Some exciting news:
The 2027 PolMeth annual conference is taking place at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City!
Save the date: July 15-17, 2027
I'll be organizing with my fantastic colleague Yuree Noh. Reach out with questions, and see you there!
The 2027 PolMeth annual conference is taking place at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City!
Save the date: July 15-17, 2027
I'll be organizing with my fantastic colleague Yuree Noh. Reach out with questions, and see you there!
October 22, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Some exciting news:
The 2027 PolMeth annual conference is taking place at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City!
Save the date: July 15-17, 2027
I'll be organizing with my fantastic colleague Yuree Noh. Reach out with questions, and see you there!
The 2027 PolMeth annual conference is taking place at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City!
Save the date: July 15-17, 2027
I'll be organizing with my fantastic colleague Yuree Noh. Reach out with questions, and see you there!
Obviously it's complicated. Someone at PolMeth very fairly pointed out that if authors have latitude to use AI, it's odd to tie the hands of reviewers alone. Also sometimes reviewers review pieces outside their area of expertise and *maybe* a good reviewer could use an AI to make up for that.
August 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Obviously it's complicated. Someone at PolMeth very fairly pointed out that if authors have latitude to use AI, it's odd to tie the hands of reviewers alone. Also sometimes reviewers review pieces outside their area of expertise and *maybe* a good reviewer could use an AI to make up for that.
Special issue on "Political Networks" in Network Science! Submission open now. Deadline 13 November 2026. www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... Guest editors: Philip Leifeld, Shahryar Minhas, Monica Di Gregorio. #SNA #PoliSky #PolMeth #NetSci #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis #PoliticalNetworks #NWS
Special Collection Call for Papers: Political Networks
NWS and the Political Networks Conference are calling for papers for a special collection in
www.cambridge.org
August 21, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Special issue on "Political Networks" in Network Science! Submission open now. Deadline 13 November 2026. www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... Guest editors: Philip Leifeld, Shahryar Minhas, Monica Di Gregorio. #SNA #PoliSky #PolMeth #NetSci #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis #PoliticalNetworks #NWS
Three graduate students (Nicholas, Yuhang and Youngbin) represented our department at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Political Methodology (PolMeth 2026) in East Lansing, MI, from July 15–18, presenting their research during the graduate poster sessions!
August 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Three graduate students (Nicholas, Yuhang and Youngbin) represented our department at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Political Methodology (PolMeth 2026) in East Lansing, MI, from July 15–18, presenting their research during the graduate poster sessions!
Back with a substantially revised version of our Information Limits paper ahead of #PolMeth
Huge thanks to everyone whose comments and feedback have already helped improve the paper
We’d love to hear what you think:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Huge thanks to everyone whose comments and feedback have already helped improve the paper
We’d love to hear what you think:
osf.io/preprints/so...
“Just collect more data” is one of the most common responses to uncertainty in quantitative research.
But in a lot of social science, that advice is impossible—or even misleading. Our new working paper asks: when has a study reached its information limit?
Check it out here: osf.io/preprints/so...
But in a lot of social science, that advice is impossible—or even misleading. Our new working paper asks: when has a study reached its information limit?
Check it out here: osf.io/preprints/so...
July 15, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Back with a substantially revised version of our Information Limits paper ahead of #PolMeth
Huge thanks to everyone whose comments and feedback have already helped improve the paper
We’d love to hear what you think:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Huge thanks to everyone whose comments and feedback have already helped improve the paper
We’d love to hear what you think:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Applications are due September 15th! I am on the search committee — please send any questions my way!
Also reach out to my great colleagues who will be happy to chat at PolMeth or APSA in the coming weeks!
Also reach out to my great colleagues who will be happy to chat at PolMeth or APSA in the coming weeks!
July 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Applications are due September 15th! I am on the search committee — please send any questions my way!
Also reach out to my great colleagues who will be happy to chat at PolMeth or APSA in the coming weeks!
Also reach out to my great colleagues who will be happy to chat at PolMeth or APSA in the coming weeks!
If anyone is putting together a course on survey methods/polling I've put together some book recommendations from the POLMETH listserv as well as a few example syllabi here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you have other things to add please let me know.
If you have other things to add please let me know.
