Certified Quirkos Trainers

Ulises Alejandro Duarte Velazquez

I am an elementary teacher of initial training, advisor and consultant of research methods for public and private universities, postgraduate professor, specialized in research methods.

Mr. Khan is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, as well as Editor of Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies. He has organized several Qualitative data analysis sessions in Malaysia. Mr. Khan is also a reviewer of several qualitative research journals.

I am an Assistant Professor and Head of Cluster at the School of Management, Air University Islamabad. I am also the Managing Editor of the Journal of Applied Structural Equation Modeling (JASEM) and Guest Editor of several journals including the International Journal of Manpower, Electronic Journal of Applied Statistics and Journal of Marketing Analytics.

Being a certified professional trainer & consultant, I have facilitated more than 60 workshops on Advanced Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods for both postgraduate students and lecturers at several universities and research bodies in Malaysia, China, and Pakistan. My main research areas cover HRM practices, Green HRM, talent management, and advanced research methods.

Dr Christina Silver is manager of the CAQDAS Network at the University of Surrey and independent trainer and consultant with QDA Services. She trains students and researchers in a number of CAQDAS packages, and advises and trains research teams on their use of CAQDAS software.

I am an academic at Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, UCSI University, Malaysia. Being passionate in research, I am involved in multiple research projects looking at various behavioural aspects, including consumer behaviour, leadership styles, medication adherence, touring intention, and generation differences. In addition to managing Asian Journal of Business Research (Scopus indexed), I have been co-editing special issues in journals such as Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, British Food Journal and European Business Review. My publications appear in the European Journal of Marketing, Tourism Management and Internet Research.

I am an independent consultant and trainer in text, survey and interview analysis using Computer Applications for Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS).

I have extensive experience and expertise in capacity development and support for simpler analysis requirements with a lower training overhead using Quirkos as well as more complex and multi-media projects in NVivo and ATLAS.ti. I have experience in working with large qualitative datasets including staff, customer and public consultation surveys (3k>130k responses) as well as social media data using NVivo Plus, Leximancer and DiscoverText.

I am a doctoral candidate at one of Pakistan's best business schools, IMSciences. My areas of expertise includes Finance, Islamic Banking & Finance, Corporate Governance, Qualitative Research, and CAQDAS. I am also a consultant at CAQDA-Consultant, a qualitative research consulting agency. In addition, I am the certified MAXQDA professional trainer and Mendeley Advisor for the region.

Currently, I am working as a Lecturer at Riphah International University Islamabad, Pakistan. I am also a Ph.D. candidate in Islamic Business and Finance at the Institute of Management Sciences in Peshawar, Pakistan. My area of Expertise includes Islamic Finance, Corporate Governance, Qualitative research, and Grounded Theory. I am also an independent consultant and trainer at QDA Specialist using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) packages and Mendeley advisor for the region.

Dr Anuja Cabraal is a researcher and trainer in qualitative research software, and qualitative research design and analysis. Dr Cabraal also provides consultation and mentoring services for researchers at all levels as well as research teams and departments. She enjoys discovering innovative ways to use Quirkos to enhance data analysis as the software lends itself to a number of analytical approaches. This includes adding emoji as part of your toolkit for analysis.