Methodological training “Process Tracing Methodology”

Level: Advanced

Training will be delivered by dr. Derek Beach (Aarhus University, Denmark).

The aim of this online course is to provide participants with a working understanding of the core elements of process-tracing as a robust case study method, enabling you to utilize it in your own research – either alone or in combination with other methods. Participants are expected to have done the mandatory readings and watched the pre-recorded lectures before the course starts.

The course itself will consist of four sessions: first on process-tracing as a case-based method, followed by a session on what we are actually ‘tracing’ using process-tracing methods (i.e. causal processes/mechanisms). Third, how we are able to make evidence-based causal inferences using within-case, ‘mechanistic’ evidence. The final session deals with case selection and how process-tracing can be combined with other methods.

Get prepared before November 8th: training participants will get access to four pre-recorded lectures (approx. 4 academic hours).

Day One

Date: 2021 November 8th

Time: 11:00 and 16:00 Kaunas time

11.00-13.00: Introduction to Process Tracing.

13.00-14:00 Break

14:00-16.00: What are we tracing? How to work with process theories.

Day Two

Date: 2021 November 9th

Time: 11:00 and 16:00 Kaunas time

11.00-13.00: How can we trace it? Working with process-level evidence.

13.00-14:00 Break

14:00-16.00: Case selection and generalization.