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Governing Urban Resilience: New Comparative Approaches

April 23, 2018 By APSA Leave a Comment

Governing Urban Resilience: New Comparative Approaches

Allison Bramwell
Full Day

While much recent urban politics research in the United States has focused on neighborhoods as the primary locus for capacity building and governance innovation, issues with pressing urban implications continue to unfold at higher scales. Tectonic and rapidly accelerating technological, environmental, and societal changes present increasingly complex and cross-cutting urban policy challenges, the solutions for which remain beyond the reach of any single actor, level of government, or policy sector. These developments raise timely questions about the governance of urban resilience; how cities and regions in different parts of the world are responding, and the shifting power relations that ensue. A formative question of our time is whether ‘cascading failures’ and exclusionary outcomes are inevitable, or whether, and under what conditions, collaborative innovations for meaningful transformation are possible.

This full day short course examines the questions these new urban governance challenges – and the responses to address them emerging at city and regional scales – raise for scholars of urban politics. We explore opportunities for comparative examinations of the theory and practice of urban governance, engaging with new theoretical perspectives and policy issues concerned with urban resilience. Given its ongoing evolution in real time, we acknowledge that resilience remains a broad and ill-defined construct requiring not only analytical clarity, but also critical engagement with the policy and power implications of different discursive frames and ‘imaginaries’. To encourage dialogue and debate as a precursor to more integrated thinking, we therefore use the term more as a cognitive entry point, intentionally leaving open theoretical and analytical objectives to see what might ensue.

The afternoon session will consist of three inter-related panels. The first panel will frame theoretically the range of ideas and constructs implied by urban and regional resilience. The second panel represents substantive exploration of these theoretical frames, providing empirical insight into policies, practices, and challenges emerging ‘on the ground’ in the Global North. For the third panel, we shift the analytical lens to theoretical and substantive developments emerging in the Global South. The morning session, which will be hosted offsite at Northeastern University remains under development.

 

**All Short Courses will take place on Wednesday, August 29 at the APSA 2018 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.**

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Building Neural Networks in R for Political Research

April 16, 2018 By APSA Leave a Comment

Building Neural Networks in R for Political Research

Pete Mohanty
Full Day

Political scientists are increasingly interested in machine learning approaches such as neural networks. Neural networks offer predictive accuracy in spite of complex data generating processes and may also aid researchers interested in examining the scope conditions of inferential claims. Until recently, the programming requirements for neural networks have been much steeper for neural networks than for statistical techniques like regression (perhaps not unlike the early days of Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo) and many of the best techniques were limited to Python. This workshop introduces the theory behind neural networks and shows how to build them in R using the library kerasformula (of which I am the author). The workshop will provide political examples such as Twitter data and Congressional forecasting. These examples will also serve to highlight the comparative strengths and weaknesses of neural networks in comparison with classical statistical approaches. The library kerasformula is a high-level interface for Keras and Tensorflow in R that allows researchers to fit a model in as little as one line of code and which allows for a high degree of customization (shape and depth of the network, loss and activation function, etc.). The workshop will be conducted in an ‘active learning’ paradigm whereby mini-lectures will alternate with hands-on coding activities. Participants will be encouraged to bring a sample of their own data and to build a working prototype by the end of the day. Some familiarity with R and RStudio is assumed but participants need not be advanced coders.

 

**All Short Courses will take place on Wednesday, August 29 at the APSA 2018 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.**

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#APSA2017: A Social Network Analysis of the 2017 APSA Annual Meeting

March 7, 2018 By APSA Leave a Comment

#APSA2017: A social network analysis of the 2017 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting

by Eric Vorst, University of Missouri – St. Louis

The 2017 American Political Science Association Annual meeting featured outstanding research from around the globe while providing scholars with opportunities to meet, reconnect, and share perspectives with fellow academics in a face-to-face environment. These sorts of interactions are often the most visible aspects of attending a conference; however, the 2017 APSA Annual Meeting also featured a vibrant, active, and engaged community on social media. Members of the #APSA2017 community used Twitter to share research, crack jokes, and offer political commentary – as well as to bring attention to pressing contemporary social issues and strengthen advocacy networks. But who got noticed in the #APSA2017 network, and why? Network analysis and visualization can help answer these questions by offering a unique look into how scholars’ intelligent and strategic use of social media contributes to getting their work noticed and having their message heard.

