Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Summer Institutes 2011-2015

理论模型的经验影响夏季研究所(EITM)促进了政治学中理论分析和经验分析之间的严谨和富有成效的对话。虽然许多政治学家擅长为重要的政治现象开发复杂的理论模型，但对这种努力如何为实证工作提供信息的关注不足，可能会将这项研究的相关性限制在重要的社会现象上。另一方面，拥有数据集和统计包，但缺乏精确和逻辑一致的理论的学者，可能无法提供可信的因果关系描述。EITM的研究方法基于这样一个前提，即关注理论模型和经验工作之间的逻辑关系可以在两者中产生改进。这种方法本质上比大多数部门目前配备的课程更先进。EITM暑期研习班为学员提供了学习和从事创新研究实践的独特机会。每个学院的培训包括重要的教学和研究部分，为学生提供与EITM导师的高度个性化互动，这些导师的范围和深度远远超过任何一个学院。指导机会和与高级研究人员的互动在学生评估中被反复引用为EITM夏季学院的主要优势。总之，拟议的研究所将对超过125名学生和75名初级和高级教员、他们目前的研究、新研究议程的产生和人力资源产生直接的积极影响，增加整个学术界的智力资本。其他好处包括传播改进的研究和基于互联网的课程材料，如EITM教学大纲、课堂讲稿、作业练习、演示、复制数据集和工作论文。这样的活动可以增加科学研究的社会相关性。

The summer institute on Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) facilitates a rigorous and productive dialogue between theoretical and empirical analysis in political science. While many political scientists are skilled at developing intricate theoretical models of important political phenomena, insufficient attention to the manner in which such efforts can inform empirical work can limit the relevance of this research to important social phenomena. On the other hand, scholars armed with a dataset and a statistics package, but bereft of precise and logically coherent theory, may be unable to provide credible accounts of cause and effect. The EITM research approach is based on the premise that attention to the logical relationships between theoretical models and empirical work can produce improvements in both. Such approaches are inherently more advanced than the courses most departments currently staff. The EITM summer institutes provide participants with unique opportunities to learn and pursue innovative research practices. Training at each institute includes significant teaching and research components, providing students a high degree of individualized interaction with a far wider and deeper array of EITM mentors than are available at any individual institution. Mentoring opportunities and interaction with advanced researchers are repeatedly cited in student evaluations as a primary strength of the EITM Summer Institute. Together, the proposed institutes will create a direct positive impact for over 125 students and 75 junior and senior faculty, their current research, the generation of new research agendas, and human resources, increasing the intellectual capital of the scholarly community as a whole. Other benefits include the dissemination of improved research and internet-based course materials such as EITM syllabi, lecture notes, homework exercises, demonstrations, replication datasets, and working papers. Such activities can increase the social relevance of scientific research.