Macartan Humphreys
@macartan.bsky.social
WZB Berlin, Humboldt University, TCD
https://macartan.github.io/
Politics, conflict, inequality, political economy of development, causal inference
https://macartan.github.io/
Politics, conflict, inequality, political economy of development, causal inference
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Want to bring causal thinking into qualitative or mixed methods research? @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social show how to build causal models & use Bayesian reasoning to link theory with data, guide case & method choices, & combine within- & cross-case evidence.
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Want to bring causal thinking into qualitative or mixed methods research? @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social show how to build causal models & use Bayesian reasoning to link theory with data, guide case & method choices, & combine within- & cross-case evidence.
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26
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🚨How Ireland Voted 2024 is out!🇮🇪🗳️
Featuring insights from TCD’s Lisa Keenan, Gail McElroy & Michael Gallagher, plus six PhD alumni — Rory Costello, Kevin Cunningham, Jos Elkink, Stefan Müller, Eoin O'Malley & Jane Suiter.
A must-read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-93795-8
Featuring insights from TCD’s Lisa Keenan, Gail McElroy & Michael Gallagher, plus six PhD alumni — Rory Costello, Kevin Cunningham, Jos Elkink, Stefan Müller, Eoin O'Malley & Jane Suiter.
A must-read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-93795-8
How Ireland Voted 2024
This book is the 10th volume in the established How Ireland Voted series and provides the definitive story of Ireland’s 2024 election.
link.springer.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🚨How Ireland Voted 2024 is out!🇮🇪🗳️
Featuring insights from TCD’s Lisa Keenan, Gail McElroy & Michael Gallagher, plus six PhD alumni — Rory Costello, Kevin Cunningham, Jos Elkink, Stefan Müller, Eoin O'Malley & Jane Suiter.
A must-read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-93795-8
Featuring insights from TCD’s Lisa Keenan, Gail McElroy & Michael Gallagher, plus six PhD alumni — Rory Costello, Kevin Cunningham, Jos Elkink, Stefan Müller, Eoin O'Malley & Jane Suiter.
A must-read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-93795-8
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The UN, human rights organizations, and scholars have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
What are the views of people living in Germany on Israel's offensive and Germany's role?
A long 🧵based on survey results.
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
What are the views of people living in Germany on Israel's offensive and Germany's role?
A long 🧵based on survey results.
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
Gaza, Israel, and German Foreign Policy: A View on Public Opinion
A survey conducted in August 2025 found that the majority of people living in Germany support a foreign policy towards Gaza and Israel that is guided by international law and seeks to uphold universal...
www.giga-hamburg.de
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The UN, human rights organizations, and scholars have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
What are the views of people living in Germany on Israel's offensive and Germany's role?
A long 🧵based on survey results.
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
What are the views of people living in Germany on Israel's offensive and Germany's role?
A long 🧵based on survey results.
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
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🆕 Ten key insights from development economics in 2025
The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next?
I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...
The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next?
I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...
Ten key insights from development economics in 2025
Research on VoxDev in 2025 has shed light on getting stuff done, paying for it, the changing development landscape, and a whole lot more.
voxdev.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🆕 Ten key insights from development economics in 2025
The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next?
I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...
The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next?
I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
1000 times this. Thanks Cyrus
I’d put it almost more sharply: not always, but too often, researchers using survey experiments seem to think they’re making causal inferences when they are measuring quantities. confusion over the inquiry is v far from the spirit of the cred revolution
I’d put it almost more sharply: not always, but too often, researchers using survey experiments seem to think they’re making causal inferences when they are measuring quantities. confusion over the inquiry is v far from the spirit of the cred revolution
A blog post giving a more thorough take on survey experiments and the credibility revolution: cyrussamii.com?p=4168
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
1000 times this. Thanks Cyrus
I’d put it almost more sharply: not always, but too often, researchers using survey experiments seem to think they’re making causal inferences when they are measuring quantities. confusion over the inquiry is v far from the spirit of the cred revolution
I’d put it almost more sharply: not always, but too often, researchers using survey experiments seem to think they’re making causal inferences when they are measuring quantities. confusion over the inquiry is v far from the spirit of the cred revolution
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A blog post giving a more thorough take on survey experiments and the credibility revolution: cyrussamii.com?p=4168
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A blog post giving a more thorough take on survey experiments and the credibility revolution: cyrussamii.com?p=4168
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Highly recommend this excellent new report by @emadbadi.bsky.social on the UAE's supply lines to the RSF via Libya and Chad to ayone interested in the regional conflict complex in which the war in Sudan is enmeshed, and in the networks serving UAE interests.
globalinitiative.net/analysis/imp...
globalinitiative.net/analysis/imp...
