[Poscgrad] Emerging Methodologists Workshop - please share this opportunity

[Kevin M Esterling]

Dear colleagues,

Please see below and the attached PDFs for an excellent opportunity for advanced grad students and junior faculty to apply to the upcoming Emerging Methodologists Workshop. (This includes an opportunity to present, mentoring, and funded travel). If you are eligible, I strongly encourage you to apply!

Best,
Kevin


Kevin M. Esterling (he/him)
Chair of Political Science and Professor of Public Policy
Director, Laboratory for Technology, Communication and Democracy  (TeCD-Lab<https://tecd-lab.ucr.edu/>)
University of California Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521 USA
+1-951-827-5591
https://profiles.ucr.edu/kevin.esterling

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From: Hillel Soifer <hdsoifer at berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 11:27 AM
To: Jennifer L Bussell <jbussell at berkeley.edu>; emw.qmer at gmail.com <emw.qmer at gmail.com>
Subject: Emerging Methodologists Workshop - please share this opportunity


Dear Colleague,



We write to you in your capacity as Department Chair to request that you disseminate to junior scholars in your department, and more generally through your networks, a call for proposals for the 2026 Emerging Methodologists Workshop (EMW).



The EMW aims to foster a new generation of methodologists in the qualitative and multi-method research community. Advanced graduate students, post-docs, and junior faculty based at US institutions from under-represented groups who are developing a paper that focuses on methods for generating and/or analyzing qualitative data, or for multi-method research, are encouraged to submit a proposal to present their work at the EMW. Empirical papers do not qualify for presentation at the workshop.



The EMW occurs annually in tandem with the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research<https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/center-for-qualitative-and-multi-method-inquiry/institute-for-qualitative-multi-method-research> (IQMR), which is held each June at Syracuse University. The EMW occupies one day of a two day “Authors Workshop” that takes place on the weekend in the middle of IQMR’s two-week run. This year the EMW will take place on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at Syracuse University.



The workshop covers round-trip airfare, two nights hotel stay (arranged by the EMW), and meals and refreshments during the workshop. In addition, each presenter is paired with a mentor who helps them to develop their methodological scholarship in advance of the workshop, and continues to work with them after the workshop to prepare their research for submission to a peer-reviewed journal.



You can find more information on the EMW’s website:  http://sigla.georgetown.domains/emworkshop/



We also plan to hold a webinar on October 10 at 1pm Eastern Time for those interested in learning more about the EMW.



Proposals to present at EMW 2025 are due on October 15, 2025.



Please find attached to this email two documents that we ask that you distribute broadly:

●      A document with more information about the EMW and instructions for submitting a proposal.

●      A flier offering more information on the webinar.



Broad outreach is a vital part of our efforts to recruit a diverse pool of presenters. We appreciate your assistance in circulating the call for proposals and webinar flier to any individuals or groups who might be interested. Please email us or contact emw.qmer at gmail.com<mailto:emw.qmer at gmail.com> with any questions.



Thank you in advance for your support of this initiative.



Best,

Hillel David Soifer and Jennifer Bussell


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Hillel David Soifer
Associate Professor
Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science
Website<http://www.hillelsoifer.com>
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