Alan Jacobs
@alanjacobs.bsky.social
Prof and Head, UBC Political Science | Comparative political economy, policy, political behavior, qual. & mixed methods | Co-host @scopeconditions.bsky.social podcast | he/his
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material: integrated-inferences.github.io gets you to
* our open access book on causal infernce in qual & mixed methods
* our pkg CausalQueries for all kinds of causal wizardry
* a forthcoming JSS paper on CausalQueries with Tiez, @syunyaev.bsky.social & Medina
macartan.github.io/assets/pdf/p...
* our open access book on causal infernce in qual & mixed methods
* our pkg CausalQueries for all kinds of causal wizardry
* a forthcoming JSS paper on CausalQueries with Tiez, @syunyaev.bsky.social & Medina
macartan.github.io/assets/pdf/p...
macartan.github.io
September 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
material: integrated-inferences.github.io gets you to
* our open access book on causal infernce in qual & mixed methods
* our pkg CausalQueries for all kinds of causal wizardry
* a forthcoming JSS paper on CausalQueries with Tiez, @syunyaev.bsky.social & Medina
macartan.github.io/assets/pdf/p...
* our open access book on causal infernce in qual & mixed methods
* our pkg CausalQueries for all kinds of causal wizardry
* a forthcoming JSS paper on CausalQueries with Tiez, @syunyaev.bsky.social & Medina
macartan.github.io/assets/pdf/p...
Reposted by Alan Jacobs
Please share: @alanjacobs.bsky.social and I are running a Jan '26 course at @gesis.org Cologne on
𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
🕵️Process tracing + Bayesian inference + graphical causal models
All in two heady days.
training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...
𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
🕵️Process tracing + Bayesian inference + graphical causal models
All in two heady days.
training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...
GESIS Training Courses
training.gesis.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Please share: @alanjacobs.bsky.social and I are running a Jan '26 course at @gesis.org Cologne on
𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
🕵️Process tracing + Bayesian inference + graphical causal models
All in two heady days.
training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...
𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
🕵️Process tracing + Bayesian inference + graphical causal models
All in two heady days.
training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...
Reposted by Alan Jacobs
Check out his new book, State-Building as Lawfare
Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya, here:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya, here:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
State-Building as Lawfare
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - State-Building as Lawfare
www.cambridge.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Check out his new book, State-Building as Lawfare
Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya, here:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya, here:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Reposted by Alan Jacobs
📣 New episode!
What happens when there are multiple rules of law - when state law overlaps with religious and customary law? What does this mean for marriages, child custody, and even murder?
Egor Lazarev discusses his research on postwar Chechnya:
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
What happens when there are multiple rules of law - when state law overlaps with religious and customary law? What does this mean for marriages, child custody, and even murder?
Egor Lazarev discusses his research on postwar Chechnya:
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
EPISODE 3.10: Rules of Law, with Egor Lazarev — Scope Conditions Podcast
Political analysts are thinking a lot these days about the rule of law: where it comes from, what sustains it, how it can break down. Those are hard enough questions in themselves. And, yet — they sim...
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📣 New episode!
What happens when there are multiple rules of law - when state law overlaps with religious and customary law? What does this mean for marriages, child custody, and even murder?
Egor Lazarev discusses his research on postwar Chechnya:
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
What happens when there are multiple rules of law - when state law overlaps with religious and customary law? What does this mean for marriages, child custody, and even murder?
Egor Lazarev discusses his research on postwar Chechnya:
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
Reposted by Alan Jacobs
*Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research* mit @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social.
🗓️ 27 – 28 January 2026
🏢 Cologne
🌐 t1p.de/qual_mix_met...
🗓️ 27 – 28 January 2026
🏢 Cologne
🌐 t1p.de/qual_mix_met...
June 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
*Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research* mit @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social.
🗓️ 27 – 28 January 2026
🏢 Cologne
🌐 t1p.de/qual_mix_met...
🗓️ 27 – 28 January 2026
🏢 Cologne
🌐 t1p.de/qual_mix_met...
Causal inference nerds (and the causal-curious): we posted some videos
@macartan.bsky.social and I wrote *Integrated Inferences*—a book on using causal models to connect process tracing, experiments, and more.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
@macartan.bsky.social and I wrote *Integrated Inferences*—a book on using causal models to connect process tracing, experiments, and more.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
Integrated Inferences
Cambridge Core - Qualitative Research Methods - Integrated Inferences
www.cambridge.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Causal inference nerds (and the causal-curious): we posted some videos
@macartan.bsky.social and I wrote *Integrated Inferences*—a book on using causal models to connect process tracing, experiments, and more.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
@macartan.bsky.social and I wrote *Integrated Inferences*—a book on using causal models to connect process tracing, experiments, and more.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
Reposted by Alan Jacobs
📢 New episode!
Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others?
@niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episode-39
Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others?
@niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episode-39
February 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📢 New episode!
Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others?
@niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episode-39
Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others?
@niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episode-39
Reposted by Alan Jacobs
📢 New episode!
What happens when criminal gangs partner with politicians to influence elections?
@jessietrudeau.bsky.social shares with us her research in #Brazil 🇧🇷 and discusses the implications of "machine gun politics" for democracy.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
What happens when criminal gangs partner with politicians to influence elections?
@jessietrudeau.bsky.social shares with us her research in #Brazil 🇧🇷 and discusses the implications of "machine gun politics" for democracy.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
September 20, 2024 at 8:08 PM
📢 New episode!
What happens when criminal gangs partner with politicians to influence elections?
@jessietrudeau.bsky.social shares with us her research in #Brazil 🇧🇷 and discusses the implications of "machine gun politics" for democracy.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
What happens when criminal gangs partner with politicians to influence elections?
@jessietrudeau.bsky.social shares with us her research in #Brazil 🇧🇷 and discusses the implications of "machine gun politics" for democracy.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
This book w/ @macartan.bsky.social – on how to integrate theory with data from diverse empirical strategies – has been many fun years in the making, and we're excited to finally have it out in the world!
See ⬇️ for links to the book at CUP, an open access version, software, and many thank you's!
See ⬇️ for links to the book at CUP, an open access version, software, and many thank you's!
@alanjacobs.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the publication of our new book "Integrated Inferences"
See here: integrated-inferences.github.io for links to:
* The book plus open access version (thanks Cambridge!)
* Accompanying R package on CRAN: CausalQueries
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See here: integrated-inferences.github.io for links to:
* The book plus open access version (thanks Cambridge!)
* Accompanying R package on CRAN: CausalQueries
1/4
December 15, 2023 at 11:44 PM
This book w/ @macartan.bsky.social – on how to integrate theory with data from diverse empirical strategies – has been many fun years in the making, and we're excited to finally have it out in the world!
See ⬇️ for links to the book at CUP, an open access version, software, and many thank you's!
See ⬇️ for links to the book at CUP, an open access version, software, and many thank you's!