A special issue of Political Psychology on Narratives of (In) Security: Nationhood, Culture, Religion, and Gender, edited by Molly Andrews, Catarina Kinnvall and Kristen Monroe is seeking papers that focus on the psychological dimensions of narratives and myths.
Political scientists are increasingly using experiments to study important political and social phenomena. The logic of experimentation makes it an appealing and powerful methodological tool that enables scholars to establish causality and probe into the mechanisms underlying observable regularities. Experiments, because of their transparency, also enable researchers to communicate their findings to a broad audience. Although highly technical knowledge is not necessary for understanding the gist of experiments, experiments must be designed, administered, and analyzed with care and attention to detail.