Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce the publication of *International Organizations and Research Methods. An Introduction*, that could be of interest to the GEP community. This edited volume brings together contributions from over 60 colleagues covering a wide variety of methods and combinations of methods for the study of international relations and, in particular, international organizations including numerous examples in the field of environmental politics. Conceived as a daily companion throughout the research process, this handbook is aimed at students as well as young and experienced researchers wishing to enrich the range of tools available for conducting their research. It can be ordered from the University of Michigan Press website <https://press.umich.edu/Books/I/International-Organizations-and-Research-Methods3>, but is also available online at https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/ms35tc22n. Please feel free to share it with others.
We hope that this book will find a place on your shelf and in your syllabi, and that you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed editing it. Best wishes, Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens International Organizations and Research MethodsAn Introduction Edited by Fanny Badache <https://press.umich.edu/Contributors/B/Badache-Fanny>, Leah R Kimber <https://press.umich.edu/Contributors/K/Kimber-Leah-R>, and Lucile Maertens <https://press.umich.edu/Contributors/M/Maertens-Lucile> DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11685289 Scholars have studied international organizations (IOs) in many disciplines, thus generating important theoretical developments. Yet a proper assessment and a broad discussion of the methods used to research these organizations are lacking. Which methods are being used to study IOs and in what ways? Do we need a specific methodology applied to the case of IOs? What are the concrete methodological challenges when doing research on IOs? *International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction* compiles an inventory of the methods developed in the study of IOs under the five headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring, and Combining. It does not reconcile diverging views on the purpose and meaning of IO scholarship, but creates a space for scholars and students embedded in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs. *Table of content* INTRODUCTION. Rethinking Methods of Investigation and International Organizations by Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens PART 1. OBSERVING Introduction: Observing by Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens - Chapter 1. Direct Observation by Kari De Pryck and Svenja Rauch - Box a. Observing Spatial Practices by Fiona McConnell - Box b. Digital Observation by Mélanie Albaret - Chapter 2. Participant Observation by Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens - Box c. Multipositionality by Simon Tordjman - Box d. Carnal Sociology by Julie Patarin-Jossec - Box e. Exiting Fieldwork by Frédéric Mérand - Chapter 3. Ethnographic Interviews by Leah R. Kimber and Emilie Dairon - Box f. Reversed Photo-Elicitation by Leah R. Kimber - Interlude I. Frictions of Distance and Proximity. Observing IOs in Action by Birgit Müller PART 2. INTERVIEWING Introduction: Interviewing by Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens - Chapter 4. Surveys by Clara Egger and Monique J. Beerli - Box g. Languages and Interviews by James Worrall - Box h. Focus Groups by Marie Saiget - Chapter 5. Semi-Structured Interviews by Mélanie Albaret and Joan Deas - Box i. Interviewing “Beneficiaries” by Lucie Laplace - Box j. Asymmetrical interviews by Emilie Dairon - Chapter 6. Biographic Interviews by Monique J. Beerli - Box k. Online Interviews by Leah R. Kimber - Interlude II. Controversies in Interview Research by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet PART 3. DOCUMENTING Introduction: Documenting by Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens - Chapter 7. Legal Research by Ian Hurd - Chapter 8. Archives by Ellen J. Ravndal - Box l. Visual Archives by Valérie Gorin - Chapter 9. Visual Methods by Valérie Gorin - Box m. Analyzing Maps by Benoît Martin - Box n. Branding Analysis by Stefan Tschauko - Box o. Artifact Analysis by Julian Eckl - Chapter 10. Document Analysis: a praxiographic approach by Christian Bueger - Box p. Semiology of Websites by Camille Rondot - Box q. Analyzing Tweets by Matthias Hofferberth - Chapter 11. Discourse Analysis by Audrey Alejandro, Marion Laurence and Lucile Maertens - Box r. Studying Ideas by Olivier Nay - Chapter 12. Statistics and Quantification by Roser Cussó and Laure Piguet - Box s. Analyzing Charts, Infographics and Dataviz by Benoît Martin - Chapter 13. Budget Analysis by Svanhildur Thorvaldsdottir and Ronny Patz - Interlude III. What IOs Talk about When They Talk about Themselves, and How They Do It by Davide Rodogno PART 4. MEASURING Introduction: Measuring by Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens - Chapter 14. Voting Analysis by Erik Voeten - Chapter 15. Statistical Analyses with IO Data by Fabien Cottier and Heidrun Bohnet - Box t. Navigating Human Resource Statistics by Fanny Badache - Chapter 16. Large-N Data and Quantitative Analyses by Charles B. Roger - Chapter 17. Computerized Text Analysis by Mor Mitrani and Inbar Noy - Chapter 18. Multiple Correspondence Analysis by Constantin Brissaud - Box u. Building Databases on Individuals by Kseniya Oksamytna - Chapter 19. Social Network Analysis by Anna-Luise Chané - Interlude IV. Challenging IOs through Numbers by Simon Hug PART 5. COMBINING Introduction: Combining by Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens - Chapter 20. Interviews and Observations by Kari De Pryck - Box v. Challenging Secrecy by Olivier Schmitt - Chapter 21. Observation, Interviews and Archives by Marieke Louis - Chapter 22. Computational Text Analysis and Archival Methods by Evan Easton-Calabria and William Allen - Chapter 23. Qualitative Comparative Analysis by Ryan Federo - Chapter 24. Structured, Focused Comparison by Vytautas Jankauskas, Steffen Eckhard and Jörn Ege - Chapter 25. Process Tracing by Svenja Rauch - Chapter 26. Prosopography by Aykiz Dogan and Frédéric Lebaron - Box w. Research with LinkedIn by Monique J. Beerli - Chapter 27. Practice Analysis by Vincent Pouliot - Chapter 28. Feminist Approaches by Georgina Holmes - Box x. Postcolonial Insights by Soumita Basu - Box y. Reflexivity in Practice by Audrey Alejandro - Chapter 29. Composing Collages: Working at the Edge of Disciplinary Boundaries by Anna Leander - Box z. Expeditions as a Research Method by Doaa Abdel-Motaal - Interlude V. Controversies on Methodological Pluralism by J. Samuel Barkin --- *Dr. Lucile Maertens* Maîtresse d’enseignement et de recherche / Senior lecturer | Université de Lausanne Institute of Political Studies (IEP <https://www.unil.ch/iep/fr/home.html>) / Centre of International History and Political Studies of Globalization ( CRHIM <https://www.unil.ch/crhim/home.html>) Comité de rédaction | Observatoire du multilatéralisme et des organisations internationales <https://observatoire-multilateralisme.fr/> -- Quartier UNIL-Mouline / IEP - Géopolis - Bureau 4550 CH-1015 Lausanne / + 41 21 692 2845 *https://lucilemaertens.com/ <https://lucilemaertens.com/>* Selected publications: - Tobias Ide, McKenzie F. Johnson, Jon Barnett, Florian Krampe, Philippe Le Billon, *Lucile Maertens*, Nina von Uexkull & Irene Vélez-Torres (2023) "The Future of Environmental Peace and Conflict Research <https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2156174>", *Environmental Politics*. Open access. - *Maertens Lucile*, Kimber Leah R., Badache Fanny and Dairon Emilie (2021) "Time and Space in the Study of International Organizations: An Introduction <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.13022>", *Global Policy*, 12(S7): 5-13. Open access. - Kimber Leah R. and *Maertens Lucile *(2021) "Experiencing Time and Space within the United Nations <https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13005>", *Global Policy*, 12(S7): 14-23. Open access. - Louis Marieke and *Maertens Lucile* (2021) *Why International Organizations Hate Politics. **Depoliticizing the World* <https://www.routledge.com/Why-International-Organizations-Hate-Politics-Depoliticizing-the-World/Louis-Maertens/p/book/9781138607866> , London, Routledge. Available in open access. - Aykut C. Stefan and *Maertens Lucile* (2021) "The Climatization of Global Politics: Introduction to the Special Issue <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-021-00325-0>", *International Politics*, 58(4): 501-518. Open access. - *Maertens Lucile* (2021) "Climatizing the UN Security Council <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-021-00281-9>", *International Politics*, 58(4): 640-660. Open access. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CALrOd2oq1U2NvwMbLwJyj%3Dd1xJZEkYVkoiRk_q19CERj_a2-5Q%40mail.gmail.com.
