Call for Special Issues

The Qualitative Market Research (QMR) editorial team would welcome special issue proposals from interested colleagues on aspects of qualitative market research, including but not limited to:

• Disruption and transition in consumption, particularly in relation to sustainability and wellbeing
• The internationalisation of markets
• Changing consumer behaviours
• Consumer inequality, exclusion and vulnerability
• Power, conflict and coercion in marketplaces and marketing
• Disruptive technology
• Market transition, with particular reference to environmental, political, business or community disruption
• Methodology in qualitative marketing and consumption research
• Ethics in research and marketing practice
• Qualitative research for marketing policy impact.
• The impact of technology on consumers, markets and marketing
• Creative, arts-based and/or digital participatory methods

If a proposal is accepted, the aim would be to publish the issue in mid 2025.  If you are interested in proposing a special issue please contact Clare Lehane ([email protected]) for a proposal form which the editors will use to determine the proposal’s suitability for the journal.