Chair
Prof. Andrew Owsiak, University of Georgia
aowsiak@uga.edu
Department of International Affairs
University of Georgia
202 Herty Drive
Third Floor Candler Hall
Athens, Georgia
GA 30602-1492
United States
Vice-Chair
Prof. Lisa Hurtman, Uppsala University
Lisa.Hultman@pcr.uu.se
Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Uppsala University
Box 514
Upssala
75120
Sweden
Board Members
Prof. Sabine Carey, University of Mannheim, Germany, sabine.carey@uni-mannheim.de
Prof. Sara Mitchell, University of Iowa, USA, sara-mitchell@uiowa.edu
Prof. Amanda Murdie, University of Georgia, USA, murdie@uga.edu
Prof. Jeff Pickering, Kansas State University, USA, jjp@ksu.edu
Prof. Clionadh Raleigh, University of Sussex, UK, C.Raleigh@sussex.ac.uk
Prof. Paul Thurner, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, paul.thurner@gsi.uni-muenchen.de
Prof. Scott Wolford, University of Texas, USA, swolford@austin.utexas.edu
Background
Recognised as study group in 1989; granted research committee status in 1999.
Objectives
Scientists measure international events and other phenomena to test theoretical aspects of interstate interaction and comparative politics. Although raw sources and processed data of various kinds are readily available or can be obtained through research, many scientists avoid its use because of intellectual preference, the daunting demands of increasingly complex computational procedures and sometimes the weakness of existing datasets.
This Research Committee seeks to advance the state of data–based knowledge, to enhance the distribution and use of existing datasets, and to set up an international framework for improving the global dissemination of quantitative research in international and comparative politics.