Collateral circuits: The impact of the Sudan's war on arms markets and mercenary networks in Chad and Libya
The war in Sudan has transformed far more than its own frontlines. It has reshaped the security economies of its neighbours, activating new supply nodes and embedding weapons and combatants into cross...
globalinitiative.net
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Highly recommend this excellent new report by @emadbadi.bsky.social on the UAE's supply lines to the RSF via Libya and Chad to ayone interested in the regional conflict complex in which the war in Sudan is enmeshed, and in the networks serving UAE interests.
globalinitiative.net/analysis/imp...
globalinitiative.net/analysis/imp...
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This is a lie. Immigrants from different cultures have strengthened America, have *become* America.
But the lowest and most extremist Americans once made *identical*, hateful claims about Miller’s Jewish refugee ancestors, about Asian Americans, about Irish Catholic Americans, and countless others.
But the lowest and most extremist Americans once made *identical*, hateful claims about Miller’s Jewish refugee ancestors, about Asian Americans, about Irish Catholic Americans, and countless others.
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a lie. Immigrants from different cultures have strengthened America, have *become* America.
But the lowest and most extremist Americans once made *identical*, hateful claims about Miller’s Jewish refugee ancestors, about Asian Americans, about Irish Catholic Americans, and countless others.
But the lowest and most extremist Americans once made *identical*, hateful claims about Miller’s Jewish refugee ancestors, about Asian Americans, about Irish Catholic Americans, and countless others.
Very much looking forward to giving the TIME keynote lecture on the impact of development research in Dublin next Wednesday
Come along if you're in town!
@tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
Come along if you're in town!
@tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very much looking forward to giving the TIME keynote lecture on the impact of development research in Dublin next Wednesday
Come along if you're in town!
@tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
Come along if you're in town!
@tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
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2500 paper submissions - what a huge success for @epssnet.bsky.social already. Big congratulations to @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & everyone else involved in getting EPSS off the ground.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
2500 paper submissions - what a huge success for @epssnet.bsky.social already. Big congratulations to @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & everyone else involved in getting EPSS off the ground.
Very nice and really thoughtful review of new work on qualitative methods (with some fair criticisms of our *Integrated Inferences* book!).
Looking forward now to spending more time reading *Doing Good Qualitative Research* and *Qualitative Literacy*
Thanks for sharing and engaging!
Looking forward now to spending more time reading *Doing Good Qualitative Research* and *Qualitative Literacy*
Thanks for sharing and engaging!
Check out The Qualitative Metamorphosis in @comppol.bsky.social! Great review by @ajayverghese.bsky.social of books by @saragoodman.bsky.social, Jen Cyr, @marioluissmall.bsky.social, Jessica Calarco, @alanjacobs.bsky.social, and @macartan.bsky.social. 👇
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
Review Article: The Qualitative Metamorphosis: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
www.ingentaconnect.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Very nice and really thoughtful review of new work on qualitative methods (with some fair criticisms of our *Integrated Inferences* book!).
Looking forward now to spending more time reading *Doing Good Qualitative Research* and *Qualitative Literacy*
Thanks for sharing and engaging!
Looking forward now to spending more time reading *Doing Good Qualitative Research* and *Qualitative Literacy*
Thanks for sharing and engaging!
Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS
Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …
epssnet.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
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Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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Remember, the EPSS submission deadline -- 7 November -- is getting closer! Don't forget to apply!
📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
This we’’ll feature the last two sections today:
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics of Development & Political Representation
🧵
This we’’ll feature the last two sections today:
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics of Development & Political Representation
🧵
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Remember, the EPSS submission deadline -- 7 November -- is getting closer! Don't forget to apply!
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We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions.
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
www.eui.eu
October 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions.
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
🚨One week left to apply for @egap.bsky.social innovation grants. Looking for really creative ideas in need of incubation. Relatively simple application process. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/maca...
@awilke.bsky.social
* Research Design / Analysis
* Open Science
* Aggregation
* Transfer
* Your idea here
bsky.app/profile/maca...
@awilke.bsky.social
* Research Design / Analysis
* Open Science
* Aggregation
* Transfer
* Your idea here
Please share:
Seeking seed funding to develop innovations for
open science, design, aggregation, transfer..?
