Congratulations to Peer Fiss and Charles Ragin on winning the OMT Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award for their trailblazing work advancing set-analytic methods and introducing Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) within organization and management research.
The Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award recognizes scholars who have taken a leadership role in the field of OMT (Organization and Management Theory Divisionin of the Academy of Management) by opening up new lines of thinking or inquiry. A Trailblazer is a boundary-spanner and a conversation starter, someone who extends and builds the OMT community by shepherding new ideas and new scholarship, often in unconventional ways.
QCA events woldwide coming up soon
It’s wonderful to see so many QCA events coming up soon!
A wide range of training facilities included: https://compasss.org/events/category/training/
Please pay special attention to the QCA conference in Japan. Together with the QCA Conference of the Americas (held in Cincinnati in March this year) and the European QCA conference (to be held in Rotterdam in December), each year these conferences offer a great opportunity to exchange ideas and learn more about QCA, with Paper Development Workshops (PDW). Wanna know more? Visit the COMPASSS event site: https://lnkd.in/ewUeQK4p
AQCA 2026 in Cincinnati
5th Annual QCA Conference of the Americas
Building on the success of our first four conferences—from Houston to Los Angeles to Chicago to Baton Rouge—AQCA2026 took place in Cincinnati this year. Once again, it brought together our growing cross-disciplinary community of scholars and practitioners using and developing QCA and related configurational methods. Whether they were examining how multiple conditions combine to produce outcomes, exploring equifinality or grappling with issues of necessity and sufficiency, AQCA2026 offered kindred spirits and rigorous yet friendly feedback. Whether they were seasoned practitioners or were newly exploring configurational approaches, AQCA offered three days of lively discussion and learning, as well as the kind of community-building that has become a hallmark of AQA’s conferences. There were ample opportunities for socialising during coffee breaks, happy hours and meals.
Thank you to the organisers, Joanna, Claude, Gary and Peer, for a wonderful conference in Cincinnati! Special thanks to Joanna for being the organiser and local host this year!
QCA training
A wide range of QCA methodology courses is on offer this spring and summer, from introductory to advanced. You can find a complete list on our training page: https://compasss.org/events/category/training/
13th European QCA Conference 2025 in KrakĂłw, Poland
From December 9 to 11, QCA enthusiasts gathered in Krakow, Poland, for the 13th EuropeanQCAConference2025 (formerly known as the International QCA Workshop). It was a successful conference with a PDW and an expert workshop. Thank you to the local organizers Anna Sławik, Seweryn Krupnik, Aleksandra Rudawska, and Esther Staes—you were fantastic!
Registration for AQCA2026 is now open!
Registration is now open for the 5th Annual QCA Conference of the Americas, to be hosted by the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati. Complete details are on our conference website, and you can register for the conference via CARMA.
Learning QCA with Software — New Japanese Textbook by NAKANISHI Yoshinobu
NAKANISHI Yoshinobu is Professor of Business Administration at Hosei University, Tokyo.
European QCA Conference 2025
QCA enthusiasts will soon gather at the 13th European QCA Conference 2025 (previously known as the International QCA Workshops) in KrakĂłw, Poland.
EQCA2025 comprises two events:
EQCA Paper Development Workshop
Event is organized for researchers working in various domains who seek constructive feedback on their QCA-based projects and papers. The event is open to researchers at any stage of their QCA journey (an early or more advanced).
Call for papers (deadline: 1st October 2025):
Expert Workshop
We invite experienced QCA researchers to submit abstracts that focus on methodological development of QCA or a related method.
Call for papers (deadline: 1st October 2025):
5th Annual QCA Conference of the Americas
The 5th Annual QCA Conference of the Americas (AQCA2026) will be held March 18-20, 2026 at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati, USA. See https://compasss.org/aqca/ for the call for proposals, registration process, conference program, and complete details.
The QCA Conference of the Americas (AQCA) provides a venue for the broad, cross-disciplinary community of researchers and practitioners working with configurational-comparative methods and approaches to gather together to present and receive feedback on current research projects, share theoretical and methodological developments, and discuss new directions in configurational-comparative research practices. Bringing together the diverse set of QCA empirical and methodological researchers, AQCA offers a supportive environment for the community to meet, engage in dialogue, network, learn, and collectively move forward on advancing the configurational-comparative perspective.
A summer full of QCA training, including one by COMPASSS Steering Committee member Peer Fiss in Switzerland
Please note the various QCA courses this summer. The courses offer the opportunity to start with QCA or to deepen your knowledge.
For instance, Peer Fiss will be teaching a five-day QCA course as part of the Global School in Empirical Research Methods (GSERM). It will take place at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, from June 10-14, 2025. Information on the course can be found here. The goal of this workshop is to provide a ground-up introduction to crisp and fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Participants will get intensive instruction and hands-on experience with the fsQCA software package and on completion should be prepared to design and execute research projects using the set-analytic approach.