Organizing Committee
  • António Pedro Costa, University of Aveiro - WCQR Coordinator
  • Fábio Freitas, Ludomedia - Organizing Committee Coordinator
  • Catarina Brandão, University of Porto - Workshops & Panel Discussions Coord.
  • Conceição Ferreira, Ludomedia - Administrative Support
  • Elizabeth Pope, University of West Georgia - Publications Coordinator
  • Grzegorz Bryda, Jagiellonian University - Workshops & Panel Discussions Coord.
  • Jaime Ribeiro, Polytechnic of Leiria - Online Programme Coordinator
  • Sónia Mendes, Ludomedia - Marketing & Communications
Local Organizing Committee - Azores
  • Helder Rocha Pereira, University of the Azores / School of Health - Logistics Organization
  • Rolando Lalanda-Gonçalves, University of the Azores / School of Social Sciences and Humanities - Logistics Organization
  • Carmen Andrade, University of the Azores / School of Health - Logistics Organization
  • Margarida S. Damião Serpa, University of the Azores / School of Social Sciences and Humanities - Logistics Organization
  • Maria da Luz Correia, University of the Azores / School of Social Sciences and Humanities - Communication and Dissemination
  • Alberto Duarte, University of the Azores / School of Health - Social Program
Local Organizing Committee - South Africa
  • King Costa, Global Centre for Academic Research - Local OC Chair
  • Mfanelo Ntsobi, Scie-Bono Discovery Science Centre and Global-CAR - Local OC Deputy Chair
  • Nandi Siwahla-Madiba, Scie-Bono Discovery Science Centre and Global-CAR - Local OC Convenor
  • Ajay Gupta, Vivekanand Education Society's Business School - Information and Dissemination - Southern Asia
  • Tania Rauch van der Merwe, University of the Witwatersrand - Information and Dissemination - Africa
Advisory Committee
  • António Moreira, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • Arceli Rosario, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies – Philippines
  • Cristina Rosa Soares Lavareda Baixinho, Lisbon School of Nursing – Portugal
  • Emiko Yoshikawa Egry, São Paulo University – Brazil
  • Martin Tolich, University of Otago – New Zealand
  • Rosalind Edwards, University of Southampton – United Kingdom
  • Safary Wa-Mbaleka, Adventist University of Africa – Kenya
Scientific Committee

WCQR Coordination

  • António Pedro Costa, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • Fábio Mauro Freitas, Polytechnic of Leiria – Portugal

Scientific Committee 

  • Adelaida Zabalegui, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona – Spain
  • Adriana Henriques, Nursing School of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Agnese Rapposelli, University “G.D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara – Italy
  • Alberto Mesaque Martins, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul – Brazil
  • Allison Williams, McMaster University – Canada
  • Amanda Kracen, National College of Ireland – Ireland
  • Ana Macedo, University of Minho – Portugal
  • Ana Antunes, University of Madeira – Portugal
  • Ana Gonçalves, Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies – Portugal
  • Ana Isabel Rodrigues, Polytechnic Institute of Beja – Portugal
  • Ana María Pinto Llorente, University of Salamanca – Spain
  • Ana Paula Sousa Santos, University of the Azores – Portugal
  • André Freitas, Lusófona University – Portugal
  • André Fonseca, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • Andrea Willett, University of Ottawa – Canada
  • Andy Coverdale, University of Southampton – United Kingdom
  • Angélica Ochoa Avilés, University of Cuenca – Ecuador
  • Anja van der Voort, Leiden University – Netherlands
  • António Moreira, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • António Quintas-Mendes, Aberta University – Portugal
  • Arceli Rosario, Adventist University of the Philippines – Philippines
  • Areej Al-Hamad, Toronto Metropolitan University – Canada
  • Ayer Dorothée, University of Fribourg – Switzerland
  • Azahara Jiménez-Millán, University of Cordoba – Spain
  • Bernardo Figueiredo, RMIT University – Australia
  • Bharati Sethi, Trent University – Canada
  • Branislav RADELJIC, United Arab Emirates University – United Arab Emirates
  • Bruno da Rocha Braga, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Brasília – Brazil
  • Bruno Medeiros, Cruzeiro do Sul University – Brazil
  • Carla Freijomil-Vázquez, University of A Coruña – Spain
  • Carla Galego, Lusófona University – Portugal
  • Carmen Andrade, University of the Azores – Portugal
  • Carmen Araneda-Guirriman, University of Tarapacá – Chile
  • Carole Boulebsol, Université de Montréal – Canada
