WORKSHOP: Methodological Training Opportunity for Politics and Genetics

最近将遗传学方法引入政治学，推动了对更大的政治学群体进行这些方法培训的必要性。尽管越来越多的数据和出版物整合了政治学和遗传学，但很少有政治学家接受过审查、评估、批评或参与这一新兴研究领域所需的方法论方面的培训。此外，对于对这个日益增长的政治行为领域感兴趣的政治学家来说，几乎没有途径进行培训；到目前为止，还没有现有的政治学课程、方法研讨会或其他课程提供(或有资格提供)遗传学和家系建模方面的培训。我们的项目通过支持政治学家在未来四年内参加行为遗传学研究所S在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校举办的年度方法研讨会来解决这些不足。这一计划最关键的好处将是将基因分析方法引入更广泛的主流政治学家群体。这些人反过来将拥有培训未来研究生的工具，包括对他们的课程进行家族式建模，进行初步研究，撰写新的助学金，指导论文，以及审查助学金、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，这些领域的合作伙伴关系一直很少见。让更多的政治学家接触和培训行为遗传学，也将为从事这项研究的学者打开大门，从不同的来源获得资金，并为他们提供更广泛的发表场所。重要的是，对于政治学家来说，这种类型的培训也可能有助于驱散围绕遗传学研究的决定论观念，而对于遗传学家来说，它可能有助于驱散社会科学是反科学的观念。长期影响无疑将是在这些领域产生新的兴趣，创造对具有遗传成分的行为工作的长期投资，并成为更好的审查者和研究人员。

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.