Pre-conference #APSA2017 Network

Pre-conference
Pre-conference
Pre-conference

Pre-conference
Pre-conference
Pre-conference

Twitter discussion in the days leading up to the conference is always interesting to examine, as it can provide a hint as to the types of themes that may influence discussion over the following days.  An excellent example of this sort of activity was found with @WomenAlsoKnow, who have been consistently visible in Twitter discussion surrounding multiple political science conferences over recent years.  In the days leading up to the 2017 APSA conference, @WomenAlsoKnow was active posting messages, sharing information, and making connections with a number of fellow political scientists.  In doing so, they established a strong presence early and, in turn, were frequently part of people’s #APSA2017 discussions – especially with respect to the eponymous #WomenAlsoAPSA and #WomenAlsoKnowStuff hashtags.

Another interesting aspect of pre-conference tweets is that they provide readers with a preview of research that will be presented at the conference.  In contrast to a single brief abstract out of the thousands published in the official conference program, pre-conference tweets about attendees’ research presentations tend to be more personalized and interactive.  Some of the more successful pre-conference tweets provide a brief summary of the research, why it’s relevant, and include an impactful visual or supplemental HTML link.  As long as a tweeter avoids the risk of over-exposure through excessive self-promotion, these sorts of tweets can be extremely useful as informative tools for stoking fellow attendees’ interest.

For example, a great deal of pre-conference buzz was generated around research by @joshuadarr, which analyzed the “Incredible Shrinking Democratic Ground Game”.  This tweet was by far the most mentioned and retweeted among all pre-conference discussion.  More importantly, it received attention from influential members of the pre-conference #APSA2017 network, which amplified its reach and impact.  The interest in @joshuadarr’s tweet was no accident, as it demonstrated a number of elements which increased its likelihood of successful exposure: it highlighted a current issue of interest to many attendees, it incorporated a striking and engaging visual, and it offered compelling explanations as to why the recent U.S. presidential election concluded in the manner it did.  Anyone who may be interested in increasing their exposure on Twitter during a political science conference can learn a lot from @joshuadarr’s successful tweet during the days leading up to APSA 2017.

Day One: Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Day One: Thursday, August 31st, 2017
Day One: Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Day One: Thursday, August 31st, 2017
Day One: Thursday, August 31st, 2017

The power of pre-conference influence was seen during Day One of the American Political Science Annual Meeting, as @joshuadarr and @WomenAlsoKnow continued to have a strong level of centrally positioned influence in the #APSA2017 Twitter network.  The official Twitter account for the American Political Science Association (@APSATweets) was also active and centrally located in the #APSA2017 network during Day One.  Such success is not always evident in other major conference Twitter networks I have analyzed, which suggests that @APSATweets is successful at engaging in an effective social media strategy at their conferences.  This is an approach that other organizations might benefit from emulating, as it can provide them with a point of central control and influence, thus allowing them to shape the direction of a conference within the social media sphere.

A theme fairly unique to the 2017 APSA conference also emerged on Day One surrounding a panel appearance by John Yoo.  Spearheaded by @ciccmaher, this theme centered around the #FireJohnYoo campaign and utilized a number of photographs snapped during a silent protest staged by several academics during Yoo’s panel appearance.  While there was significant traffic surrounding @ciccmaher on Day One, by and large these connections were localized and did not achieve broad impact on the wider #APSA2017 network.

Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017

Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017

Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017

Influential users from Day One continued their visibility on Day Two.  It is interesting to note that @WomenAlsoKnow was instrumental as a central hub in a neighborhood of discussion promoting advocacy.  For example, discussion surrounding @latinodecisions and @pocalsoknow were closely intertwined with the @WomenAlsoKnow sub-network.  This is an excellent demonstration of the power of symbiotic networking for participants who seek to promote shared goals.

The official APSA political communication Twitter account (@poli_com) earned a significant amount of exposure on Day Two. Tweets addressing panels within the sub-discipline of political communication demonstrated an expansive reach and impact beyond the immediate neighborhood.  This suggests APSA was successful in sharing content with conference attendees that was both interesting and worthy of retweeting by a wide range of conference attendees.  In all, the influence of APSA’s two main Twitter accounts impacted approximately half of the network’s real estate during the first day of the conference.