  • Caroline Bradbury-Jones, University of Birmingham – United Kingdom
  • Catarina Brandão, University of Porto – Portugal
  • Cecília Guerra, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • Celina Leão, University of Minho – Portugal
  • Chaewon Yang, University of Seoul – South Korea
  • Christiana Succar, Independent Scholar – United States
  • Christina Silver, Qualitative Data Analysis Services (QDAS) and the CAQDAS Networking Project – United Kingdom
  • Chryssoula Karakitsou, The American College of Greece – Greece
  • Claudia Andrea Ramírez Perdomo, Surcolombiana University – Colombia
  • Colin MacDougall, Flinders University – Australia
  • Cristina Baixinho, Nursing School of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Cristina Marques-Vieira, Católica University – Portugal
  • Dane Morace-Court, University of Chichester – United Kingdom
  • Dannielle Joy Davis, Saint Louis University – United States
  • David Lumowa, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies – Indonesia
  • Denise Balarine Cavalheiro Leite, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil
  • Dominika Kohanová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra – Slovakia
  • Dorothy Craig, Middle Tennessee State University – United States
  • Edicleia Oliveira, Technological University Dublin – Ireland
  • EJ Summers, Texas State University – United States
  • Elena Lyutykh, Concordia University Chicago – United States
  • Elif Kus Saillard, NAM Qualitative Research Center & Lab – France
  • Elisabete Pinto da Costa, Lusófona University – Portugal
  • Elisabeth Severo, University of Porto – Brazil
  • Elizabeth Pope, University of West Georgia – United States
  • Elsa Estrela, Lusófona University/CeiED – Portugal
  • Erika Daza Pérez, Escuela Normal Superior Francisco de Paula Santander – Colombia
  • Francisco Carreiro da Costa, Lusófona University – Portugal
  • Francisco Sousa, University of the Azores – Portugal
  • Fred Volk, Liberty University – United States
  • Fred Milacci, Liberty University – United States
  • Gail Parker, Global Centre for Academic Research – South Africa
  • Gilberto Tadeu Reis da Silva, Federal University of Bahia – Brazil
  • Grzegorz Bryda, Jagiellonian University – Poland
  • Helder Pereira, University of the Azores – Portugal
  • Helena Ostrowicka, Kazimierz Wielki University – Poland
  • Helga Henriques, Nursing School of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Himali Mhatre, Indian Institute of Technology – India
  • Ilana Chertok, Ohio University – United States
  • Ilona Tandzegolskienė-Bielaglovė, Vytautas Magnus University – Lithuania
  • Inês Amaral, University of Coimbra – Portugal
  • Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Lund University – Sweden
  • Isabel Pinho, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • Isabel Pereira, Nursing School of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Isabel Huet, Aberta University – Portugal
  • Isabel Cabrita, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • Isabel Vale, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo – Portugal
  • Iseult Wilson, Queen’s University Belfast – United Kingdom
  • Izabela Ślęzak, University of Lodz – Poland
  • Jakub Niedbalski, University of Łódź – Poland
  • Janice Fournillier, Georgia State University – United States
  • Jasmin Tuapin, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies – Philippines
  • Joan Bottorff, University of British Columbia – Canada
  • Jodie Murphy-Oikonen, Lakehead University – Canada
  • Jorge Remondes, ISVOUGA & ISCAP/PP – Portugal
  • Jovito Jr Anito, Jose Rizal Memorial State University – Philippines
  • Juan Luis Cabanillas García, University of Salamanca – Spain
  • Judita Kasperiuniene, Vytautas Magnus University – Lithuania
  • Julie Taylor, University of Birmingham – United Kingdom
  • Juraj Čáp, Comenius University – Slovakia
  • Karen McQueen, Lakehead University – Canada
  • Karen McGuigan, Queen’s University Belfast – United Kingdom
  • Kateryna Metersky, Toronto Metropolitan University – Canada
  • Katherine Boydell, University of New South Wales and University of Toronto – Canada
  • Katherine Kortes-Miller, Lakehead University – Canada
  • Katrin Niglas, Tallinn University – Estonia
  • Kepha Pondi, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies – Philippines
  • King Costa, Global Centre for Academic Research and Costa Research Institute – South Africa
  • Ksenia Gorbenko, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – United States
  • Kylie Parrotta, California Polytechnic State University – United States
  • Leire Ambrosio, University of Southampton – United Kingdom
