Special Issue Editor: Ammar Shamaileh (DI)
Siyasat Arabiya and Middle East Law & Governance (MELG) are pleased to announce this call for papers for dual special issues on quantitative methods in the political science of the Arab region. Over the course of two decades, there has been a dramatic rise in quantitative studies published in leading English-language political science journals. While journals published in the region have largely bucked this trend, there is reason to believe that there is a burgeoning interest in quantitative methods among scholars from the region. Of course, change is often costly, and the rise of quantitative research in the political science of the Arab region is no exception. The overarching aim of this special issue is to take stock of the contributions of quantitative research to our understanding of the politics of the region, highlight cutting-edge techniques being utilized by researchers, discuss the limitations of quantitative methods, and chart future avenues for development. The call is open to articles that utilize quantitative methods to further our understanding of the politics of the Arab region, review developments in quantitative methods, explore pedagogy in quantitative methods, present a recent advance in quantitative methods that scholars of the Arab region will find valuable, or critique quantitative methods as practiced by contemporary political scientists. Moreover, articles may explore any branch of quantitative empirical methods, as well as formal theory.
Interested scholars should send an email that includes the subject heading “Quantitative Methods in Political Science” and an abstract of no more than 250 words to Dr. Ammar Shamaileh (ammar.shamaileh@dohainstitute.edu.qa) or Siyasat Arabiya (siyasat.arabia@dohainstitute.edu.qa) by October 27, 2024. The submitted abstract should also include a paper title, and the names, affiliations and email addresses of all authors. The authors of selected abstracts will be notified by December 17, 2024. They will be required to submit their full papers for peer review by June 22, 2025.
All articles will undergo rigorous peer review, and only papers that successfully navigate the peer review process will be published. Articles chosen for publication that were submitted in Arabic will be published by Siyasat Arabiya and those submitted in English will be published by MELG. Upon agreement with both the journals and the authors of accepted manuscripts, some articles appearing in either Siyasat Arabiya or MELG will be translated and published in the other journal. Further details regarding the paper submission process will be provided to authors upon the acceptance of their abstracts. Inquiries regarding the special issue should be directed to Dr. Ammar Shamaileh via email at ammar.shamaileh@dohainstitute.edu.qa.
