Chair
Zachary Elkins, University of Texas at Austin
zelkins@austin.utexas.edu
Department of Government
University of Texas at Austin
158 W. 21 St. Stop A1800
Austin, TX 78712-1704
United States
Vice-chair
Tobias Hofmann, University of Utah
tobias.hofmann@utah.edu
Department of Political Science
University of Utah
332 South 1400 East, #223
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Unted States
Officers
Philippe Blanchard, University of Warwick, UK, p.blanchard@warwick.ac.uk
Erica Simmons, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, essimmons@wisc.edu
Francisco Panizza, London School of Economics, UK, f.e.panizza@lse.ac.uk
Frederic Schaffer, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA, schaffer@polsci.umass.edu
Jason Seawright, Northwestern University, USA, j-seawright@northwestern.edu
Robert Adcock, American University, USA, adcock@american.edu
Rodolfo Sarsfield, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico, rodolfo.sarsfield@uaq.mx
Rudra Sil,University of Pennsylvania, USA, rudysil@sas.upenn.edu
Simona Piattoni, University of Trento, Italy, simona.piattoni@unitn.it
Diego J. Gantus, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina, djgantus@gmail.com
Background
Recognised as research committee in 1976; also recognised as a research committee of the International Sociological Association and related group of the American Political Science Association; originally known as committee on conceptual and terminological analysis (COCTA).
Objectives
Concepts and Methods (C&M) understands itself as an open and plural platform of discussion on basic conceptual and methodological problems in political science. It strives to promote discussions across quantitative, qualitative, and formal methods.