  • Linda Liebenberg, Dalhousie University – Canada
  • Lubomir Popov, Bowling Green State University – United States
  • Lucila Nascimento, University of São Paulo – Brazil
  • Lucimara Fornari, NHS – United Kingdom
  • Mabel Segú Odriozola, University of Deusto – Spain
  • Magdalena Suárez-Ortega, University of Sevilla – Spain
  • Mamta Verma, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal M.P. – India
  • Marcos Onofre, University of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Maria Lohan, Queen’s University Belfast – United Kingdom
  • Maria Sanz Ferrer, Pompeu Fabra University – Spain
  • Maria Helena Presado, Nursing School of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Maria José Casa-Nova, University of Minho – Portugal
  • Maria-Jesus Movilla-Fernández, University of A Coruña – Spain
  • Marija Šarić, University of Zadar – Croatia
  • Mario Malicki, Stanford University – United States
  • Marsha Simon, University of West Georgia – United States
  • Martina Gallarza, University of Valencia – Spain
  • Md Rifad Chowdhury, University of Brighton – United Kingdom
  • Melanie Nind, University of Southampton – United Kingdom
  • Melanie Boyce, Anglia Ruskin University – United Kingdom
  • Melissa Freeman, University of Georgia – United States
  • Mfanelo Ntsobi, Sci-Bono Discovery Centre – South Africa
  • Michael Fehsenfeld, Aarhus University – Denmark
  • Michel Klein, EM Strasbourg Business School, University of Strasbourg – France
  • Miguel Serra, Nursing School of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Mirliana Ramirez-Pereira, University of Chile – Chile
  • Miroslav Rajter, University of Zagreb – Croatia
  • Moses Chiwandamira, Global Centre for Academic Research – United Kingdom
  • Moya Bydawell, University of KwaZulu Natal – South Africa
  • Nadia Olisa, RySense Ltd – Singapore
  • Nandi Siwahla-Madiba, Global Centre for Academic Research – South Africa
  • Neringa Kalpokas Matulaityte, IE University – Spain
  • Nisi Thusi, University of Johannesburg – South Africa
  • Nona Attaran, McGill university – Canada
  • Ok-Hee Jeong, Mokwon University – South Korea
  • Olga Francisca Salazar Blanco, University of Antioquia – Colombia
  • Orquídea Moreira Ribeiro, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro – Portugal
  • Óscar Manuel Ramos Ferreira, Nursing School of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Patrícia Sá, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • Patricia López-Estrada, Costa Rica Institute of Technology – Costa Rica
  • Pavel Zubkov, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies – Philippines
  • Pietro Barbetta, University of Bergamo – Italy
  • Rachid Bendriss, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar – Qatar
  • Radek Vorlíček, Comenius University – Czech Republic
  • Ricardo Ken Fujihara, Getúlio Vargas Foundation – Brazil
  • Robin Goldberg-Glen, Widener University – United States
  • Roger Chafe, Memorial University of Newfoundland – Canada
  • Rosa Mdluli, Global Centre for Academic Research – South Africa
  • Rui Neves, University of Aveiro – Portugal
  • Sameer Pendharker, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay – India
  • Sandra Saúde, Polytechnic Institute of Beja & CICS.NOVA – Portugal
  • Sarah Knudson, University of Saskatchewan – Canada
  • Sarin Blawatt, Center for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences – Canada
  • Serge Basini, Technological University Dublin – Ireland
  • Shannon McMorrow, Western Michigan University – United States
  • Shobha Nepali, Cumberland Hospital – Nepal
  • Sigridur Halldorsdottir, University of Akureyri – Iceland
  • Silvia Biraghi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Italy
  • Sílvia Caldeira, Católica University – Portugal
  • Sylvie Levesque, Universite du Québec à Montréal – Canada
  • Sonia Verdugo Castro, University of Salamanca – Spain
  • Sonia Velasquez Rondon, The National University of Saint Augustine – Peru
  • Sophie Woodward, University of Manchester – United Kingdom
  • Steils Nadia, University of Liège – Belgium
  • Surinderpal Kaur, Universiti Malaya – Malaysia
  • Tania Rauch van der Merwe, University of the Witwatersrand – South Africa
  • Thelela Ngcetane-Vika, Global Centre for Academic Research – South Africa
  • Tiffany Young, Doane University – United States
  • Venise Bryan, Athabasca University – Canada
  • Vestina Vainauskiene, Kaunas University of Technology – Lithuania
  • Vitor Tomé, Autónoma University of Lisbon – Portugal
  • Wanderlei Oliveira, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas – Brazil