DEADLINE EXTENDED: The submission deadline for the International Workshop on Methodological Innovations in Intersectional Research (8–9 October 2026, UPF Barcelona) has been extended to 30th April 2026.

 

We are pleased to share the Call for Participation for the International Workshop: Methodological Innovations in Intersectional Research, which will be held on 8–9 October 2026 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona).

Call for Participation (CFP)

International Workshop: Methodological

Innovations in Intersectional Research 

(8-9 Oct 2026, Barcelona) 

 

 

Location: Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Ciutadella Campus (Barcelona)

Dates: 8-9 October 2026

 

Description

The workshop brings together scholars working on methodological innovations that advance the study of intersectional inequalities across qualitative, quantitative, spatial, digital, visual, arts-based, mixed-methods and related traditions. It fosters dialogue across diverse approaches, exploring how intersectionality can be operationalised in research and how questions of power, positionality, categorisation, scale, embodiment and spatiality are addressed through concrete methodological practices.

The event is organised as the final workshop of the ERC-funded INTERMAPS project, a research project on intersectional inequalities that has developed a methodological infrastructure for the empirical operationalisation of structural intersectionality, including the Relief Maps+.

Theme and Rationale

Recent years have seen a growing interest in developing methodological approaches capable of capturing the complexity and multi-layered nature of intersectional inequalities. While intersectionality originated as a critique of additive and positivist traditions, contemporary scholarship has demonstrated that its methodological possibilities extend across a wide spectrum of traditions, including qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, spatial, creative and visual approaches, among others. This expanding landscape is reshaping ongoing debates about categorisation, relationality, power, representation, and the role of the researcher in producing intersectional knowledge.

This workshop starts from the premise that methodology is not simply a technical choice but a site where epistemological, ethical and political questions become visible. It aims to bring together scholars across disciplines who are developing or critically engaging with methods that can expand how intersectional inequalities are studied, represented and interpreted. Rather than privileging any specific tradition, the workshop seeks to create a plural space where innovative approaches, from statistical modelling to participatory mapping, from mixed-methods designs to visual, sensory or embodied practices, can be discussed in dialogue. Building on this context, the workshop opens the discussion outward and invites methodological contributions from a wide range of traditions and disciplines. 

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

 

Dr. Mara Viveros Vigoya (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

Dr. Lisa Bowleg (The Intersectionality Training Institute / George Washington University)

  

We welcome contributions that engage with methodological innovations in the study of intersectional inequalities across diverse qualitative, quantitative, spatial, digital, visual, and mixed-methods traditions, among others, including:

  • Conceptual and research design strategies for analysing intersecting systems of power and inequality.

  • Operationalisation of social categories beyond additive models.

  • Design of data-collection instruments suited to multi-dimensional and relational analysis of power.

  • Sampling strategies that capture intersecting configurations of inequality.

  • Designs that allow intercategorical comparison and intracategorical depth.

  • Quantitative and statistical modelling addressing non-additive, interaction and multi-level effects.

  • Methodological approaches to capturing temporal and processual dimensions of inequality.

  • Designs that address multi-scalar dynamics across individual, institutional and structural levels.

  • Spatial, visual and other representational methods for analysing intersecting inequalities.

  • Integrative methodological designs that connect different forms of data and analysis within an intersectional framework.

  • Methodological frameworks that account for researcher positionality and team dynamics in knowledge production.

  • Ethical and reflexive practices embedded in methodological design.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should focus on research designs, tools, analytical strategies, sampling approaches, data collection techniques, visualization, dissemination, or other methodological innovations. 

Papers centred primarily on empirical findings without a methodological focus will not be considered.

Submissions must be sent through the online submission form (link) by April 30th 2026, including the following information:

  • Title

  • Presenting Author(s) 

  • Co-author(s) 

  • Institutional affiliation(s)

  • Short bio Author(s) (max. 100 words)

  • Long abstract (500-700 words), focusing on the methodological contribution

 

Important Dates

  • CFP Launch: March 2026

  • Deadline for Submissions: April 30th 2026

  • Notification of Acceptance: 1st June 2026

  • Workshop Dates: 8–9 October 2026

 

Language

The workshop will be conducted primarily in English. We aim to foster a multilingual-friendly environment and will make efforts to facilitate comprehension across languages where possible.