Patrick A. Mello
@patrickmello.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of International Security, Dep. Political Science & Public Administration, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, foreign policy, research methods.
QCA: https://bit.ly/3NXzhTG,
Handbook: http://bit.ly/3VLE4bS
🌐 https://patrickmello.com
QCA: https://bit.ly/3NXzhTG,
Handbook: http://bit.ly/3VLE4bS
🌐 https://patrickmello.com
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Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
YouTube video by International Studies Association (ISA)
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Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA is now on #YouTube. 📺 Thanks to everyone at #ISA @isanet.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙏
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So, if you conduct research like this yourself, or if you know a colleague to whom this applies, please get in touch using DM (or send either of us an email)! 5/5
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
So, if you conduct research like this yourself, or if you know a colleague to whom this applies, please get in touch using DM (or send either of us an email)! 5/5
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The work can by either inductive or deductive, start from PT or start from the cross-case; we want to get to know it all. 4/
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The work can by either inductive or deductive, start from PT or start from the cross-case; we want to get to know it all. 4/
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More specifically, we are looking to show-case work that combines comparative case studies (CCS) or Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) on the one hand, with Process Tracing (PT) on the other. 3/
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
More specifically, we are looking to show-case work that combines comparative case studies (CCS) or Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) on the one hand, with Process Tracing (PT) on the other. 3/
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For a book manuscript, Uncovering Causal Symptoms. Case Study Research, Process Tracing, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis, @patrickmello.bsky.social and I are looking for good (preferably published) work that combines cross-case with within-case analysis. 2/
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
For a book manuscript, Uncovering Causal Symptoms. Case Study Research, Process Tracing, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis, @patrickmello.bsky.social and I are looking for good (preferably published) work that combines cross-case with within-case analysis. 2/
We're hiring a Lecturer in Political Science @vuamsterdam.bsky.social (deadline Nov 24): 👉 werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/le...
Vacature — Lecturer in Political Science – Comparative Politics
Do you have a PhD in Political Science and some teaching experience? Are you interested in teaching a diverse and international student community? The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) offers a positi...
werkenbij.vu.nl
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We're hiring a Lecturer in Political Science @vuamsterdam.bsky.social (deadline Nov 24): 👉 werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/le...
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Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."
Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.
In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.
nokings.org
Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.
In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.
nokings.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."
Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.
In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.
nokings.org
Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.
In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.
nokings.org
Reposted by Patrick A. Mello
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA is now on #YouTube. 📺 Thanks to everyone at #ISA @isanet.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙏
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
YouTube video by International Studies Association (ISA)
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA is now on #YouTube. 📺 Thanks to everyone at #ISA @isanet.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙏
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA is now on #YouTube. 📺 Thanks to everyone at #ISA @isanet.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙏
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
YouTube video by International Studies Association (ISA)
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA is now on #YouTube. 📺 Thanks to everyone at #ISA @isanet.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙏
Reposted by Patrick A. Mello
Today's violation of Estonia's airspace by Russian military aircraft is an extremely dangerous provocation.
This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
September 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today's violation of Estonia's airspace by Russian military aircraft is an extremely dangerous provocation.
This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
Thanks for the wonderful turnout for this event: 86 people from 27 countries! 🌐🎉 The #QCA recording will be made available by @isanet.bsky.social via their channels.
Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thanks for the wonderful turnout for this event: 86 people from 27 countries! 🌐🎉 The #QCA recording will be made available by @isanet.bsky.social via their channels.
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History has focused on Watergate, but many people are unaware that the second article of impeachment against Nixon was for his abuse of "the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies," as John Dean put it in the famous memo.
September 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
History has focused on Watergate, but many people are unaware that the second article of impeachment against Nixon was for his abuse of "the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies," as John Dean put it in the famous memo.
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Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
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In #IR, #Social & #Political phenomena rarely have a straightforward explanation. Join us for a seminar on Qualitative Comparative Analysis, a structured approach to understanding these complexities, and learn how to apply these methods to your own #Research in #InternationalStudies: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
September 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In #IR, #Social & #Political phenomena rarely have a straightforward explanation. Join us for a seminar on Qualitative Comparative Analysis, a structured approach to understanding these complexities, and learn how to apply these methods to your own #Research in #InternationalStudies: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
Nun auch in gedruckter Form: der ZfP-Sonderband (Janusch/Dörfler) zur Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie. Mein Beitrag aus außenpolitischer Perspektive ist hier frei zugänglich: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...
September 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Nun auch in gedruckter Form: der ZfP-Sonderband (Janusch/Dörfler) zur Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie. Mein Beitrag aus außenpolitischer Perspektive ist hier frei zugänglich: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...
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So much flows from this core mistake to not prosecute Trump for insurrection in spring 2021. By the time they changed course it was too late. Media and public attention had moved on from Jan 6. And Trump had begun to reassemble Republican support.
September 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So much flows from this core mistake to not prosecute Trump for insurrection in spring 2021. By the time they changed course it was too late. Media and public attention had moved on from Jan 6. And Trump had begun to reassemble Republican support.
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Luckovich on orange cabinet meetings in 2017 and 2025. It's the same obsequiousness on display to cosplay government and provide reality TV sound bites to the orange ego and the faithful. Editorial cartoonists cut it to the essence.
August 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Luckovich on orange cabinet meetings in 2017 and 2025. It's the same obsequiousness on display to cosplay government and provide reality TV sound bites to the orange ego and the faithful. Editorial cartoonists cut it to the essence.
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🚨 Last chance to register this week 👇
Want to learn #QCA in presence? Register for "Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis", 29th #USI Summer School (August 11-15, 2025): www.usi.ch/en/education...
July 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🚨 Last chance to register this week 👇
You can now watch the recording of our info session on ISA's Dissertation Completion Fellowship @isanet.bsky.social #PhD
youtu.be/RICVv5R5318A
youtu.be/RICVv5R5318A
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July 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You can now watch the recording of our info session on ISA's Dissertation Completion Fellowship @isanet.bsky.social #PhD
youtu.be/RICVv5R5318A
youtu.be/RICVv5R5318A
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Interested in applying for the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship? Watch ISA's info session with the Committee members as they discuss and answer questions on eligibility criteria, submission details, and how to build your application.
ISA's Dissertation Completion Fellowship
The ISA Dissertation Completion Fellowship is open to applicants from across the social sciences and humanities working in the broad field of International Studies.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Interested in applying for the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship? Watch ISA's info session with the Committee members as they discuss and answer questions on eligibility criteria, submission details, and how to build your application.
🚨 Last chance to register this week 👇
Want to learn #QCA in presence? Register for "Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis", 29th #USI Summer School (August 11-15, 2025): www.usi.ch/en/education...
July 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🚨 Last chance to register this week 👇
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Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too.
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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