Am I a Methodologist? (Asking for a Friend)

What Makes Someone a Political Methodologist?

“…Doing these things distinguished the initial members of the subfield as members of the methodology community. Although much has changed since the founding of the SPM, I agree with Leeper (2018) that they continue to define active membership in the methodology community. For example, being an active methodologist in the current era means publishing work in Political Analysis and the Workshop of the American Journal of Political Science as well as Political Science Research and Methods and similar journals.…”

“…What are the core interests, talents, and values shared by political methodologists, that define what Leeper (2018) calls the prototype of a member of the subfield? To begin answering this question, it is helpful to consult historical narratives of the genesis of the SPM (including the contribution in this issue by Mitchell and Achen).…”

Selecting in or Selecting Out? Gender Gaps and Political Methodology in Europe

“…Women constitute less than 20% of participants at the Society of Political Methodology (POLMETH) annual meeting (Barnes 2018), and they are less likely to publish studies using quantitative and computational methods (Teele and Thelen 2017) and to be lecturers in quantitative-methods modules (Barnes 2018). In other words, if “political methodologists” can be understood as those who participate in the community (Esarey 2018) and have methods-centered teaching and research interests (Leeper 2018), then women are substantially underrepresented in this category. In fact, even when women use the same methods as men, they are still less likely to characterize themselves as methodologists (Esarey 2018; Shannon 2014).…”