MAXQDA Professional Trainer:
Mag. Anna Oberrauch, PhD

• Qualitative Evaluation
• Content Analysis
• Mixed Methods/Triangulation
• Visualisation

I work with MAXQDA since 2011 for the purposes of my PhD-project, which deals with subjective concepts on quality of life of teenagers from the perspective of sustainability. I analysed different qualitative data, mainly based on the method of qualitative content analyses: Interviews, open ended questions from surveys, research diaries from students and teachers, etc.. Now, in the final phase of my dissertation, I also use MAXQDA to combine quantitative and qualitative data based on Mixed-Methods-Approaches.

As I have been ”a pioneer” in my research team and at  the institution I am working at, using computer-software to analyze qualitative data, other people began to ask me for help: For which purposes can I use the software? What are the benefits? How simple or difficult is it to use? How  can I integrate data? Would you recommend me to use the program in my research project? So I began to advise other people and I gave some workshops for research groups within my institution and external groups as well. If you also need my help to get started using MAXQDA, please contact me.

Oberrauch, A. & Keller, L. (2015): Methodenkombination in der Conceptual Change-Forschung. Komplexität in multiperspektivischen Forschungsdesigns gerecht werden. In: Budke, A. & Kuckuck, M. (Hrsg.): Geographiedidaktische Forschungsmethoden. In: Praxis Neue Kulturgeographie. Berlin, Münster: LIT-Verlag, S. 86-109.

Other publications, which present results from my work with MaxQDA, are:

Oberrauch, A., Keller, L., Sanin, P. & Riede, M. (2014): Lebensqualitätsvorstellungen von Jugendlichen im Kontext des Leitbilds nachhaltiger Entwicklung. In: Mitteilungen der österreichischen geographischen Gesellschaft 156, S.221-248.

Keller, L. & Oberrauch, A. (2014): Can innovative learning settings support Education for Sustainable Development? – Teenagers from Northern and Southern Tyrol perform research on quality of life. In: Schmeinck, D. & Lidstone, J. (Hrsg.): Standards and Research in Geography Education. Current Trends and International Issues. Mensch und Buch Verlag, Berlin, p.81-92.

To see other publications, scientific and teaching activities have a look on my homepage: https://ph-tirol.ac.at/de/anna_oberrauch