Survey of Survey Courses
Books
Title,Authors,Year,Publisher Description
The Voter's Guide to Election Polls,Michael W. Traugott and Paul J. Lavrakas,2023,Everything you need to know about election polls can be found in this ...
docs.google.com
May 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
If anyone is putting together a course on survey methods/polling I've put together some book recommendations from the POLMETH listserv as well as a few example syllabi here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you have other things to add please let me know.
If you have other things to add please let me know.
📖 Read PolMeth 2026 paper presented by caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, "AI-Authored Prebunking Against Election Rumors: Evidence from Articles and Chatbots," with Mitchell Linegar, Betsy Sinclair, & profsanderlinden.bsky.social:
lcssp.caltech.edu/research/ai-...
lcssp.caltech.edu/research/ai-...
July 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
📖 Read PolMeth 2026 paper presented by caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, "AI-Authored Prebunking Against Election Rumors: Evidence from Articles and Chatbots," with Mitchell Linegar, Betsy Sinclair, & profsanderlinden.bsky.social:
lcssp.caltech.edu/research/ai-...
lcssp.caltech.edu/research/ai-...
I will also be presenting this new project at PolMeth 2026 this Thursday as part of the poster session, so come check out our work if you'll be around!!
July 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I will also be presenting this new project at PolMeth 2026 this Thursday as part of the poster session, so come check out our work if you'll be around!!
eJobs, Bluesky, polmeth, regional organizations (like EUSA for me). It’s definitely not centralized.
But eJobs is still a thing for this.
But eJobs is still a thing for this.
February 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
eJobs, Bluesky, polmeth, regional organizations (like EUSA for me). It’s definitely not centralized.
But eJobs is still a thing for this.
But eJobs is still a thing for this.
Less than a week until the PolMeth application deadline! I'm on the program committee, and look forward to reviewing submissions. If you're developing new methods or applying sophisticated approaches to substantive political questions, submit your work. Funds are available to support some attendees.
March 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Less than a week until the PolMeth application deadline! I'm on the program committee, and look forward to reviewing submissions. If you're developing new methods or applying sophisticated approaches to substantive political questions, submit your work. Funds are available to support some attendees.
#CfP 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Political Methodology #POLMETH @byu. Deadline: April 16 https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/spm/conferences/polmeth-2018 Committee: @cassyld Signorino @JustinEsarey Goodliffe (Chair) @alextahk Titiunik @BetsySinclair1 Yamamoto cc...
November 18, 2024 at 11:50 AM
#CfP 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Political Methodology #POLMETH @byu. Deadline: April 16 https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/spm/conferences/polmeth-2018 Committee: @cassyld Signorino @JustinEsarey Goodliffe (Chair) @alextahk Titiunik @BetsySinclair1 Yamamoto cc...
#CfP: 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology #PolMeth XXXVI @MIT 🇺🇸. Deadline: March 29 https://polmeth.mit.edu/apply #PoliSci
November 18, 2024 at 2:33 AM
#CfP: 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology #PolMeth XXXVI @MIT 🇺🇸. Deadline: March 29 https://polmeth.mit.edu/apply #PoliSci
#CfP: PolMeth Europe Meeting @unihh 🇩🇪. Deadline: December 13 https://polmeth-europe.github.io/#cfp #PolComm #PoliSci
November 17, 2024 at 2:06 PM
#CfP: PolMeth Europe Meeting @unihh 🇩🇪. Deadline: December 13 https://polmeth-europe.github.io/#cfp #PolComm #PoliSci
#CfP: #PolMeth XXXVII @UofT 🇨🇦. Deadline: March 15 https://polmeth2020.org #PolISci #womenalsoknowstuff
November 17, 2024 at 11:06 AM
#CfP: #PolMeth XXXVII @UofT 🇨🇦. Deadline: March 15 https://polmeth2020.org #PolISci #womenalsoknowstuff
Another Abu Dhabi polmeth sneak peek... I finally wrote out the specification for ideal point marginal effects!
(my favorite part of research is when you *finally* discover something new. it can take forever to explain what you did and why it matters, but still, what a thrill).
(my favorite part of research is when you *finally* discover something new. it can take forever to explain what you did and why it matters, but still, what a thrill).
