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Connecting, Developing, Inspiring and Recognising qualitative research professionals

The place for peer support, professional reassurance, insight sharing, learning and teaching.

Masterclasses

We're calling for people from our wonderful Qual community to host an AQR Masterclass.

Have you got a burning topic that you would like to share with the AQR membership? Have you completed a project recently where you learnt skills that could be invaluable to others? Have you been a Qual researcher or service provider for a while and have a desire to give back?

Click here to get involved

Awards

Recognising achievements in qualitative research

Winning the AQR Qualitative Excellence Award is a prestigious badge which sends a powerful message to your existing and potential clients. In these extraordinary times, standing out from the crowd has never been more important. So, now's the time to shine.

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The winner of the AQR Qualitative Excellence Award 2025 is

Let’s talk about Sex


Learn more about the award

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Being a member of the AQR offers you a wealth of benefits; we push boundaries through thought leadership, hosting social networking events, creating opportunities for you to showcase your brilliance to to the broader research community through your easy-to-edit directory entry.

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What our members are saying:

Caroline Whitehill

The AQR is unlike other industry bodies - it's fresh, vibrant and social. Somewhere to learn and meet other like-minded peers. Somewhere any quallie should want to belong.

Caroline Whitehill

Co-founder, Acacia Avenue

Alice Langthorne

As newish to this industry, being part of the AQR community has been an incredibly supportive experience. I’ve met so many wonderful people who’ve shared their wisdom, encouragement, and enthusiasm for the industry.

Alice Langthorne

Activation Manager, Boxclever Consulting

Donal Kelly

‘Being a member of the AQR truly feels like being part of a wider professional family — one that champions the shared interests, standards, and ambitions of our industry. The AQR has consistently provided a strong and credible voice for qualitative research, advocating for our work and supporting practitioners at every stage of their careers.

Donal Kelly

Company Director, Spectrum Viewing Facilities

James Sainsbury

As a predominantly qual fieldwork business, being members of the AQR gives us the opportunity to meet and engage with qual practitioners and gives us valuable insight into the qual community.

James Sainsbury

Managing Director at Criteria Fieldwork Ltd

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AQR Sparks - Webinar Session

Insight to Impact: Research Story Behind AQR Parker Prize.

Join Coco Ravan, Magenta Research, Winner of the AQR Parker Prize for Emerging Talent 2025 and Andy Broomhead, Diabetes UK. Hosted by Lydia Griffin, Trinity McQueen

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AQR brings you - Qual Futures

As we know, anyone involved in qual will tell you a lot has changed in the past couple of years. We are at the point where we know what AI can and cannot deliver. In our second online session we will restate the value of qualitative thinking, reasserting the role of human intelligence and interpretation.

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AQR Webinar Taking the Pulse

Ever wondered how qualitative research is currently faring outside your backyard, and what lies ahead? AQR invites researchers from across the world to share their experience and help us plan, as an industry, how to embrace change while setting the stage for a better, more collaborative, future.

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AURA's Working Well Together Charter

Support AURA's Initiative to improve well-being in our industry through better ways of working. AURA believe that the way clients and research agencies work together can make a real difference to people's confidence and well-being.

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AQR's Safety Guidance

Fieldwork can be complicated to set up and execute at the best of times. The AQR Safety Guidance is intended to make it easy to ensure the safety of researchers and fieldworkers is built into the process.

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Data Quality Excellence Pledge

As the market and social research sector continues to lead the way in the use and evolution of data for decision making, the Global Data Quality initiative (GDQ) has unveiled the Data Quality Excellence Pledge. If you wish to find out more about the pledge you can do so via the GDQ website.

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Events

Spring calendar 2026

AQR Masterclass: Coaching techniques to build a team that delivers
2 March 2026|10:00h
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AQR Masterclass: Coaching techniques to build a team that delivers

Summer calendar 2026

AQR World Conference 2026
25 June 2026

AQR World Conference 2026

Qual Futures: Reckoning & Renewal

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Qual Futures: Reckoning & Renewal

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25 June 2026

AQR World Conference 2026

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Paradox Of Choice

/ˈpaɹədɒks/ /ɔv/ /tʃɔɪs/

In the modern world, we tend to think more choice is better, but there can be problems with excessive choice: Decisions become less likely and paralyses the ability to make a decision, possibly leading to choosing the easy option (default) or not making the decision at all. We may also be less satisfied with our choice and unsure we made the right choice. A famous study by psychologists Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper found that consumers were 10

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A Conversation with the 2025 AQR Qualitative Excellence Award Winner

A Conversation with the 2025 AQR Qualitative Excellence Award Winner

A virtual session with Caroline Whitehill from Acacia Avenue and Jennifer Armond from Perrigo Company plc as they reveal the inside story behind their award winning case study: “Let’s Talk About Sex”. Hosted by Oliver Sweet.