I’ve got two short peer-reviewed pieces out today, neither of which really constitutes research, but are more commentary on a couple of issues related to research. The first is a blogpost as part of Nature Human Behaviour’s ‘Is it publish or perish?’ series. My contribution focuses on political science/international relations and the UK academic job…
Category: Political Economy
Preparing a UK PhD Application
Applying for a PhD in the UK? The process of applying for a PhD in British academia requires a lot of research and legwork by the applicant. The first step involves identifying top research departments, as these can often differ from the usual list of ‘top universities’. At the postgraduate level, the UK doesn’t seem…
Belt and Road Redux
Approaching belts and roads through better research design I’ve written previously about my concerns relating to the quality of BRI-related MSc dissertations.(1) To summarize, these projects tend to suffer from significant problems. These tend to stem from at least one of the following: Inability or unwillingness to separate hype/propaganda from actual policy and activities Poor…
PIPC 2019
This year’s Pacific International Politics Conference took place in Taipei. As was the case with last year’s conference, the environment was remarkably collegial and supportive. Lots of familiar faces returned from last year, along with a lot of new participants whom I hope will be returning in the future. At the end of the conference,…
Journals for International Political Economy, 2019 edition
I’ve updated my working list of journals for the intersection of political economy, political science, international relations, economics, and international business. It’s nice to see PSRM and Research & Politics starting to show up in the metrics, as they’ve attracted some very influential pieces in their short lifespans. For the past few years, I’ve preferred…
Euronews NBC Interview
A bit after the fact, but I was interviewed for a piece by Euronews NBC on Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, which, fortunately, turned out to yield fewer fireworks than anticipated.