Call open now with @egap.bsky.social
egap.org/our-work/res...
@awilke.bsky.social
Deadline 31 October
Seeking seed funding to develop innovations for
open science, design, aggregation, transfer..?
Call open now with @egap.bsky.social
egap.org/our-work/res...
@awilke.bsky.social
Deadline 31 October
EGAP Innovation Grants 2025 – EGAP
egap.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨One week left to apply for @egap.bsky.social innovation grants. Looking for really creative ideas in need of incubation. Relatively simple application process. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/maca...
@awilke.bsky.social
* Research Design / Analysis
* Open Science
* Aggregation
* Transfer
* Your idea here
bsky.app/profile/maca...
@awilke.bsky.social
* Research Design / Analysis
* Open Science
* Aggregation
* Transfer
* Your idea here
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▶️ Comparative Politics of Development
👉🏽 Section chairs:
@macartan.bsky.social
&
@pavisuri.bsky.social
📢 Our section invites high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative politics in low and middle income countries.
2/
👉🏽 Section chairs:
@macartan.bsky.social
&
@pavisuri.bsky.social
📢 Our section invites high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative politics in low and middle income countries.
2/
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
▶️ Comparative Politics of Development
👉🏽 Section chairs:
@macartan.bsky.social
&
@pavisuri.bsky.social
📢 Our section invites high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative politics in low and middle income countries.
2/
👉🏽 Section chairs:
@macartan.bsky.social
&
@pavisuri.bsky.social
📢 Our section invites high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative politics in low and middle income countries.
2/
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Critics including Elon Musk have assailed my @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh's study finding that most politically motivated terrorist killings in the U.S. since 1975 have been done by persons on the right. Alex responds to the critics here and explains his methods and classifications.
Alex Responds to the Critics: Politically Motivated Terrorist Killings in the United States
The critics are mistaken
www.alexnowrasteh.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Critics including Elon Musk have assailed my @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh's study finding that most politically motivated terrorist killings in the U.S. since 1975 have been done by persons on the right. Alex responds to the critics here and explains his methods and classifications.
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Manchán Magan: President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to writer and documentary maker who has died aged 55
Manchán Magan: President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to writer and documentary maker who has died aged 55
Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair
www.irishtimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Manchán Magan: President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to writer and documentary maker who has died aged 55
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📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
We'll feature four sections this week to provide more information about the conference.
🔝 Judicial Politics + Public Policy & Administration + Migration Politics + Gender & Sexuality Politics
🧵
We'll feature four sections this week to provide more information about the conference.
🔝 Judicial Politics + Public Policy & Administration + Migration Politics + Gender & Sexuality Politics
🧵
EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK
Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.
epssnet.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
We'll feature four sections this week to provide more information about the conference.
🔝 Judicial Politics + Public Policy & Administration + Migration Politics + Gender & Sexuality Politics
🧵
We'll feature four sections this week to provide more information about the conference.
🔝 Judicial Politics + Public Policy & Administration + Migration Politics + Gender & Sexuality Politics
🧵
Reposted by Macartan Humphreys
Want to bring causal thinking into qualitative or mixed methods research? @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social show how to build causal models & use Bayesian reasoning to link theory with data, guide case & method choices, & combine within- & cross-case evidence.
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Want to bring causal thinking into qualitative or mixed methods research? @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social show how to build causal models & use Bayesian reasoning to link theory with data, guide case & method choices, & combine within- & cross-case evidence.
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26
Reposted by Macartan Humphreys
📣 Our October newsletter is out! 🍂
🔍 Interview w/ @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social
✨ Updates on #GESISworkshops & #GESISspringseminar, plus a look back at #GESISsummerschool
👀 Enjoy the read: t1p.de/training-nl-...
🔍 Interview w/ @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social
✨ Updates on #GESISworkshops & #GESISspringseminar, plus a look back at #GESISsummerschool
👀 Enjoy the read: t1p.de/training-nl-...
October 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
📣 Our October newsletter is out! 🍂
🔍 Interview w/ @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social
✨ Updates on #GESISworkshops & #GESISspringseminar, plus a look back at #GESISsummerschool
👀 Enjoy the read: t1p.de/training-nl-...
🔍 Interview w/ @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social
✨ Updates on #GESISworkshops & #GESISspringseminar, plus a look back at #GESISsummerschool
👀 Enjoy the read: t1p.de/training-nl-...