Pitfalls of online big data for researching social movements
A great post by Jen Schradie on pitfalls of using big data from online sources for social movements research. She lists five limitations of making inferences from this kind of …
A great post by Jen Schradie on pitfalls of using big data from online sources for social movements research. She lists five limitations of making inferences from this kind of …
I spent Tuesday in Philadelphia with the good people at the Foreign Policy Research Institute discussing many-things Jordan. As the September guest on the monthly Geopolitics with Granieri, we chatted …
Over at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), I write about Jordan’s concerns about the Islamic State. Here’s the article in full. And the intro: The swiftness with which the …
Again with the cuts to worthwhile educational and research programs… Taken from the write-up at The Monkey Cage by Jarrod Hayes: The Obama administration’s FY15 budget request to Congress includes a 13.5 …
The strategic consulting firm Caerus Associates recently produced an expansive analysis of the Syrian conflict specific to conflict dynamics in Aleppo. The research team used monthly monthly surveys and other …
The U.S. Department of State recently released the 2013 Human Rights Reports, including the Jordan report. I originally became aware of this through the news story on Ammannet titled “الخارجية الأميركية تنتقد …
Pharrell Williams’s song ‘Happy’ is worth a listen any time. It’s even better when it comes with Jordan in the backdrop. Well done BeAmman people. Happy.
There’s a nice and concise tribute to Robert Dahl in Foreign Affairs (Democracy Man). Particularly in light of Nick Kristof’s piece about the relevance of academics, this brief look back …
Update (2/24/2014): It appears that the historical backfiles are once again available at the new gdelt project site. I haven’t had a chance to compare the files to the old …
I recently became aware of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, an organization that does important work related to scientific analysis of human rights violations around the world. I’ve skimmed …