8: Political Methodology

Jay Goodliffe, Brigham Young University, goodliffe@byu.edu

The Political Methodology division welcomes paper, panel, and roundtable proposals addressing all aspects of empirical methodology. As in years past, the division encourages submissions dealing with the logic of inquiry, measurement, estimation and specification, and theory development. In particular, the division invites proposals that develop new methodological techniques as well as innovative applications of existing techniques, including those from other disciplines.

The conference theme, "Politics in Motion: Change and Complexity," presents opportunities for proposals exploring the methodologies of causal inference, and complexity and networks, respectively. In addition, special consideration will be given to proposals that discuss how to present complex phenomena and (the results of) complex methods and analyses in an understandable way.