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38
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16477
World Ranking
553
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Macartan Humphreys is affiliated with the Social Science Research Center Berlin in Germany. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Artificial Intelligence, Economics and Econometrics, Modeling and Simulation, and Political Science and International Relations.

The main topics of their research include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Macartan Humphreys has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries, 2021, Science Advances
  • Incentives can spur COVID-19 vaccination uptake, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low and Middle Income Countries, and Implications for Messaging, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Political and Social Correlates of Covid-19 Mortality, 2021, Arabixiv (OSF Preprints)

Frequent co-authors of Humphreys include:

  • Alan M. Jacobs
  • Heike Klüver
  • Niccolò F. Meriggi
  • Maarten Voors
  • Dean Karlan

Their work appears often in publication venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Political Analysis
  • Arabixiv (OSF Preprints)
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Nature Medicine

In addition to journal publications, Humphreys has authored books published by Princeton University Press and Cambridge University Press. Titles include multiple editions of Research Design in the Social Sciences (2023) and Integrated Inferences (2023), reflecting engagement with research methodology and inference techniques.

Macartan Humphreys has been recognized with the Heinz I. Eulau Award by the American Political Science Association in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Promoting an open research culture

    B. A. Nosek;G. Alter;G. C. Banks;D. Borsboom

  • Natural Resources, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution: Uncovering the Mechanisms

    Macartan Humphreys

  • Escaping the resource curse

    Macartan Humphreys;Jeffrey Sachs;Joseph E. Stiglitz;George Soros

  • Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision

    James Habyarimana;Macartan Humphreys;Daniel N. Posner;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • Who Fights? The Determinants of Participation in Civil War

    Macartan Humphreys;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries.

    Julio S. Solís Arce;Shana S. Warren;Niccolò F. Meriggi;Alexandra Scacco

  • Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War

    Macartan Humphreys;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • Demobilization and Reintegration

    Macartan Humphreys;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research

    E. Miguel;C. Camerer;K. Casey;J. Cohen

  • Coethnicity Diversity And The Dilemmas Of Collective Action

    Jeremy M. Weinstein;James Habyarimana;Macartan Humphreys;Daniel N. Posner

  • Can Development Aid Contribute to Social Cohesion after Civil War? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Post-conflict Liberia

    James D. Fearon;Macartan Humphreys;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries.

    Dennis Egger;Dennis Egger;Edward Miguel;Shana S. Warren;Ashish Shenoy

  • Economics and Violent Conflict

    Macartan Humphreys

  • Fishing, Commitment, and Communication: A Proposal for Comprehensive Nonbinding Research Registration

    Macartan Humphreys;Raul Sanchez de la Sierra;Peter van der Windt

  • Policing Politicians: Citizen Empowerment and Political Accountability in Uganda Preliminary Analysis

    Macartan Humphreys;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • The Role of Leaders in Democratic Deliberations: Results from a Field Experiment in São Tomé and Príncipe

    Macartan Humphreys;William A. Masters;Martin E. Sandbu

  • Field Experiments and the Political Economy of Development

    Macartan Humphreys;Jeremy M. Weinstein;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • Mixing Methods: A Bayesian Approach

    Macartan Humphreys;Alan M. Jacobs

  • Policing Politicians: Citizen Empowerment and Political Accountability in Uganda

    Macartan Humphreys;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • “I wld like u WMP to extend electricity 2 our village”: On Information Technology and Interest Articulation

    Guy Grossman;Macartan Humphreys;Gabriella Sacramone-Lutz

  • Declaring and Diagnosing Research Designs.

    Graeme Blair;Jasper Cooper;Alexander Coppock;Macartan Humphreys

  • COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low and Middle Income Countries, and Implications for Messaging

    Julio S Solis Arce;Shana S Warren;Niccolo F Meriggi;Alexandra Scacco

  • How Does Development Assistance Affect Collective Action Capacity? Results from a Field Experiment in Post-Conflict Liberia

    James D. Fearon;Macartan Humphreys;Jeremy M. Weinstein

  • Incentives can spur COVID-19 vaccination uptake.

    Heike Klüver;Felix Hartmann;Macartan Humphreys;Ferdinand Geissler

  • Social and Economic Impacts of Tuungane: Final Report on the Effects of a Community Driven Reconstruction Program in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Macartan Humphreys;Raul Sanchez de la Sierra;Peter van der Windt

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy M. Weinstein
Jeremy M. Weinstein Harvard University
Daniel N. Posner
Daniel N. Posner University of California, Los Angeles
James D. Fearon
James D. Fearon Stanford University
Guy Grossman
Guy Grossman University of Pennsylvania
Dean Karlan
Dean Karlan Northwestern University
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science
Edward Miguel
Edward Miguel University of California, Berkeley
William A. Masters
William A. Masters Tufts University
Robert H. Bates
Robert H. Bates Harvard University
Craig McIntosh
Craig McIntosh University of California, San Diego

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