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Derek Beach is a Professor at Aarhus University specializing in methodological research, particularly in developing process tracing methodology and policy evaluation. He focuses on substantive research related to European integration, crisis negotiations, voting behavior, and EU referendums. He is currently leading a four-year project called 'Mechanisms Mechanistic Evidence Social Sciences,' aimed at advancing case-based methods in academic research evaluation. His extensive academic engagement includes working with UN agencies and the World Bank on various policy evaluations. Beach teaches a wide range of topics at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and he advises PhD and Master's students. His teaching repertoire has included courses in Methods, an MA seminar on 'US Presidential Election Simulation Models,' and advanced PhD courses in Process Tracing methods for academic policy evaluation. He is also a co-author of a textbook on foreign policy analysis and process tracing, published in Danish.
Aarhus University • Aarhus, Denmark
Engaged in teaching and research in the field of political science, with a focus on methodology and European integration.
Department of Computer Science offers tracks in Software Efficiency, Cryptography, and Data Science.