Other themes gained influence on Day Two, such as the #FireJohnYoo campaign.  As the network visualizations demonstrate, these tweets generated a significant amount of traffic between @ciccmaher and other users; however, this discussion occurred predominantly within a fairly localized neighborhood, while falling short of establishing strong connections with central and influential members of the #APSA2017 network.  This is not to say that the #FireJohnYoo message was ineffective.  Rather, it achieved a comparatively limited reach and narrower exposure when observed alongside other users during the same time frame.

Day Three: Saturday, September 2nd, 2017

Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017

Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Day Two: Friday, September 1st, 2017

The #APSA2017 network on Day Three of the conference demonstrated how current political events have the power to shape broader narratives.  On the previous day (September 1st, 2017), President Donald Trump released an official statement declaring he would rescind the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  Not unsurprisingly, this development garnered a significant amount of attention from political scientists attending the 2017 APSA conference.  Such interest was evidenced by #DACA being the most frequently tweeted hashtag within the #APSA2017 network.

Where social networks are concerned, however, frequency is not a reliable or accurate predictor of reach, impact, or influence, as the majority of tweet volume addressing #DACA was confined to a fairly peripheral region of the network.  The lion’s share of #DACA discussion on Day Three focused upon excellent and timely research published by @johnholbein1 in @ScienceMagazine.  The peripheral nature of this traffic did not mean that this theme had a diminished impact.  Rather, this merely meant that the range of #APSA2017 participants exposed to this information was fairly localized.  In other words, while a fairly large number of people read and shared this tweet, they were not connected with many other portions of the #APSA2017 network.  As such, the broader reach and impact of the message was moderately constrained.  Had this message been “picked up” by other influential members of the #APSA2017 network on Day Three, the resulting shift in visibility could have been profound.

Day Three also featured significant influence by APSA’s political communication Twitter account: @poli_com.  This influence was largely due to the fact that @poli_com was mentioned and re-tweeted frequently by influential members of the #APSA2017 network.  It is also likely that this influence was aided by a combination of @poli_com’s early positive exposure as well as its ability to consistently provide content that appealed to members of the #APSA2017 network.  Further positive exposure was likely generated because @poli_com tweets mentioned individuals who also happened to be influential members of the #APSA2017 network.  While it is true that mentioning influential users can lead to more influence for the original tweeter, this is not always the case; mentioning influential users is a “foot in the door” because it establishes a connection between two users.  However, this connection only benefits the original tweeter if the mentioned user acts upon the message by replying, liking, or re-tweeting.  When the mentioned user does so, it results in reciprocal influence boosts for both individuals.  These network mechanics aside, it’s worth acknowledging the impressive presence established by @poli_com through Day Three of the conference, as well as the reasons why this likely occurred.

Day Four: Sunday, November 3rd, 2017

Day Four: Sunday, November 3rd, 2017
Day Four: Sunday, November 3rd, 2017

Day Four: Sunday, November 3rd, 2017
Day Four: Sunday, November 3rd, 2017

Typically, the fourth and final day of the American Political Science Association conference is somewhat of a “half day”, with panels and presentations wrapping up by noon.  Also, attendance tends to be lower on this day as many attendees are in the process of returning home from the conference.  As such, it’s not surprising that tweet volume was much lower on Day Four than it was on previous days.

One general effect of lower overall tweet volume is that it requires less effort for a tweet or user to gain relatively high levels of reach and impact in the network.  Such a tendency can work to the advantage of a member who wants to leave an impression on the network at the close of a conference.  While there may be less actual tweeting going on during these days, one cannot assume that fewer people are following and reading the #APSA2017 stream.  As such, the final day of the conference represents an excellent opportunity for a member of the network to reach a wide audience for her or his research.

Conclusions

As was the case with #APSA2016, the network analysis of #APSA2017 helped weave a narrative for the conference from a social media perspective by providing an intriguing look into how various themes developed over the span of several days.  In addition, the analysis provided several useful takeaways.  First, it can be advantageous for network participants to get involved with the conference hashtag early, as there seems to be a strategic advantage for such “early adopters”.  Second, members who tweet out compelling research in an interesting manner position themselves to earn widespread interest, high-visibility connections, and a social media buzz that can persist across multiple days.  Last, tweets addressing current events and placing these events into a relevant political science context are more likely to appeal to a wider audience and, in turn, are more likely to be shared, mentioned, and – most importantly – seen by others.

