Productivity During Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities in the Measurement of Global Norms by Tyler Girard (Sep 30, 2020)
Description: Tyler Girard will be speaking onthe construction, adoption, and effects of international norms are major topics of research in political science. However, our approaches to measurement have not kept pace with our theoretical understanding of norms. To address this gap, Tyler Girard develops a dynamic Bayesian itemresponse theory (IRT) model to measure norm adoption, which provides new empirical evidence on the evolution of norms across space and time. The proposed approach is evaluated with the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) equality norm, using 13 policies and laws across 196 countries.
