Colin Elman

• 2024 Summer
  • QMR 100 Qualitative Multi Method Rsrch
• 2023 Fall
  • PSC 691 Logic of Political Inquiry
• 2023 Summer
  • QMR 100 Qualitative Multi Method Rsrch

Colin Elman is professor of political science. Elman is (with Miriam Fendius Elman) the co‐editor of "Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field" (MIT Press); and "Bridges and Boundaries: Historians, Political Scientists, and the Study of International Relations" (MIT Press); (with John Vasquez) of "Realism and the Balancing of Power: A New Debate" (Prentice Hall); and (with Michael Jensen) of the "Realism Reader" (Routledge).

Elman has published in the American Political Science Review, the Annual Review of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, the International History Review, International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Millennium, Perspectives on Politics, Sociological Methods & Research, Political Science & Politics, and Security Studies.

"Mapping Open Science through the Journal Editors Discussion Interface:_EAGER", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"Qualitative Data Repository 2021-2024", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"EAGER: Sharing Knowledge, Building Community: Introducing a Journal Editors' Discussion Interface (JEDI)", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"Support for Institutes and Research Groups on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: 2021 - 2023", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"Optimizing Openness in Human Participants Research: Harmonizing Standards for Consent Agreements and Data Management Plans to Empower the Reuse of Sensitive Scientific Data", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"Qualitative Data Repository 2018 - 2021", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"Support for Institutes and Research Groups on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: 2018-2020", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

• Books
  • The Production of Knowledge: Enhancing Progress in Social Science. Elman, C., Gerring, J. and Mahoney, J. (eds.) Cambridge University Press, 2020.
  • The Realism Reader. Elman, C., Jensen, M. (eds.) Routledge, 2014.
  • Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field. Elman, C., Elman, M. F. (eds.) MIT Press, 2003.
  • Elman, C., Realism and the Balancing of Power: A New Debate. Vasquez, J. (ed.) Prentice Hall, 2003.
  • Bridges and Boundaries: Historians, Political Scientists, and the Study of International Relations. Elman, C., Elman, M. F. (eds.) MIT Press, 2001.
• Journal Articles
  • Silverstein, P., Elman, C., Montoya, A., McGillivray, B., Pennington, C. R., Harrison, C. H., Steltenpohl, C. N., Röer, J. P., Corker, K. S., Charron, L. M., Elsherif, M., Malicki, M., Hayes-Harb, R., Grinschgl, S., Neal, T., Evans, T. R., Karhulahti, V., Krenzer, W. L., Belaus, A., Moreau, D., Burin, D. I., Chin, E., Plomp, E., Mayo-Wilson, E., Lyle, J., Adler, J. M., Bottesini, J. G., Lawson, K. M., Schmidt, K., Reneau, K., Vilhuber, L., Waltman, L., Gernsbacher, M. A., Plonski, P. E., Ghai, S., Grant, S., Christian, T., Ngiam, W. and Syed, M., "A guide for social science journal editors on easing into open science." Research Integrity and Peer Review, 2024.
  • Elman, C., Mannheimer, S., Pienta, A., Kirilova, D. and Wutich, A., "Qualitative Data Sharing: Data Repositories and Academic Libraries as Key Partners in Addressing Challenges." American Behavioral Scientist, 2018.
  • Elman, C., Kapiszewski, D. and Lupia, A., "Transparent Social Inquiry." Annual Review of Political Science, 2017.
  • Elman, C., Burton, C. D., "Research Cycles: Adding More Substance to the Spin." Perspectives on Politics, 2016.
  • Elman, C., Gerring, J. and Mahoney, J., "Case Selection for Case Study Research: Putting the Quant into the Qual." Sociological Methods & Research, 2016.
  • Elman, C., Kapiszewski, D. and Kirilova, D., "Learning through Research: Using Data to Train Undergraduates in Qualitative Methods." PS: Political Science & Politics, 2015.
  • Elman, C., Bennett, A. and Owen, J. M., "Security Studies, Security Studies, and Recent Developments in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research." Security Studies, 2014.
• Book Chapters
  • Elman, C., Gerring, J. and Mahoney, J., "Introduction." In The Production of Knowledge: Enhancing Progress in Social Science. Elman, C., Gerring, J. and Mahoney, J. (eds.) Cambridge University Press, 2020.
  • Elman, C., Gerring, J. and Mahoney, J., "Proposals." In The Production of Knowledge: Enhancing Progress in Social Science. Elman, C., Gerring, J. and Mahoney, J. (eds.) Cambridge University Press, 2020.
  • Elman, C., "Explanatory Typologies in Qualitative Analysis." In The SAGE Handbook of Case-Based Methods 2009. Byrne, D., Ragin, C. C. (eds.) Sage Publications Ltd., 2009.
  • Elman, C., "Realist Revisionism." In Rethinking Realism in International Relations: Between Tradition and Innovation. James, P., Harrison, E. and Freyberg-Inan, A. (eds.) Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
  • Elman, C., Bennett, A., "Case Study Methods." In The Oxford Handbook on International Relations. Reus-Smit, C., Snidal, D. (eds.) , 2008.
  • Elman, C., Collier, D., "Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: Organizations, Publications, and Reflections on Integration." In The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology. Box-Steffensmeier, J., Brady, H. E. and Collier, D. (eds.) , 2008.
  • Elman, C., "Realism and Security Studies." In Security Studies: An Introduction. Williams, P. (ed.) Routledge, 2008.
• Essays
  • Elman, C., Kapiszewski, D., "Qualitative Research and the Transparency Movement." In Behavioural & Social Sciences, a community from Nature Research. , 2019.
  • Elman, C., Kapiszewski, D., "Annotating qualitative social science." Parameters: Knowledge Under Digital Conditions, 2017.
  • Elman, C., Kapiszewski, D., "Benefits and Challenges of Making Qualitative Research More Transparent." In Inside Higher Education. , 2017.
  • Elman, C., "Introduction." In Symposium on Counterfactual Analysis. H-Diplo/ISSF, 2017.
  • Elman, C., Lupia, A., "DA-RT: Aspirations and Anxieties." In Data Access and Research Transparency (DA-RT). Comparative Politics Newsletter, 2016.
  • Elman, C., "Qualitative Data Access and Research Transparency." In Research Openness in the Digital Age. Qualitative & Multi-Method Research, 2012.
  • Elman, C., "Boot Camp: Ten Years of Qualitative and Multi-method Research." Qualitative & Multi-Method Research, 2011.

Elman, C., Kirilova, D., Advancing Data Sharing for Implementation Science in Cancer Control: A workshop to facilitate collaboration and exchange, "How Repositories Can Facilitate Research Transparency and Ethical Data Sharing" (June 7, 2022)

Journal Editors’ Discussion Interface, "May the force be with you: Resources to help journal editors advance their fields" (May 15, 2022)

Elman, C., Kapiszewski, D., Demgenski, R. M., Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, "Verifying Qualitative Research" (September, 2020)

Data-PASS Alliance, "Wishlists and Workflows: Integrating Research Transparency into Editorial and Publishing Processes" (August 28, 2019)

Annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, "Promises, Perils Potentialities of Open Science" (April 7, 2019)