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 August 30.

The Logic and Best Practices of Process Tracing
Bayesian Reasoning for Case Studies and Comparative Research
Interpretive Process Tracing and Practice Tracing
Studying Causal Mechanisms Using In-Depth Case Studies

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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 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

Jennifer Cyr (2023-2025)

President
Universidad Torcuato di Tella
jmcyr@utdt.edu

Jessica Rich (2023-2025)

Vice-President
Marquette University
jessica.rich@marquette.edu

Jeffrey T. Checkel (2023-2025)

President-Elect
European University Institute
jeffrey.checkel@eui.eu

Tasha Fairfield (2021-2024)

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

Roselyn Hsueh (2023-2025)

DEI Officer
Temple Univeristy
rhsueh@temple.edu

QMMR Editors

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:

Diana Fu, University of Toronto (2022-2024)
Akshay Mangla, University of Oxford (2022-2024)
Yanilda Gonzalez, Harvard University (2023-2025)
Sara Niedzwiecki, University of California, Santa Cruz (2023-2025)

2024 Nominating Committee Members:

Leonardo Arriola, University of California, Berkeley
Domingo Morel, New York University
Erica Simmons, University of Wisconsin
Sean Yom, Temple University, CHAIR
Sherry Zaks, University of Southern California

2024 Division Chair:

Ben Smith, University of Florida
Adrienne LeBas, American University

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