@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”
Patrick A. Mello
@patrickmello.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Security, Dep. Political Science & Public Administration, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, foreign policy, research methods, #QCA QCA: https://bit.ly/3NXzhTG, Handbook: http://bit.ly/3VLE4bS 🌐 https://patrickmello.com
Last chance to register for the remaining spots of the Lugano #QCA summer school course. (If you have questions about the course, feel free to reach out via email)👇
🚨 Registration's open for the #QCA course at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods at @usi.ch in Lugano! 🇨🇭🏝️ Details here: www.usi.ch/en/education...
Last chance to register for the remaining spots of the Lugano #QCA summer school course. (If you have questions about the course, feel free to reach out via email)👇
🚨 Registration's open for the #QCA course at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods at @usi.ch in Lugano! 🇨🇭🏝️ Details here: www.usi.ch/en/education...
🚨 We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Political Science, with a focus on International Peace and Security @vuamsterdam.bsky.social (deadline May 22). 👉 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
Vacancy — Assistant Professor (UD) in Political Science (international peace and security)
Are you a political scientist with an engaging research agenda and a strong profile in international peace and security? Then, please apply at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU).
workingat.vu.nl
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
🚨 Registration's open for the #QCA course at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods at @usi.ch in Lugano! 🇨🇭🏝️ Details here: www.usi.ch/en/education...
🚨 Registration's open for the #QCA course at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods at @usi.ch in Lugano! 🇨🇭🏝️ Details here: www.usi.ch/en/education...
Registration is still open for the #QCA course at the 30th USI Summer School, please spread the word! 👇
🎇 Register now for the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA) workshop at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods in Lugano (August 17-21)!
For impressions from previous years, see patrickmello.com/qualitative-...
Qualitative Comparative Analysis – Summer School in Social Science Methods, Lugano • Patrick A. Mello
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), Patrick A. Mello Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (the program for 2026 will be announced in De...
patrickmello.com
🎇 Register now for the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA) workshop at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods in Lugano (August 17-21)!
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Instructor: Patrick A. Mello Modality: In presence Week 2: 17-21 August 2026 Workshop Contents and Objectives Causal complexity is everywhere in the social sciences—yet most researchers lack the sys...
usi.ch
🎇 Register now for the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA) workshop at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods in Lugano (August 17-21)!
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Instructor: Patrick A. Mello Modality: In presence Week 2: 17-21 August 2026 Workshop Contents and Objectives Causal complexity is everywhere in the social sciences—yet most researchers lack the sys...
usi.ch
So, if you conduct research like this yourself, or if you know a colleague to whom this applies, please get in touch using DM (or send either of us an email)! 5/5
The work can by either inductive or deductive, start from PT or start from the cross-case; we want to get to know it all. 4/
More specifically, we are looking to show-case work that combines comparative case studies (CCS) or Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) on the one hand, with Process Tracing (PT) on the other. 3/
For a book manuscript, Uncovering Causal Symptoms. Case Study Research, Process Tracing, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis, @patrickmello.bsky.social and I are looking for good (preferably published) work that combines cross-case with within-case analysis. 2/
We're hiring a Lecturer in Political Science @vuamsterdam.bsky.social (deadline Nov 24): 👉 werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/le...
Vacature — Lecturer in Political Science – Comparative Politics
Do you have a PhD in Political Science and some teaching experience? Are you interested in teaching a diverse and international student community? The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) offers a positi...
werkenbij.vu.nl
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA is now on #YouTube. 📺 Thanks to everyone at #ISA @isanet.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙏
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
YouTube video by International Studies Association (ISA)
youtube.com
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA is now on #YouTube. 📺 Thanks to everyone at #ISA @isanet.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙏
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
YouTube video by International Studies Association (ISA)
youtube.com
Today's violation of Estonia's airspace by Russian military aircraft is an extremely dangerous provocation. This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region. The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
Thanks for the wonderful turnout for this event: 86 people from 27 countries! 🌐🎉 The #QCA recording will be made available by @isanet.bsky.social via their channels.
Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
In #IR, #Social & #Political phenomena rarely have a straightforward explanation. Join us for a seminar on Qualitative Comparative Analysis, a structured approach to understanding these complexities, and learn how to apply these methods to your own #Research in #InternationalStudies: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
Nun auch in gedruckter Form: der ZfP-Sonderband (Janusch/Dörfler) zur Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie. Mein Beitrag aus außenpolitischer Perspektive ist hier frei zugänglich: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...
You can now watch the recording of our info session on ISA's Dissertation Completion Fellowship @isanet.bsky.social #PhD youtu.be/RICVv5R5318A
youtu.be
Interested in applying for the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship? Watch ISA's info session with the Committee members as they discuss and answer questions on eligibility criteria, submission details, and how to build your application.
ISA's Dissertation Completion Fellowship
The ISA Dissertation Completion Fellowship is open to applicants from across the social sciences and humanities working in the broad field of International Studies.
buff.ly