January 6, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Another Abu Dhabi polmeth sneak peek... I finally wrote out the specification for ideal point marginal effects!
(my favorite part of research is when you *finally* discover something new. it can take forever to explain what you did and why it matters, but still, what a thrill).
(my favorite part of research is when you *finally* discover something new. it can take forever to explain what you did and why it matters, but still, what a thrill).
Attention POLMETH-types: Excellent news - ‘The Political Methodologist’ @TPMStats has a blog: <a href="http://tpm.blogs.rice.edu" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://tpm.blogs.rice.edu Get scribbling folks.
The Political Methodologist | A publication of the Societ...
tpm.blogs.rice.edu
November 18, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Attention POLMETH-types: Excellent news - ‘The Political Methodologist’ @TPMStats has a blog: <a href="http://tpm.blogs.rice.edu" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://tpm.blogs.rice.edu Get scribbling folks.
This is the second time this hotel has left me two decaf coffee pads for the coffee maker in my room. If I'd wanted to experience the caffeine-free lifestyle I would have gone to POLMETH. #APSA2018
November 16, 2024 at 9:21 PM
This is the second time this hotel has left me two decaf coffee pads for the coffee maker in my room. If I'd wanted to experience the caffeine-free lifestyle I would have gone to POLMETH. #APSA2018
Oddly, the paper (from program: https://www.textasdata2019.net/program.html) is written as if the estimates are supposed to be causal, without using the word. An overabundance of rhetorical caution, I think. We're not a polmeth audience either.
November 16, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Oddly, the paper (from program: https://www.textasdata2019.net/program.html) is written as if the estimates are supposed to be causal, without using the word. An overabundance of rhetorical caution, I think. We're not a polmeth audience either.
They're at it again! I'm on a plane, but https://polmeth-europe.github.io/ for the rest of you.
PolMeth Europe 2025
Conference website for European PolMeth meeting on 7-8 Ap...
polmeth-europe.github.io
November 16, 2024 at 5:40 PM
They're at it again! I'm on a plane, but https://polmeth-europe.github.io/ for the rest of you.
PolMeth Europe 2020 is in Hamburg https://polmeth-europe.github.io
Was dagegen?
Was dagegen?
PolMeth Europe 2025
Conference website for European PolMeth meeting on 7-8 Ap...
polmeth-europe.github.io
November 16, 2024 at 5:25 PM
PolMeth Europe 2020 is in Hamburg https://polmeth-europe.github.io
Was dagegen?
Was dagegen?
Reminder that if you're all meth-ed up after some British dude talked about text analysis, polmeth is running right now https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/polmeth2021 and always has interesting text stuff.
I'll be there if/when my brain unfries and the time zones are in the right...
I'll be there if/when my brain unfries and the time zones are in the right...
PolMeth2021
Society for Political Methodology Annual Conference Prog...
sites.google.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Reminder that if you're all meth-ed up after some British dude talked about text analysis, polmeth is running right now https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/polmeth2021 and always has interesting text stuff.
I'll be there if/when my brain unfries and the time zones are in the right...
I'll be there if/when my brain unfries and the time zones are in the right...
Happy to share the CFP for the 13-th Annual Meeting of the Asian Political Methodology Conference that will be hosted by OP Jindal Global University from 18-19 March 2026 in New Delhi. For more details, see:
jgu.edu.in/asian-polmeth/
#politicalmethodology #publicpolicy #politicaleconomy
jgu.edu.in/asian-polmeth/
#politicalmethodology #publicpolicy #politicaleconomy
August 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Happy to share the CFP for the 13-th Annual Meeting of the Asian Political Methodology Conference that will be hosted by OP Jindal Global University from 18-19 March 2026 in New Delhi. For more details, see:
jgu.edu.in/asian-polmeth/
#politicalmethodology #publicpolicy #politicaleconomy
jgu.edu.in/asian-polmeth/
#politicalmethodology #publicpolicy #politicaleconomy
I will be seeing you at #PolMeth and #EPSA. I could not be more excited 🤓❤️. It’s been a while! #poliscisky #polisky
February 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I will be seeing you at #PolMeth and #EPSA. I could not be more excited 🤓❤️. It’s been a while! #poliscisky #polisky