The Quantitative Research Methods Workshop features cutting-edge research engaged in developing and employing quantitative methods in the social sciences. The workshop will host prominent and up-and-coming scholars in a variety of disciplines, who will present work on a range of topics including experimental design, causal identification in observational studies, text analysis, and election forensics. The series is being sponsored by the ISPS Center for the Study of American Politics and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale with support from The Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund.
The workshop usually meets on selected Thursdays from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in ISPS Room A002 at 77 Prospect Street. Lunch will be provided.
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Faculty Organizers: P Aronow, Associate Professor of Political Science, of Biostatistics, of Economics, and of Statistics & Data Science; Josh Kalla, Associate Professor of Political Science and of Statistics & Data Science; and Melody Huang, Assistant Professor of Political Science and of Statistics & Data Science
Graduate Student Coordinator: Lara Briggs, Department of Political Science
Seminar Coordinator and Contact: Nicole Hunter
Fall Schedule 2025
| DATE | SPEAKER & TITLE |
|---|---|
| SEP 4 | Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen, Professor of Biostatics, University of Pennsylvania “On Identification in the Binary Instrumental Variable Model: Introducing the NATE” LINK TO RELATED PAPER |
| SEP 25 | Colin Fogarty, Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan |
| OCT 2 | Jesse Shapiro, George Gund Pforessor of Economics and Business Administration, Harvard University Joint workshop with the Leitner Political Economy Seminar |
| OCT 9 | Aaron Roth, Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer & Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania |