APSA Section: Qualitative and Multi-Method Research

The Organized Section on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research of the American Political Science Association (APSA) seeks to promote research and training focused on the several branches of methodology associated with the qualitative tradition, broadly defined. The section also strives for an integrated understanding of these diverse methods and of their relationship to other branches of methodology, including quantitative methods.

Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Publication

Qualitative and Multi-Method Research is a semi-annual publication devoted to the study, development, and practice of qualitative and multi-method research techniques.

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Short Courses at APSA

The QMMR section sponsored four short courses listed below at APSA’s annual meeting. The courses were held on Wednesday September 14.

Process Tracing
Bayesian Process Tracing
Studying Causal Mechanisms Using In-Depth Case Studies
Managing and Sharing Qualitative Data

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Join APSA’S Qualitative and Multimethod Research Section

Members of the qualitative and multi-methods section must also be members of APSA.

If you are a member of APSA, log in to the Association website and then click the MyAPSA button in the top menu. Click on "Add or Renew a Section" on the right hand side of the page in the "APSA RESOURCES" section. Please note that starting in April 2019, graduate student members of APSA may join the section free of charge.

If you are not yet a member of APSA, or were but your membership expired, and would like to join the Association and the qualitative and multi-method research section, please visit the APSA membership portal portal and begin.

APSA Section Leadership

Officers

Alan Jacobs (2021-2023)

President
University of British Columbia
alan.jacobs@ubc.ca

Veronica Herrera (2021-2023)

Vice-President
University of California, Los Angeles
vherrera@luskin.ucla.edu

Jennifer Cyr (2021-2023)

President-Elect and QMMR Editor
Universidad Torcuato di Tella
jmcyr@utdt.edu

Tasha Fairfield (2021-2024)

Secretary-Treasurer
London School of Economics
T.A.Fairfield@LSE.ac.uk

QMMR Editors

Jennifer Cyr
Universidad Torcuato di Tella
jmcyr@utdt.edu

Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos
University of Oxford
ezequiel.gonzalez@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Juan Masullo,
University of Oxford
juan.masullo@politics.ox.ac.uk

Executive Committee Members:

Layna Mosley, Princeton University (2020-2022)
Marcus Kurtz, Ohio State University (2020-2022)
Benjamin Read, University of California Santa Cruz (2021-2023)
Sarah Parkinson, Johns Hopkins University (2021-2023)

2022 Nominating Committee Members:

Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan
Rachel Riedl, Cornell University
Craig Parsons, University of Oregon

2022 Division Chair:

Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University

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