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Pippa Norris - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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What maximizes productivity and impact in Political Science research?
European Political Science, 2021Co-Authors: Pippa NorrisAbstract:What contributes toward academic productivity and impact in Political Science research publications? To consider this issue, Part I of this article describes the core concepts and their operationalization, using the h-index. The study theorizes that variations in this measure may plausibly be influenced by personal characteristics (like gender, career longevity, and formal qualifications), working conditions (academic rank, type of department, and job security), as well as subjective role perceptions (exemplified by the perceived importance of scholarly research or teaching). Part II sets out new evidence used for exploring these issues, drawing upon the ECPR-IPSA World of Political Science survey. This study gathered information from 2446 Political scientists in 102 countries around the globe. Part III presents the distribution and analysis of the results, as well as several robustness tests. Part IV summarizes the key findings and considers their broader implications. In general, several personal characteristics and structural working conditions prove significant predictors of h-index scores, whereas motivational goals and role perceptions add little, if anything, to the models. Thus, who you are and where you work seems to predict productivity and impact more than career ambitions and social psychological orientations toward academic work.
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closed minds is a cancel culture stifling academic freedom and intellectual debate in Political Science
2020Co-Authors: Pippa NorrisAbstract:Recent years have seen extensive debate in popular commentary about a pervasive ‘cancel culture’ thought to be taking over college campuses. A progressive orthodoxy, it is argued, has silenced conservative voices and diverse perspectives. This development, it is claimed, has ostracized contrarians, limited academic freedom, strengthened conformism, and eviscerated robust intellectual debate. But does systematic empirical evidence support these claims? After reviewing the arguments, Part II of this study outline several propositions arising from the cancel culture thesis and describes the sources of empirical survey evidence and measures used to test these claims within the discipline of Political Science. Data is derived from a new global survey, the World of Political Science, 2019, with 2,446 responses collected from scholars studying or working in 102 countries. Part III presents the results. Part IV summarizes the key findings and considers their broader implications. Overall the study confirms the significant impact of Left-Right ideology on reported experience of the cancel culture in Political Science – but important contrasts were found in post-industrial and developing societies.
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closed minds is a cancel culture stifling academic freedom and intellectual debate in Political Science
Social Science Research Network, 2020Co-Authors: Pippa NorrisAbstract:Recent years have seen extensive debate in popular commentary about a pervasive ‘cancel culture’ thought to be taking over college campuses. A progressive orthodoxy, it is argued, has silenced conservative voices and diverse perspectives. This development, it is claimed, has ostracized contrarians, limited academic freedom, strengthened conformism, and eviscerated robust intellectual debate. But does systematic empirical evidence support these claims? After reviewing the arguments, Part II of this study outline several propositions arising from the cancel culture thesis and describes the sources of empirical survey evidence and measures used to test these claims within the discipline of Political Science. Data is derived from a new global survey, the World of Political Science, 2019, with 2,446 responses collected from scholars studying or working in 102 countries. Part III presents the results. Part IV summarizes the key findings and considers their broader implications. Overall the study confirms the significant impact of Left-Right ideology on reported experience of the cancel culture in Political Science – but important contrasts were found in post-industrial and developing societies. Update: Expanded paper Pippa Norris "Cancel Culture: Myth or Reality?" now published here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00323217211037023 Political Studies August 2021.
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what maximizes research excellence productivity and impact in Political Science
Social Science Research Network, 2020Co-Authors: Pippa NorrisAbstract:What contributes towards research excellence in Political Science? To consider this issue, Part I describes the core concepts of academic productivity and impact and their operationalization, using the h-index. The study theorizes that variations in this measure may plausibly be influenced by personal characteristics (like gender, career longevity, and formal qualifications), working conditions (academic rank, type of department, and job security), as well as subjective role perceptions (exemplified by the perceived importance of scholarly research or teaching). Part II sets out the new evidence used for exploring these issues, drawing upon the ECPR-IPSA World of Political Science survey. This study gathered information from 2,446 Political scientists in 102 countries around the globe. Part III presents the distribution and analysis of the results, as well as several robustness tests. Part IV summarizes the key findings and considers their broader implications. In general, several personal characteristics and structural working conditions prove significant predictors of h-index scores, whereas motivational goals and role perceptions add little, if anything, to the models. The gender gap also becomes insignificant once controls are introduced for career longevity and formal qualifications.