In addition to these insights, the #APSA2017 analysis underscores the importance of being active on social media during a professional conference like the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting.  The second article in this series looks ahead to the 2018 APSA Annual Meeting and addresses the tangible benefits of being an active member of the #APSA2018 network, even if this activity is limited to being a mere observer.  Further, I take a closer look at the types of tweets, tactics, and strategies that were successful for members in past conferences.  Building upon these observations, I apply basic concepts of network mechanics to propose that social media activity during the conference is just as important as traditional social activity – and in many cases the two enhance each other.  In turn, members can increase their visibility not only in the #APSA2018 network, but in the broader discipline as well.  In short, if you’re not yet tweeting at conferences … you should be (even if you don’t tweet)!


Eric C. Vorst earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of Missouri – St. Louis.  His dissertation “Trolling Twitter” examined incivility in social media during the 2016 presidential election.  Eric holds an M.A. in political science from University of Missouri – St. Louis, an M.B.A. from Lindenwood University, and a B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy from Central Missouri State University.  His research interests include political communication and behavior, network analysis, and American political development. Eric lives in the St. Louis area with his wife and two children, aged 5 and 7.

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2018 APSA Annual Meeting Travel Grant Applications Due April 20th

March 5, 2018 By APSA Leave a Comment

APSA is pleased to provide travel grants to U.S. graduate students, international students studying in the U.S., international scholars, unemployed members, and community college and contingent faculty for attendance at the 2018 APSA Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

Deadline: April 20th, 2018.  Apply for a Travel Grant now!

Travel grants are intended to defray the costs of travel to the meeting, such as mileage for attendees who travel by car, or the costs of a bus, train, or plane ticket. The grant can also cover meals and hotel stays. For more information about what costs are eligible for reimbursement by a travel grant, we urge you to read the travel grant policy prior to your application.

Your membership with APSA must be active in order to qualify for a travel grant. For questions about eligibility, or other inquiries about the program, please contact our team at travelgrants@apsanet.org.

Applications for APSA Annual Meeting travel grants will be accepted until April 20, 2018. Decisions for travel grants will be sent by the end of May 2018.

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Submit Proposals for the APSA Teaching & Learning Mini-Conference at the 2018 Annual Meeting

February 13, 2018 By APSA Leave a Comment

Proposals for the APSA Teaching and Learning Mini-Conference at the 2018 Annual Meeting are due February 20

The Teaching and Learning Mini-Conference will take place Saturday, September 1, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts as part of the 2018 APSA Annual Meeting. This full-day event seeks to promote the scholarship of teaching and learning, equip faculty with new techniques and resources for teaching, and enhance the role of teaching in the discipline of political science. Please join us for this gathering, which will provide a highly interactive forum for scholars to share innovative tools for political science education and research on the scholarship of teaching and learning. This year’s conference theme focuses on political science education in contentious times.

Submit your proposals here.

There will be two presentation formats: paper presentations and workshops. Papers will be presented in one of three track working groups:

  • Civic Engagement Education 
  • Simulations & Games
  • Technology and Innovative Pedagogy in the Classroom

Paper proposals are welcome on a variety of topics, including innovative pedagogical methods and techniques, assessment, experiential learning, simulations, curriculum development, deliberation in the physical classroom and online, and more. Workshops should be designed to be highly interactive and provide hands-on experience, demonstrating a learning tool or technique which participants could immediately implement in the classroom. Workshops are 90 minutes, and examples include: creating campus-wide civic engagement initiatives, using in-class debate to enhance student learning, and techniques for discussing difficult issues in the classroom. Accepted papers will be presented in a working group format similar to the Teaching and Learning Conference.

Deadline for proposal submissions: February 20, 2018

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2018 APSA Awards are Open for Nominations

January 17, 2018 By APSA

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The 2018 APSA Awards are now open! 

Recognizing excellence in the profession is one of the most important roles of the American Political Science Association.  Through the service of member committees who review nominations, the Association makes awards for the best dissertations, papers and articles, and books in the various subfields of the discipline, and for career achievement in research, teaching and service to the discipline. These awards will be presented at the 2018 APSA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.

Nominations will be accepted until Monday, February 12, 2018. Learn more and submit a nomination here.

