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An Assessment of the Visions in Methodology Initiative: Directions for Increasing Women’s Participation

March 24, 2014

By Tiffany Barnes, Emily Beaulieu, and Yanna Krupnikov

The following post is written by Tiffany Barnes, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, Emily Beaulieu...

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An Effort to Increase Women’s Participation: The Visions in Methodology Initiative

March 17, 2014

By Michelle Dion

The following post is written by Michelle Dion, Associate Professor of Political Science at McMaster University. Dion is the principal investigator and developer of OPPOSEM: A...

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Which Methodologies Are Useful for Policy-Making?

March 17, 2014

By Justin Esarey

A new article in Foreign Policy magazine discusses the relevance of the academy to policy-making, but I was much more interested in the results of a survey of 234 national...

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The Social Sciences in the Crosshairs (Again)

March 13, 2014

By Rick Wilson

This morning I watched the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology mark-up House Bill 4186. The bill, labeled as the “Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and...

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Style, Substance, and the Impact on Gender Imbalance in Methods

March 13, 2014

By Justin Esarey

I am really pleased to see that our series on Women in Methodology is already generating some much-needed attention to and discussion of the issues that women face in our...

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Barriers to Women’s Participation in Political Methodology: Graduate School and Beyond

March 11, 2014

By Megan Shannon

Why aren’t more women participating in the Political Methodology society? Statistics on attendance at the summer meetings reveal that from 1984 to 2010, about 25% of...

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Women in Methodology

March 10, 2014

By Justin Esarey

Today, I am proud to announce a series of articles in The Political Methodologist focused on gender diversity in political methodology. This series will be guest edited by Megan...

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Winter 2014 Print Edition of TPM

January 30, 2014

By Justin Esarey

The Winter 2014 Print Edition of The Political Methodologist has been released!

This edition contains articles from Thomas Leeper (Making High-Resolution Graphics for...

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Asian Political Methodology Meeting

January 24, 2014

By Justin Esarey

The following post was contributed by Kentaro Fukumoto of Gakushuin University and Naoko Taniguchi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

On January 6 and 7, 2014, the first ...

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Student Advice: Should I Go to Graduate School? If So, Where Should I Go?

January 18, 2014

By Justin Esarey

It’s that time of year again: prospective graduate students are applying to PhD programs, perhaps being wooed by a few different schools, and choosing whether to accept the...

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