Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) at USI in Lugano

🚨 Registration's open for the #QCA course at the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods at @usi.ch in Lugano! 🇨🇭🏝️ Details here: www.usi.ch/en/education...

Registration is still open for the #QCA course at the 30th USI Summer School, please spread the word! 👇

Goodbye, Cincinnati! #QCA

Refine your research design with our Case-Based and Comparative courses at the MethodsNET Summer School with CEU.

From QCA to Process Tracing, learn from leading experts: Rihoux, Beach, Thomann, Kreuzer, and more.

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Lastly, for more information on the raw dataset - including details on the outcome, the different conditions, solutions, and robustness checks - please see our appendix.

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Nevertheless, the rationale behind formalisation varies across regions. We therefore ask which different configurations account for institutionalised SBRs.

To answer this question, we apply fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to systematically examine SBRs across all federal regions.
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📢Which economic & political conditions lead to institutionalised state–business relations in Russia’s authoritarian regime?

It is a combination of both, but a key factor is that these relations help stabilise institutions from which the autocrat mainly benefits.
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I'm delighted to offer a 5-day introduction to #QCA course at the @methodsnet.bsky.social summer school at CEU, Vienna, 29.6.-3.7. 2026!

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Thank you to all participants in our two-session panel on #QCA. We look forward to seeing you and connecting with you at the Editors Roundtable. See this link to join:

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Hello, policy comparatists. Don´t forget to attend the #JCPA_ICPA panels at #COPPR tomorrow. Learn about #QCA!

Zoom links:

Using QCA to study the policy process
9.15-10.45, Bern
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Using QCA in corruption studies
11.15-12.45, Bern
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Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis Learn to design your research, analyse data, use specialised software and communicate your findings.

🎯 Learn the standards of proper #QCA & challenges you will encounter in the real-world study 👇

#ecprms online course 💻 Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis

🎓 Taught by Seweryn Krupnik
📆 16–20 Feb 2026
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We question the influence of #policy instruments interactions on policy outcomes, applying a #qca to urban #water systems. We offer a framework to distinguish non-linearities and relate it to the policy process @govjournal.bsky.social

Explaining regulatory intermediaries’ compliance through the accountability regimes framework Abstract . This article assesses how accountability relations between intermediaries, regulators, and regulatory targets affect intermediary non-compliance

Now #openaccess in Policy & Society @policysociety.bsky.social:

Why do intermediaries (not) comply with their regulatory tasks? It's about accountability, studid!

Theory: Accountability Regimes Framework
Case: UK #Prevent duty
Methods: interviews, #QCA & survey experiment

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Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA is now on #YouTube. 📺 Thanks to everyone at #ISA @isanet.bsky.social for making this possible! 🙏

Thanks for the wonderful turnout for this event: 86 people from 27 countries! 🌐🎉 The #QCA recording will be made available by @isanet.bsky.social via their channels.

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

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a great team on NIHR funded research that is important (community wealth building and health) and methodologically exciting - sounds like a win-win! please share! #communityhealth #QCA #jobs #communitywealthbuilding #publichealthresearch

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!

Many thanks to all interviewees, colleagues, and reviewers who helped shape this work.

We hope it sparks more research into how parties operate across borders and levels.

#polisky #EU #politicalparties #QCA

I, Hans Peter Rol, am searching for Tracey Douglas.
I photographed her in the eighties when she was a model with #JuneDallyWatkins in #Brisbane. I was a student #photography at the #QCA
She lived in those in #Redcliff #Scarborough area.
#TraceyDouglas #TracyDouglas #Model #Douglas #Tracey #Tracy

Tanya Clark – Disconnected
17–28 June @ QCA Galleries

Blurring and fragmenting the human form, Clark explores the emotional weight of disconnection in a world of speed and pressure. A quiet, powerful reflection on self, body, and perception.

#bneart #brisbaneart #tanyaclark #qca #contemporaryart

There are still some places for the #QCA workshop.👇 Please share and repost. 🙏

A big thank you to Professor Fiss for sharing his research passion and expertise!

#AcademicResearch #QualitativeResearch #QCA #fsQCA #HigherEducation #ResearchMethodology #Engineering #Managment #ProjectManagement

From July 28 to August 1, I teach a course on #QCA. We
- cover all steps of the research process;
- discuss criteria of high-quality QCA studies;
- reproduce a published study with R (no prior knowledge required)
More information + registration info here: ingorohlfing.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Andreas Corcaci & Sho Niikawa assess the rise of referendums and democratic convergence in European democracies using time-differencing QCA in their latest article in issue 23 2.

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#Referendums #EU #QCA

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...

Migration aspirations and their realisation: a configurational driver analysis of 26 African and Asian research areas - Comparative Migration Studies ‘Tackling the root causes’ of migration has emerged as a central strategy for the European Union to manage the movements of people from middle- or low-income countries. While the effectiveness of this...

🌍 Which factors drive international migration aspirations vs. actual out-migration? In a new CMS article, Mathias Czaika and I explore different conjunctions of migration #drivers and #policies using #QCA and #MIGNEX data across 26 communities in 10 countries. 💫 Open access here: shorturl.at/li258

Case-to-Condition Ratios in Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Adding Cases Instead of Removing Conditions
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #QCA This is a good discussion about N and case selection in QCA embedded in the broader case-to-condition ratio discussion 1/

Ein relationales Netzwerk des Selbst - Tanzquartier Wien „What I am suggesting is that it is not just that this or that body is bound up in a network of relations, but that the body […] is defined...

tqw.at/ein-relation... ich durfte einen Text im wunderbaren Tqw Magazin über Ian Kalers neue Performance schreiben. #queerperformance #queercinemaaustria #qca #vulnerability #trans