The Society for Political Methodology

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Annual Summer Meetings | Latin American Political Methodology Meetings | Asian Political Methodology Meetings | SLAMM | Visions in Methodology Meetings | Thematic Meetings

Future Meetings

• The Southern California Methods Meeting takes place September 19 - 20, 2019.
• The Latin American Political Methods Meeting will be held at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay, November 22-23, 2019. Registration is now open until October 31, 2019.
• The 8^th Annual Conference of The Australian Society for Quantitative Political Science will be held at The University of Melbourne, Dec 9-10, 2019.
• The 2020 Asian Political Methodology Meeting takes place January 9-10, 2020. Registration is now open until November 10, 2019.
• The 2020 Summer Meeting will be held at the University of Toronto.

Annual Summer Meetings

Since 1984 the Society for Political Methodology has held an annual summer conference. These conferences have been generously supported by the host institution, and by the National Science Foundation. This page contains the programs and information for each of these meetings.

2020 Summer Methods Meeting

The 2020 Summer Meeting will be hosted by the University of Toronto.

Past Annual Summer Meetings

• 2019 hosted by MIT
• 2018 hosted by Brigham Young University
• 2017 hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 2016 hosted by Rice University
• 2015 hosted by University of Rochester

View all past Annual Summer Meetings

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Latin American Political Methodology Meetings

The Latin American Political Methodology Meetings are annual meetings that have taken place since 2017.

Registration to the 2019 Latin American PolMeth is currently open. To register, visit this page.

Past Latin American PolMeth Meetings

• 2018 conference at Universidad de los Andes
• 2017 conference at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Asian Political Methodology Meetings

The Asian Political Methodology Meetings have taken place annually since 2014.

The 7^th Asian Political Methodology Meeting will be held in the University of Hong Kong, China, on January 9 and 10, 2020.

Abstract submission for the 2020 Asian Political Methods Meeting is currently open. Go to this page to submit your paper.

Past Asian Political Methodology Meetings

• 2019 conference at Doshisha University
• 2018 conference at Seoul National University
• 2017 conference at the University of Sydney
• 2016 conference at Tsinghua University
• 2015 conference at Academia Sinica

View all past Asian Political Methods Meetings

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St Louis Area Methods Meeting

SLAMM is a regional meeting highlighting data science applications of political science questions.

Past St Louis Area Methods Meetings

• 2019 Meeting at Southern Illinois University

Visions in Methodology Meetings

Visions in Methodology (VIM) supports women who study political methodology. In addition to providing a forum to share scholarly work, VIM connects women in a field where they are under-represented. VIM provides opportunities for scholarly progress, networking, and professional mentoring in research and teaching in order to support women in the political methodology community. Averaging about 30 participants, VIM's three-day conference feature research presentations and discussions on both methodological and substantive topics.

Past Visions in Methodology Meetings

• 2019 Conference at University of Georgia
• 2018 Conference at Ohio State University
• 2017 Conference at Stony Brook University
• 2016 Conference at UC Davis
• 2015 Conference at the University of Kentucky

View all past Visions in Methodology Meetings

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Thematic Meetings

The National Science Foundation recently agreed to fund smaller thematic meetings similar in character to the annual summer conference 25 years ago. The Society is accepting proposals for these meetings.

Past Thematic Meetings

• 2019 Causal Inference and APD Conference
• 2018 APSA mini-Conference on Event Data
• 2015 Conference on Ideal Point Models
• 2013 Causality in Political Networks conference
• 2010 Path Dependence Conference hosted by the University of Minnesota

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National Science Foundation Support

The National Science Foundation support has expanded the reach, impact and excellence of the Society’s conference activities since 1986.