Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a set-theoretic method for identifying necessary and/or sufficient conditions for outcomes which is increasingly used in comparative policy analysis. Its core advantages lie in modelling … Continue reading International Winter School on Public Policy – Alps Edition 2020: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) →

This Workshop is tailored for scholars with significant research experience beyond their PhD, and organised on a flexible basis to meet specific needs -- typically in connection with an ongoing … Continue reading ECPR Seasoned Scholar Workshop: Multi-Method Designs, Case-Oriented and Comparative Methods →

This course introduces participants to the logic and foundations of case-oriented and set-theoretic methods. We discuss perspectives on causality, case-orientation in empirical social research, and the main features of set-theoretic … Continue reading ECPR Methods School: Foundations of set-theoretic and case-oriented methods →

This course introduces participants to crisp set and fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and its analysis in R. It provides participants with a basic understanding of the analytic underpinnings … Continue reading ECPR Methods School: Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) →

This course addresses advanced issues that arise if and when scholars embrace notions of sets and their relations. While it is a course about set-theoretic methods writ large, most of … Continue reading ECPR Methods School: Advanced Topics in Set-Theoretic Methods and QCA →

The goal of this workshop is to provide a ground-up introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and fuzzy sets. Participants will get intensive instruction and hands-on experience with the fsQCA … Continue reading Southern California QCA Workshop – CANCELED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS →

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a method that has become part of the toolbox in disciplines such as political science, sociology, public administration and organization and management studies. QCA can … Continue reading Qualitative Comparative Analysis →

This course provides training on methods that enable a researcher to construct a solid and well-argued comparative research design (CRD) – any research enterprise that comprises at least two ‘cases’ … Continue reading Comparative Research Designs (1st ECPR Virtual Summer School) →

This course introduces you to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and fuzzy sets, and their application in the social sciences, using the R software environment.  It starts out by familiarising you with … Continue reading Qualitative Comparative Analysis (1st ECPR Virtual Summer School) →

Prof. Dr. Dr. Lasse Gerrits (IHS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Dr. Sofia Pagliarin (University of Bamberg, Germany) will present Trajectory-based QCA (TJ-QCA) as a new way to account for and … Continue reading CECAN Webinar: Trajectory-Based Qualitative Comparative Analysis (TJ-QCA) →