Patrick A. Mello
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Patrick A. Mello
@patrickmello.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of International Security, Dep. Political Science & Public Administration, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, foreign policy, research methods.

QCA: https://bit.ly/3NXzhTG,
Handbook: http://bit.ly/3VLE4bS

🌐 https://patrickmello.com
Social and political phenomena rarely have single-cause explanations. Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA offers a structured approach to causal complexity. On Sep 17, @isanet.bsky.social hosts a free virtual introduction to the method of #QCA - sign up here: buff.ly/fMK5s2L
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Nun auch in gedruckter Form: der ZfP-Sonderband (Janusch/Dörfler) zur Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie. Mein Beitrag aus außenpolitischer Perspektive ist hier frei zugänglich: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...
September 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
An intensive week of #QCA at the 29th ‪@usi.ch Summer School comes to a close. It was a pleasure to be working with such a motivated group! Good luck with all your #QCA projects!
August 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Back again.
August 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Glad to say that, in addition to the German 'Lehrbefähigung' and 'Lehrbefugnis', I now also obtained the Dutch Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs (#BKO) 🥳
June 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
✨Frisch erschienen: der Sonderband zur (ersten) Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie @nomosverlag.bsky.social. Freu mich, mit einem Beitrag zum Wandel deutscher Außenpolitik dabei zu sein. Open access hier: doi.org/10.5771/9783...
June 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
What an impressive venue for #EUIA25. Thanks everyone for the superb attendance at our panel on European responses to Russia‘s war against Ukraine. This may have been largest crowd I‘ve ever had at a conference panel. Thanks Yf Reykers for organizing this and also for the constructive comments!
May 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Die Ankündigung des Sonderhefts ist schon mal da. Freue mich, mit einem Beitrag aus außenpolitischer Perspektive dabei zu sein! www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/integri...
April 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Want to learn #QCA in presence? Register for "Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis", 29th #USI Summer School (August 11-15, 2025): www.usi.ch/en/education...
March 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Master's Event 2025: I had the pleasure to represent our interdisciplinary Master "Law and Politics of International Security" (#LLM) at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Thanks to our student ambassadors for representing the program! For further info, see our website: VU.nl/lpis
March 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just in time for the elections: my take on German 🇩🇪party politics during the🚦traffic-light coalition, in the wake of the Russian war against Ukraine #openaccess #CRIA doi.org/10.1080/0955...
February 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thanks for your inspiring guest talk @vuamsterdam.bsky.social on your PhD research on "Visual Narratives in Foreign Policy" İrem Karamık Kaya - and good luck with the final steps!
February 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Lecture in a movie theater, nice for a change!
February 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Getting ready for the next teaching period with courses in our Bachelor and Master Political Science. #Methods all the way.
January 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Calling it a day in Tilburg. Thanks to Roel Rutten and the whole organizing team for a great first day of the 2025 #QCA Paper Development and Expert Workshops!
December 10, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Yesterday I joined the protest, with many of my @vuamsterdam.bsky.social colleagues, on the #Malieveld against the outrageous budget cuts in Dutch higher education by the current government. Happy to see such a large crowd of 20.000 people protesting! 🟥 #WOinActie #doehetniet #Stopdebezuinigingen
November 26, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Thanks to this fantastic international group (hailing from 10 countries across 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇯🇵🇭🇰🇸🇬🇺🇸🇬🇧) for a splendid Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA Summer School workshop #Lugano! Thanks so much to the organizers at the Università della Svizzera italiana #USI!
September 5, 2024 at 12:20 PM
What an evening with Patti Smith and her band in the wonderful Paradiso Amsterdam. Amazing setlist and such a pleasure to see her in top form after all these years!
July 10, 2024 at 8:31 AM
This year's #QCA workshop #USI Lugano has been confirmed - registration is still open until July 19. Don't miss the opportunity! #MethodsNET #FORSresearch
June 25, 2024 at 8:28 AM
A great step for Foreign Policy Analysis and an excellent resource for years to come: the new Oxford Handbook, edited by @jkaarbo.bsky.social & Cameron Thies. #IR #FPA @fpajrnl.bsky.social
May 10, 2024 at 6:39 AM
🚨 Join us tomorrow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for a book talk by @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social on her recent book "Advocacy and Change in International Organizations", with @uelistaeger.bsky.social as discussant - looking forward to this!
March 11, 2024 at 3:06 PM
My academic work visualized as a wordcloud. 📚 Sums it up quite nicely, I guess. 🧐 Thanks @sbmitche.bsky.social for highlighting scholargoggler.com!
February 12, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Thanks @jordantama.bsky.social for giving a book talk on "Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy: Cooperation in a Polarized Age" (Oxford UP). Fascinating case studies and a highly useful framework for understanding the dynamics of partisan politics.
February 10, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Good bye, Norway! It was a splendid QCA workshop at the University of Oslo. Thanks to Nani Teig and the education folks for their kind invitation.
January 20, 2024 at 4:32 PM
In Norway to give a QCA workshop at the University of Oslo.
Beautiful sunshine, but also tons of snow (literally). Thanks to
Nani Teig and colleagues for the kind invitation!
January 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM