Methods Advice
In addition to the supervisor, researchers may need advice on specific methodological issues. Here is a list of the specific skills offered within the faculty.
Fabrizio Bernardi
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Multivariate analysis of survey data
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Event history analysis
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Statistical models and causal inference
Pepper Culpepper
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Research Design
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Empirical Studies of Mechanisms of Causation
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Interviewing Elites
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Operationalization and Measurement of Ideational Theories
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Creative Ways of Getting More Empirical Leverage out of Case Studies
Donatella della Porta
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Qualitative methods: in-depth interviews, focus groups and life histories, participant observation
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Quantitative techniques on discourse analysis, protest events, surveys, semi-structured interviews
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Developing codebooks and questionnaires
Adrienne Héritier
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Methodology / research design questions in causal analytical research
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Methods / tools: conducting interviews, data structuring, document analysis
Christian Reus-Smit
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International relations theory
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Social and political theory
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Interpretative and historical methods (particularly, macro-historical approaches)
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Relationship between politics and law in international relations
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The politics of ethics and legitimacy
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International institutional theory and history
Sven Steinmo
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Case studies
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Process tracing
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Interview techniques
Pascal Vennesson
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Comparative case studies
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Process tracing
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Counterfactuals
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Historical case studies