Patrick A. Mello
Assistant Professor of International Security, Dep. Political Science & Public Administration, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, foreign policy, research methods.
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🌐 https://patrickmello.com
- 🎇 Register now for the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA) workshop at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods in Lugano (August 17-21)!
- For impressions from previous years, see patrickmello.com/qualitative-...
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloSo, 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
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloThe 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/
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloMore 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/
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloFor 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...
- 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. MelloToday'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)
- 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
- 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
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloIn #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/...
- An intensive week of #QCA at the 29th @usi.ch Summer School comes to a close. It was a pleasure to be working with such a motivated group! Good luck with all your #QCA projects!
- Back again.
- You can now watch the recording of our info session on ISA's Dissertation Completion Fellowship @isanet.bsky.social #PhD youtu.be/RICVv5R5318A
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloInterested 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...
- Glad to say that, in addition to the German 'Lehrbefähigung' and 'Lehrbefugnis', I now also obtained the Dutch Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs (#BKO) 🥳
- ✨Frisch erschienen: der Sonderband zur (ersten) Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie @nomosverlag.bsky.social. Freu mich, mit einem Beitrag zum Wandel deutscher Außenpolitik dabei zu sein. Open access hier: doi.org/10.5771/9783...
- There are still some places for the #QCA workshop.👇 Please share and repost. 🙏
- 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...
- Tomorrow, we'll have an online session on the @isanet.bsky.social Dissertation Completion Fellowship 👇
- Announcing the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship! This award is for #EarlyCareerScholars in the later stages of their #PhD. Join @patrickmello.bsky.social & other Committee members for a session on eligibility criteria, submission details, & how to build your application: buff.ly/UjzhzaZ
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloAnnouncing the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship! This award is for #EarlyCareerScholars in the later stages of their #PhD. Join @patrickmello.bsky.social & other Committee members for a session on eligibility criteria, submission details, & how to build your application: buff.ly/UjzhzaZ
- Are you in the final stages of your #PhD and @isanet.bsky.social member? On June 11 (10am EST), we'll have an online info session on ISA's Dissertation Completion Fellowship. Register here: isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- The call for applications can be found here (deadline September 1, 2025): www.isanet.org/ISA/Governan...
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloA nice surprise to see so many new followers. By way of intro, I'm based at NTU Singapore, where I teach on alliances and defence policy. My first book examines how the UK, as a 2nd tier power, makes grand strategy while underneath the US security umbrella. See here for more info: williamdjames.com
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloVijzelstraat, Amsterdam in 1986 and today
- What an impressive venue for #EUIA25. Thanks everyone for the superb attendance at our panel on European responses to Russia‘s war against Ukraine. This may have been largest crowd I‘ve ever had at a conference panel. Thanks Yf Reykers for organizing this and also for the constructive comments!
- Registration is still running 👇 Thx for sharing! 🙏
- 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...
- Die Ankündigung des Sonderhefts ist schon mal da. Freue mich, mit einem Beitrag aus außenpolitischer Perspektive dabei zu sein! www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/integri...
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloOleksandr Zhavnenko is a Ukrainian Defender. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation in UNBROKEN center. Oleksandr's main motivation is his little daughter. 📹: UNBROKEN Ukraine/Instagram
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloThe cover for my new book with Georgetown University Press, forthcoming in the fall. I draw on 98 original interviews with policymakers and analysts to argue that leading NATO members face different threats, which tells us about their defense decisions and their value for the alliance.
- 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...
- Master's Event 2025: I had the pleasure to represent our interdisciplinary Master "Law and Politics of International Security" (#LLM) at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Thanks to our student ambassadors for representing the program! For further info, see our website: VU.nl/lpis
- Reposted by Patrick A. MelloOne thing seems certain about Germany's general election on Sunday: for the first time, the former "Volksparteien" (catch all parties) will receive less than 50% of the vote. The CDU/CSU and the SPD are particularly weak among younger voters, so this trend is likely to continue. (1/2)
- Thanks for the interview, Adrián Romero @rtvenoticias.bsky.social, in light of the upcoming German #elections and their implications for security policy, especially the continued support for #Ukraine. 👇
- Las promesas incumplidas de Scholz a Ucrania: el "giro" militar que nunca llegó dozz.es/05aw51
- Just in time for the elections: my take on German 🇩🇪party politics during the🚦traffic-light coalition, in the wake of the Russian war against Ukraine #openaccess #CRIA doi.org/10.1080/0955...
- While the #Zeitenwende changes in German foreign and security policy have received a lot of attention, less emphasis has been placed on the domestic #contestation of Germany's foreign policy role.
- The article draws on recent work on role theory and party politics to examine the partisan contestation of German foreign policy role conceptions during the 🚦traffic-light coaliton of SPD, Greens, and Liberals (2021-2024).
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View full threadThanks to everyone who participated in the #EWIS workshop in Amsterdam, to the editors, and also to the reviewers for their critical but constructive suggestions on how to improve this piece.
- 🚨 Just out: "The party politics of national role contestation: Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition and the Russian war against Ukraine" #openaccess (thread to follow)
- Thanks for your inspiring guest talk @vuamsterdam.bsky.social on your PhD research on "Visual Narratives in Foreign Policy" İrem Karamık Kaya - and good luck with the final steps!
- 🚨Registration opened: 'Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA)', 29th @USI_en Summer School (11-15 August 2025)
- Lecture in a movie theater, nice for a change!
- Getting ready for the next teaching period with courses in our Bachelor and Master Political Science. #Methods all the way.
- 🚀Come work with us at VU Amsterdam! Excellent opportunity in pol sci/international relations: werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/as...
- #Zeitenwende at Twilight: Will #Germany's Shift Last?, a brief piece on the transitional phase between the breakdown of the 🟥🟩🟨 coalition and the upcoming elections in February for CentrumBalticum & #BalticRimEconomies
- Calling it a day in Tilburg. Thanks to Roel Rutten and the whole organizing team for a great first day of the 2025 #QCA Paper Development and Expert Workshops!
- The program for the 29th Summer School in Social Sciences at the Università della Svizzera italiana (#USI) in Lugano has been announced: I'm offering "Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA)". Registration opens in January 2025.
- Note: the #QCA course will take place August 11-18 (other than stated, this will be edited).
- For impressions from previous years, see here:
