Chris Meserole comes on the show to discuss The French Connection, a piece in Foreign Affairs based on research he’s doing with Will McCants. Some of the topics covered include:
- Overview of the study and their initial findings
- Problems related to the use of the term ‘radicalization’
- The data they used and unique measurements they created to contextualize it
- Limitations in the data available and the conclusions that makes possible
- Reactions and criticism of their work
- How younger scholars can get started with quantitative research
- How Chris would like to see the field incorporate data science in the future
Links:
- The French connection: Explaining Sunni militancy around the world | Brookings Institution
- Religional – religion, conflict & data science – Chris’ site where he’s posting in-depth articles about the research
- Chris Meserole (@chrismeserole) on Twitter
- Karl Morand (@KarlMorand) on Twitter
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