Patrick A. Mello

International Politics, Security, and Methods

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  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) at the Lugano Summer School 2025

    During the week of August 11-15, I taught the course “Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)” at the 29th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods of the Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. This has been the 7th time teaching this course in Lugano (since 2016). Thanks to the organizing team and to all participants for their engagement and motivation! It is always a pleasure to see how QCA can be applied to diverse settings across the social sciences. If you’re interested in taking part in 2026, please let me know (registration usually opens in December/January). For impressions from previous years of the USI Summer School, see here. 

  • Info Session on ISA’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship on YouTube

    A recording of the online information session on the Dissertation Completion Fellowship of the International Studies Association (ISA) has been posted on YouTube. Dissertation Completion Fellowships (DCF) are open to applicants from across the social sciences and humanities working in the field of international studies, broadly conceived. The DCF Committee is a permanent standing committee of the ISA. Its members are appointed by the ISA President and confirmed by the ISA Governing Council. The fellowship program aims to support graduate students in the final stages of writing their dissertation, typically in the last year of their PhD program. While the fellowship is open to all eligible graduate student members of ISA, the committee particularly encourages applications from groups, genders, and nationalities that have been historically under-represented in the field of international studies. Preference will also be given to students without access to other sources of funding to assist with dissertation completion. For more information, see the Call for Applications on the ISA website.

  • 12th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) in Krakow

    On July 2-4, I attended the 12th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) in Krakow, Poland. I presented the paper “Pacifism, Isolationism or Anti-Americanism? Explaining Public Opposition to Supporting Ukraine against Russia’s War of Aggression”, co-authored with Wolfgang Wagner, in the workshop “Configuring Collective Deterrence and Defense on NATO’s Northern and Eastern Flanks: Towards a Resilient Force Posture”, organized and chaired by Monika Sus (Polish Academy of Sciences) and Tobias Bunde (Hertie School). Thanks to everyone involved for the engaged and constructive discussions around European security!

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