detailed interview/FGD/observation protocols.
- Clear step-by-step analysis procedure.
- Suitable for students who enjoy methods and tools.