WORKSHOP: Methodological Training Opportunity for Politics and Genetics

最近将遗传学方法引入政治学，促使更大的政治科学界需要在这些方法方面进行培训。尽管整合政治学和遗传学的数据和出版物越来越多，但很少有政治科学家接受过审查、评估、批评或参与这一新兴研究领域所需的方法论培训。此外，对于对这一日益增长的政治行为领域感兴趣的政治科学家来说，几乎没有途径进行培训;迄今为止，没有现有的政治科学课程，方法研讨会或其他课程提供（或有资格提供）遗传学和家族建模的培训。我们的项目通过支持政治科学家参加行为遗传学研究所（IBG）的年度方法研讨会在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校在未来四年的专门机会，解决了这些不足之处。该计划最关键的好处将是向更广泛的主流政治科学家群体引入基因分析方法。这些人将反过来有工具来培养未来的研究生，包括家庭建模他们的课程，进行初步研究，写新的赠款，监督论文，并审查赠款，文章和其他奖学金。此外，培训将产生溢出效应，促进政治学家和心理学、遗传学和其他领域的学者之间的跨学科合作，而这种合作关系是罕见的。在行为遗传学方面曝光和培训更多的政治科学家也将为不同来源的资金打开大门，并为进行这项研究的学者提供更广泛的出版场所。重要的是，对于政治科学家来说，这种类型的培训也可能有助于消除围绕遗传学研究的决定论概念，而对于遗传学家来说，它可能有助于消除社会科学是反科学的概念。长期的影响无疑将是在这些领域产生新的兴趣，创造一个长期的投资与遗传成分的行为工作，并使更好的评论家和研究人员。

The recent introduction of genetic methods into political science impels the need for training the larger political science community in these methods. Despite increasing availability of data and publications that integrate politics and genetics, very few political scientists are trained in the methodologies needed to review, evaluate, critique, or take part in this burgeoning area of research. Moreover, for political scientists interested in this growing area of political behavior, there are few avenues to pursue training; to date, no existing political science programs, methods workshops or other curricula offer (or are qualified to offer) training in genetics and familial modeling. Our project addresses these deficiencies by supporting dedicated opportunities for political scientists to attend the Institute of Behavioral Genetics (IBG)'s annual methods workshop at the University of Colorado-Boulder over the next four years. The most critical benefit of this program will be the introduction of methods for genetic analysis to a broader population of mainstream political scientists. These individuals will in turn have the tools to train future graduate students, include familial modeling their coursework, conduct primary research, write new grants, supervise theses, and review grants, articles, and other scholarship. In addition, the training will have spillover effects in facilitating cross-disciplinary collaboration between political scientists and scholars in psychology, genetics, and other fields where such partnerships have been rare. Exposing and training more political scientists in behavior genetics will also open doors to funding from different sources, and to a wider range of publication venues for scholars conducting this research. Importantly, for political scientists, this type of training may also help to dissipate notions of determinism that surround genetics research, while for geneticists, it may help dispel the notion that social science is anti-science. The long-term impact will undoubtedly be to spawn new interest in these areas, create a long-term investment in behavioral work with a genetic component, and to make better reviewers and researchers.