Dear IAQI and ICQI Community,
We know many of you have expressed concern about the uncertainty surrounding the future of ICQI. Please know that we, your co-presidents — Marcelo Diversi and Kathy Roulston — along with the newly formed IAQI Board of Directors, are working weekly to build a renewed and sustainable infrastructure for both the International Association of Qualitative Inquiry (IAQI) and the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI).
IAQI and ICQI Updates
ICQI 2027 Host Site Proposal
We have developed the ICQI Host Proposal Guidelines for institutions interested in hosting an in-person ICQI in 2027.
A decision will be made by December 2025.
To request a copy of the guidelines, please contact: diversi@wsu.edu or roulston@uga.edu
We will continue to keep the community informed about this process.
New IAQI Website
We are pleased to announce that a new IAQI website is currently under development by a professional design company.
The website will include:
- Updated information about ICQI and IAQI initiatives
- Details about the International Review of Qualitative Research (IRQR), our official journal
- Resources on collaborative events, lectures, and workshops
Launch date: Expected by January 2026.
Quarterly IAQI/ICQI Newsletter
Starting this month, IAQI will publish a quarterly newsletter featuring:
- Updates on infrastructure development (Board of Directors, Finances, Administrative Support)
- Announcements of new committees (Treasury, Communications, Advisory, Awards, Conference Organizing, Sponsorship)
- International Review of Qualitative Research (IRQR) business
- Upcoming elections for IAQI standing committees
Distribution list
All ICQI attendees from the 2023–2025 conferences.
If you wish to opt out of future newsletters or to be added to the distribution list, please contact Marcelo or Kathy directly.
Note: Some members previously opted out of the ICQI event platform (CVent) without realizing it would prevent them from receiving future updates. Please share this information with colleagues who may have missed communications.
ICQI 2025 Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 ICQI awards, and thank you to members who served on the awards committees:
Outstanding book award
Joint winners:
- Wiremu NiaNia, Allister Bush, David Epston, Ngā Kūaha: Voices and Visions in Māori Healing and Psychiatry, Routledge, 2025.
- Alexandre Baril, Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide, Temple University Press, 2023.
- Awards committee: Jonathan Wyatt (Chair), Kakali Bhattacharya, Tony Adams
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Winner: Dr. Elizabeth Adams St. Pierre
- Awards committee: Stacy Holman Jones (Chair), Claudio Moreira, John Johnson
Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation Award
- Winner: Dr. Shannon Perry, Transforming Feelings: Felt Sense and Affective Relationalities in Creative Experiential Learning and Practice
- Highly commended: Dr. Eleanor X. Mehta, (Re)membering Chinese Immigrant Mothers of Children with Disabilities in the United States: A Video-Cued Qi Ethnography
- Awards committee: Bronwyn Davies (Chair), Jerry Rosiek, Susan Nordstrom
ICQI 2026 Awards Update
As ICQI will not be held in 2026, our traditional awards — the Outstanding Book Award, Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award — will be paused for one year. They will resume in 2027, with full details to be shared by mid-2026 through the IAQI Newsletter and the new IAQI/ICQI website.
IAQI Board of Directors
- Marcelo Diversi
Co-President
Washington State University, USA - Kathy Roulston
Co-President
University of Georgia, USA - Roe Bubar
Board Member
Colorado State University, USA - Gaile Cannella
Board Member
Independent Scholar - César A. Cisneros Puebla
Board Member
Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile - Patrick Lewis
Board Member
University of Regina, Canada
Closing Thoughts
As IAQI and ICQI enter this new phase of renewal and collaboration, we deeply appreciate your continued support and patience. Together, we are reimagining a future that honors Dr. Norman K. Denzin’s legacy in establishing the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, which was formerly supported by the International Institute of Qualitative Inquiry. In developing a new international professional association, the International Association of Qualitative Inquiry, we look forward to fostering new spaces for global engagement and creative scholarship.
Warm regards,
Marcelo Diversi & Kathy Roulston
Co-Presidents, IAQI