  • Gabriel A. Almond Award
  • William Anderson Award
  • Ralph J. Bunche Award
  • Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award
  • Edward S. Corwin Award
  • Distinguished Teaching Award
  • Heinz I. Eulau Award
  • John Gaus Award
  • Frank J. Goodnow Award
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Award
  • Gladys M. Kammerer Award
  • Harold D. Lasswell Award
  • Carey McWilliams Award
  • James Madison Award
  • Charles Merriam Award
  • Ithiel de Sola Pool Award
  • Merze Tate Award
  • E.E. Schattschneider Award
  • Victoria Schuck Award
  • Leo Strauss Award
  • Hanes Walton, Jr. Award
  • Leonard D. White Award
  • Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award
  • Robert A. Dahl Award
  • Theodore J. Lowi Award
  • Ralph J. Bunche Fund

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Understanding Brexit: UK and US Perspectives

November 16, 2017 By APSA

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Brexit took many political scientists by surprise and we are now embarking on the process of making sense of its causes and consequences. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) has recently published a special issue on Brexit. Edited by Daniel Wincott (Cardiff University), it brings together a diverse range of perspectives on the question. Was Brexit inevitable? What was the role of immigration? What are the implications now for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

With support from the PSA-APSA Specialist Group International Engagement Initiative, John Peterson (Edinburgh University and Editor-in-Chief of the BJPIR) was able to convene a panel of contributors to the special issue at the APSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Charlotte Galpin (Birmingham), Graham Wilson (Boston), Matthew Goodwin (Kent) and Karen Smith (LSE) all delivered papers at the event. The discussant was Erik Jones (Johns Hopkins), Chair of the APSA European Politics and Society Section.

 The BJPIR special issue on Brexit is free to view until the end of 2017: http://journals.sagepub.com/page/bpi/collections/virtual-issues/brexit

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Research Development Group: Emerging Research from African Scholars

November 13, 2017 By APSA

Scholars from five African countries were selected to participate in the first-ever Africa Research Development Group (RDG) on August 30, 2017. Funded by the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the African Studies Association (ASA), the one-day workshop was organized in collaboration with the African Politics Conference Group (APCG) as a pre-conference short course at the annual meeting of APSA in San Francisco.

The RDG workshop was designed to provide African scholars with constructive feedback for turning working papers into published articles. Each participant was allocated a 45-minute session in which an assigned discussant offered detailed comments for revision followed by a broader discussion among all workshop attendees regarding theoretical and methodological issues. RDG workshop attendees also discussed practical strategies for preparing manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed international journals.

The selected African scholars presented working papers that covered a broad range of substantively important topics.

  • Naima Benlarabi (Professor, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco) offered insights on the exploitation faced by African migrant women trafficked through Morocco.
  • George Bob-Milliar (Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana) explained how the grassroots structures of political parties operate in northern Ghana.
  • Tarila Ebiede (Research Fellow, Niger Delta University, Nigeria) examined the impact of armed militants on patterns of governance in villages of the Niger Delta.
  • Akin Iwilade (Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria) traced the role of contingency in the social logics of youth networks in the Niger Delta.
  • Aikande Kwayu (Development Research Consultant, Bumaco Ltd., Tanzania) analyzed how Tanzania’s ruling party has rebranded itself to overcome electoral challenges.
  • Bamlaku T. Mengistu (Assistant Professor, Haramaya University, Ethiopia) submitted a paper that examined the effects of climage change on agro-pastoralist conflicts in Ethiopia. [Bamalaku was ultimately unable to attend the RDG workshop.]

Following the RDG workshop, participating scholars attended panels at the APSA annual meeting from August 31 to September 3, 2017. Attendees also had the chance to visit the Exhibit Hall and attend meetings and receptions of APSA organized sections and related groups. Several, in fact, attended the APCG business meeting and had the opportunity to meet other Africanist researchers.

The 2017 RDG scholars were selected from a pool of 27 applications from 12 countries submitted by alumni of the APSA Africa Workshops, ASA Presidential Fellows, and ASA Carnegie Fellows. To support their attendance at the four-day Annual Meeting, APSA and ASA offered free roundtrip airfare to each of the Africa-based participants. Additionally, a $500 coordinate organization small grant from ASA allowed APCG to cover conference fees for participants.

The APCG members who volunteered as discussants for the papers were Kathleen Klaus (Northwestern University), Carl Levan (American University), Jeffrey Paller (University of San Francisco), Jessica Piombo (Naval Postgraduate School), and Manuela Travaglianti (University of California, Berkeley). Andrew Stinson, APSA’s Associate Director of International Programs, coordinated the RDG application process and workshop. APCG members Leonardo Arriola (University of California, Berkeley), Catherine Boone (London School of Economics), and Beth Whitaker (University of North Carolina, Charlotte) served as the RDG selection committee.

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