Alan Jacobs
Head of Department and Professor, Political Science, University of British Columbia
Biography
Main Bio
Alan M. Jacobs (Ph.D. Harvard, 2004) is Head of Department and a Professor of Political Science specializing in the comparative political economy of advanced industrialized democracies, the politics of public policy, political behavior, and qualitative and mixed methodology. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the comparative politics of inequality, qualitative research methods, and research design.
Select publications
- Humphreys, Macartan and Alan M. Jacobs. 2023. Integrated Inferences: Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research. New York: Cambridge University Press, Strategies in Social Inquiry Series.
- Jacobs, Alan M. 2011. Governing for the Long Term: Democracy and the Politics of Investment, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Awards & recognition
- David Collier Mid-Career Achievement Award (co-recipient), 2017, Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, American Political Science Association
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (2016-17)
- Award for Best Qualitative or Multi-Method Submission to American Political Science Review, 2015, Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, American Political Science Association, (for “Mixing Methods” with Macartan Humphreys).
- Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship, European University Institute, 2015.
- Sage Best Paper Award, 2014, Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, American Political Science Association, for the bestpaper on qualitative or multi-method research presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the APSA (for “Mixing Methods” with Macartan Humphreys).
- Gregory Luebbert Best Book Award (co-recipient), 2012, Organized Section for Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association, for the best book in the field of comparative politics published in 2010 or 2011 (for Governing for the Long Term).