Arthur Lupia - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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openness in Political Science data access and research transparency
PS Political Science & Politics, 2014Co-Authors: Arthur Lupia, Colin ElmanAbstract:In 2012, the American Political Science Association (APSA) Council adopted new policies guiding data access and research transparency in Political Science. The policies appear as a revision to APSA's Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science . The revisions were the product of an extended and broad consultation with a variety of APSA committees and the association's membership.
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openness in Political Science data access and research transparency
PS Political Science & Politics, 2014Co-Authors: Arthur Lupia, Colin ElmanAbstract:In 2012, the American Political Science Association (APSA) Council adopted new policies guiding data access and research transparency in Political Science. The policies appear as a revision to APSA's Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science. The revisions were the product of an extended and broad consultation with a variety of APSA committees and the association's membership.
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the growth and development of experimental research in Political Science
American Political Science Review, 2006Co-Authors: James N Druckman, Donald P Green, James H Kuklinski, Arthur LupiaAbstract:Although Political scientists have long expressed skepticism about the prospects for experimental Science, an analysis of the first hundred volumes of the American Political Science Review reveals that randomized experiments have grown in impact and prominence. We document how thinking about experimentation has evolved over the century, and demonstrate the growing influence of laboratory, survey, and field experiments. A number of experiments have transformed how Political scientists think about causal relationships in specific substantive areas. There are limits to the kinds of questions that experiments can address, but experiments have made important contributions in an array of Political Science subfields.
Ian G Anson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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goal orientation in Political Science research instruction
Journal of Political Science Education, 2020Co-Authors: Ian G AnsonAbstract:In recent years, scholar-educators have examined a variety of new approaches for teaching research in Political Science. Many of these inquiries begin with the observation that research activities ...
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audience purpose and civic engagement a reassessment of writing instruction in Political Science
Journal of Political Science Education, 2017Co-Authors: Ian G AnsonAbstract:In the present study I examine meaning-making as an integral aspect of successful writing assignments in Political Science. Results of a semester-long quasi-experimental pilot study show that meani...
John D. Wilkerson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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large scale computerized text analysis in Political Science opportunities and challenges
Annual Review of Political Science, 2017Co-Authors: John D. Wilkerson, Andreu CasasAbstract:Text has always been an important data source in Political Science. What has changed in recent years is the feasibility of investigating large amounts of text quantitatively. The internet provides Political scientists with more data than their mentors could have imagined, and the research community is providing accessible text analysis software packages, along with training and support. As a result, text-as-data research is becoming mainstream in Political Science. Scholars are tapping new data sources, they are employing more diverse methods, and they are becoming critical consumers of findings based on those methods. In this article, we first describe the four stages of a typical text-as-data project. We then review recent Political Science applications and explore one important methodological challenge—topic model instability—in greater detail.
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Text Annotation for Political Science Research
Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2008Co-Authors: Claire Cardie, John D. WilkersonAbstract:Digitization is dramatically altering research demands and opportunities in Political Science, and in the social Sciences more generally. To cite just a few examples, the advent of e-government has...
Eric Breton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Health policy--why research it and how: health Political Science.
Health research policy and systems BioMed Central, 2014Co-Authors: Evelyne De Leeuw, Carole Clavier, Eric BretonAbstract:The establishment of policy is key to the implementation of actions for health. We review the nature of policy and the definition and directions of health policy. In doing so, we explicitly cast a health Political Science gaze on setting parameters for researching policy change for health. A brief overview of core theories of the policy process for health promotion is presented, and illustrated with empirical evidence. The key arguments are that (a) policy is not an intervention, but drives intervention development and implementation; (b) understanding policy processes and their pertinent theories is pivotal for the potential to influence policy change; (c) those theories and associated empirical work need to recognise the wicked, multi-level, and incremental nature of elements in the process; and, therefore, (d) the public health, health promotion, and education research toolbox should more explicitly embrace health Political Science insights. The rigorous application of insights from and theories of the policy process will enhance our understanding of not just how, but also why health policy is structured and implemented the way it is.