Professor Cathy Urquhart will chair the panel “The Future of Grounded Theory: A Response to Professor Barry Gibson” where she will be joined by Professor Vivian Martin, Dr Elaine Keane and Dr Shehr Bano Zaid.
Professor Urquhart will also join Dr Tom Andrews and Professor Antony Bryant in a discussion on ‘Preparing for your Grounded Theory PhD Viva‘
Cathy Urquhart is Professor Emeritus of Digital Business at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, and visiting Professor at the Department of Informatics at Lund University, Sweden. Before returning to the UK in 2009, she worked at the Universities of Tasmania, Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast in Australia, and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. She also worked as a systems analyst for eight years in public sector computing in the U.K.
Cathy is the author of Grounded Theory for Qualitative Research and also writes regularly on developments in grounded theory and qualitative research methodology in general. Cathy’s broad area of research centres round the use of digital innovation for societal good. She is interested in how social media and all forms of ICTs can help us meet societal challenges, such as sustainable development, individual wellbeing, and social justice. She holds or has held various editorial and board positions with the Journal of the Association of Information Systems, Information Technology and Development, European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, and MIS Quarterly. She is a subject expert for the Association of Business Schools Scientific Journal Ranking Committee in the UK. She is a Fellow of the Association of Information Systems.
Cathy is one of the founding members of The International Association of Grounded Theorists, a small group of international grounded theory experts brought together by Vivian Martin in 2020. This group organised World Grounded Theory Day, on 12th March 2021, which brought together grounded theorists all over the world, of all stripes and disciplines and was followed by a conference in September 2022. The Grounded Theory Futures conference is a continuation of our aim to build a vibrant grounded theory community that is welcoming of everyone.