Methodology

Review – Seeing Politics

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Sep 30 2019 • Features

Using narrative feature film as a method of co-production, Harman brings feminist and decolonial works into conversation with the visual and aesthetic turns in IR.

Student Feature – Spotlight on Qualitative Methods in International Relations

Kevin Weng • Sep 4 2019 • Student Features

Kevin Weng explains how qualitative research methods allow political scientists to develop complex arguments and explain outlier cases in international relations.

Interview – Amandine Hostein

E-International Relations • Aug 8 2019 • Features

Amandine Hostein discusses her PhD research on social media use by NGOs, the virtual public sphere, methodological challenges, and her experience chairing the BISA PGN.

Scopic Regimes, Drones, and the Visual Turn in International Relations

Kyle Grayson and Jocelyn Mawdsley • Aug 13 2018 • Articles

The discipline of international relations needs to better engage with different ways of seeing, particularly those arising outside of western traditions.

Interview – Lene Hansen

E-International Relations • Jul 12 2018 • Features

Prof. Lene Hansen discusses securitization scholarship, developments in discourse analysis, and the role of images and the ‘visual turn’ in International Relations.

10th Anniversary Interview – Stephen Walt

E-International Relations • Dec 7 2017 • Features

To celebrate E-IR’s 10th anniversary we asked some of our existing interviewees two further questions reflecting on the last decade in International Relations.

Field Research, Research Design, and Scientific Method (A Personal Account)

Patricia Sohn • Apr 13 2017 • Articles

“Science” is a many splendored and varied thing. It even includes qualitative research.

Research Methods

E-International Relations • Jan 5 2017 • Online resources

Online guide to research design and methods – including material on sources, ethics, research design, qualitative / quantitative and research presentation.

One World, Many Actors: Levels of Analysis in International Relations

Carmen Gebhard • Dec 28 2016 • Articles

The academic discipline of International Relations has gradually moved away from a dominant focus on the state and the system to deal more with the role and perspective of groups and individuals.

Methods War: How Ideas Matter within Political Science

Patricia Sohn • Nov 24 2016 • Articles

Calls for qualitative scholars to share their fieldwork notes is not only illegal, but also threatens the integrity and quality of the qualitative research process.

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