MAXQDA Professional Trainer:
Dr. Susanne Sackl-Sharif

• Qualitative research designs
• Qualitative Content Analysis
• Qualitative Interviews
• Group discussions / Focus Groups
• Ethnographic Methods
• Visual Analysis
• Social Media
• Websites

Since 2010 I have worked in various qualitative research projects and I always used MAXQDA for my analyses. For example, I used MAXDA for

1. my PhD thesis "Gender - Metal - Video Clips" (2010-2014; Institute of Musicology/University of Graz)
2. the FWF/DFG research project "After Bologna: Gender Studies in Entrepreneurial Universities" (2012-2014; Institute of Sociology/University of Graz & ZIFG/TU Berlin)
3. the FWF PEEK research project "GAPPP: Gamified Audiovisual Performance and Performance Practice" (2016-2017; Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics/University of Music and Performing Arts Graz)
4. various research projects at the Web Literacy Lab at the FH JOANNEUM (2016-2021)
5. for various research projects on „digitalisation at the workplace“ (since 2016)

Since 2014 I have also been working as a MAXQDA trainer at the Methodological Competence Centre (GMZ) in Graz, Austria, am active as a lecturer for (qualitative) research methods and advise researchers and students in the context of theses, research proposals or research projects.

Selection of publications for which I used MAXQDA :

Sabine Klinger, Andrea Mayr & Sackl-Sharif, Susanne (2022). Digitalisierung der Handlungspraxis in der Sozialen Arbeit. Kontrastierungen nach Angebotsstrukturen und Zielgruppen [69 Absätze]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 23(2), Art. 14, doi.org/10.17169/fqs-22.2.3851.

Susanne Sackl-Sharif (2021). The Dark Side of Blogging: Digital Metal Communities and Metal Influencers. In: Metal Music Studies, 7(2), S. 237-255. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00047_1

Susanne Sackl-Sharif, Gregor Fischer-Lessiak, Eva Goldgruber & Sonja Radkohl (2020). The Public-Private Dichotomy and Online Hate Speech: Communication Studies and Legal Perspectives. In: I-LanD Journal. Identity, Language and Diversity, 2020(2), S. 10-29. doi.org/10.26379/IL2020002_002

Gerlinde Malli & Susanne Sackl-Sharif (2015). „Researching One’s Own Field. Interaction Dynamics and Methodological Challenges in the Context of Higher Education Research [47 paragraphs]”, in: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 16(1), Art. 11, nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1501111.

Susanne Sackl-Sharif (2015). Gender – Metal – Videoclips. Eine qualitative Rezeptionsstudie. Opladen/Berlin/Toronto: Budrich UniPress.