Replication in political science
Carolina Curvale and Gustavo PĂ©rez-Arrobo, November 17, 2022
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Carolina Curvale (FLACSO-Ecuador) & Gustavo PĂ©rez-Arrobo (FLACSO-Ecuador & University of Colorado Boulder), November 17, 2022
Abstract
We explore the incidence of open science in academic research in the field of Political Science. Open scienceÂŽs goal is to shed light on information about data, research procedures, and results of academic work, thus making information accessible to reviewers and the general public. This practice is not prevalent across the social sciences although there is increasing interest on the importance of reproducibility in building or rejecting theory and knowledge. However, important epistemological and methodological debates have evolved around the feasibility and desirability of adopting these practices as a standard in the discipline. We systematically collected and analyzed data on publishing requirements of the top journals in the fields at point, including pre-registration. We also provide a state of the art on the implementation of these best practices in Latin America.
For more information please refer to the published article Documentation Requirements in Political Science Journals: Moving Towards Open Access Practices, Revista de ciencia polĂtica (Santiago) 2021
Bios
Carolina Curvale is an Associate Professor of Political Science at FLACSO Ecuador. She holds a PhD in Political Science from New York University, where she also earned a masterÂŽs degree. She received her baccalaureate from San Andres University in Argentina. Her main research areas are political institutions and political economy, with a regional focus in Latin America. Her research has been published by Oxford University Press and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, among others.
Gustavo PĂ©rez-Arrobo is a research associate in the Political Studies Department at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ecuador, and a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder. He holds a masterÂŽs degree in comparative politics from Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ecuador and a BSc in economics from Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del Ecuador. His main areas of research are political economy of development, research methodology in political science and Latin American politics.
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