International Organizations and Research Methods

Fanny Badache is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.Leah R. Kimber is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Columbia University and Research Associate at the University of Geneva.Lucile Maertens is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Lausanne.

• INTRODUCTION. Rethinking Methods of Investigation and International OrganizationsFanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile MaertensPART 1. OBSERVING Introduction: Observing Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile MaertensChapter 1. Direct Observation Kari De Pryck and Svenja RauchBox a. Observing Spatial Practices Fiona McConnellBox b. Digital Observation Mélanie AlbaretChapter 2. Participant Observation Leah R. Kimber and Lucile MaertensBox c. Multipositionality Simon TordjmanBox d. Carnal Sociology Julie Patarin-JossecBox e. Exiting FieldworkFrédéric MérandChapter 3. Ethnographic InterviewsLeah R. Kimber and Emilie DaironBox f. Reversed Photo-ElicitationLeah R. KimberInterlude I. Frictions of Distance and Proximity. Observing IOs in ActionBirgit MüllerPART 2. INTERVIEWING Introduction: Interviewing Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile MaertensChapter 4. SurveysClara Egger and Monique J. BeerliBox g. Languages and InterviewsJames WorrallBox h. Focus GroupsMarie SaigetChapter 5. Semi-Structured InterviewsMélanie Albaret and Joan DeasBox i. Interviewing “Beneficiaries”Lucie LaplaceBox j. Asymetrical interviewsEmilie DaironChapter 6. Biographic InterviewsMonique J. BeerliBox k. Online InterviewsLeah R. KimberInterlude II. Controversies in Interview ResearchAnnabelle Littoz-MonnetPART 3. DOCUMENTING Introduction: Documenting Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile MaertensChapter 7. Legal ResearchIan HurdChapter 8. Archives Ellen J. RavndalBox l. Visual Archives Valérie GorinChapter 9. Visual Methods Valérie GorinBox m. Analyzing Maps Benoît MartinBox n. Branding Analysis Stefan TschaukoBox o. Artifact Analysis Julian EcklChapter 10. Document Analysis: a praxiographic approachChristian BuegerBox p. Semiology of Websites Camille RondotBox q. Analyzing Tweets Matthias HofferberthChapter 11. Discourse Analysis Audrey Alejandro, Marion Laurence and Lucile MaertensBox r. Studying IdeasOlivier NayChapter 12. Statistics and QuantificationRoser Cussó and Laure PiguetBox s. Analyzing Charts, Infographics and DatavizBenoît MartinChapter 13. Budget AnalysisSvanhildur Thorvaldsdottir and Ronny PatzInterlude III. What IOs Talk about When They Talk about Themselves, and How They Do ItDavide RodognoPART 4. MEASURINGIntroduction: MeasuringFanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile MaertensChapter 14. Voting AnalysisErik VoetenChapter 15. Statistical Analyses with IO Data Fabien Cottier and Heidrun BohnetBox t. Navigating Human Resource Statistics Fanny BadacheChapter 16. Large-N Data and Quantitative Analyses Charles B. RogerChapter 17. Computerized Text Analysis Mor Mitrani and Inbar NoyChapter 18. Multiple Correspondence Analysis Constantin BrissaudBox u. Building Databases on IndividualsKseniya OksamytnaChapter 19. Social Network AnalysisAnna-Luise ChanéInterlude IV. Challenging IOs through NumbersSimon HugPART 5. COMBININGIntroduction: CombiningFanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile MaertensChapter 20. Interviews and ObservationsKari De PryckBox v. Challenging Secrecy Olivier SchmittChapter 21. Observation, Interviews and ArchivesMarieke LouisChapter 22. Computational Text Analysis and Archival Methods Evan Easton-Calabria and William AllenChapter 23. Qualitative Comparative Analysis Ryan FederoChapter 24. Structured, Focused Comparison Vytautas Jankauskas, Steffen Eckhard and Jörn EgeChapter 25. Process TracingSvenja RauchChapter 26. Prosopography Aykiz Dogan and Frédéric LebaronBox w. Research with LinkedIn Monique J. BeerliChapter 27. Practice AnalysisVincent PouliotChapter 28. Feminist ApproachesGeorgina HolmesBox x. Postcolonial Insights Soumita BasuBox y. Reflexivity in PracticeAudrey AlejandroChapter 29. Composing Collages: Working at the Edge of Disciplinary BoundariesAnna LeanderBox z. Expeditions as a Research MethodDoaa Abdel-MotaalInterlude V. Controversies on Methodological PluralismJ. Samuel Barkin

“This book is a terrific achievement. It not only provides the novice and the experienced researcher with a complete menu of methods to choose from when analyzing international organizations. The authors also take care to address cross-cutting questions of epistemology, positionality, and research ethics that we should all be aware of.”