Since 2019, we have been living in a world-wide pandemic of Covid with the hope soon we may see the passing of the disease. Now, in 2023, as the virus continues to affect our lives, we as qualitative researchers know we have an important role to play in exploring, describing, analyzing, interpreting, and criticizing this new world. In our first day opening panel, three leading qualitative researchers share their pre-, peri-, and post-Covid experiences and offer insights on qualitative research’s present and future.