Fantasy IR

New William & Mary Rankings Are Out

2007-02-20T21:34:00.001-05:00

http://www.wm.edu/irtheoryandpractice/trip/surveyreport06-07.pdf

We may adjust some of our scoring based on this, although I think it reinforces some of our decisions. Journals, this may affect more than others, but they do segregate Cambridge, Princeton and Cornell as the top three UPs. We may end up retiering based on this list. Stay tuned, and comments always welcome.

Revised Scoring

2007-02-14T09:41:00.000-05:00

Following are the new, revised scoring rules for Fantasy IR. Drafting and other rules are in other threads.

Again, please feel free to comment as needed. We may rework some of the other rankings (like what is a T-1) and this is all still open to debate. Comments, as always, welcome.

Publications
Books
(legend: sole author/co-author/editor/chapter author)
Published by Cornell, Cambridge, or Princeton University Press during year of play
100/70/50/30
Published by another University Press during year of play
70/50/35/15
Published by a non-University Press
40/25/15/7
Reviewed in Foreign Affairs or the APSR/Perspectives
5 (7 for feature-length review)
Reviewed in the New York Times
10
Reviewed in the Washington Post, Economist, LA Times, or Wall Street Journal
7
Articles
(legend: sole author/co-author)
Published in APSR, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, or International Organization
100/70
Published in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, European Journal of International Relations, World Politics, Millenium,
50/30
Published in another peer reviewed scholarly journal, Foreign Affairs, or Foreign Policy
30/20
Published in a non-scholarly journal
10/5
if the article generates responses/letters in the year of play:
in APSR, International Security, International Organization
20
in PS, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, European Journal of International Relations, World Politics, Millenium, International Studies Quarterly
10
Op-Eds
(legend same as articles)
New York Times
10/7
Washington Post, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Times of London
5/3
all other op-eds
1

Conferences
APSA Paper presented (beginning of game year)
10
APSA Panel chair
7
APSA Panel discussant
5
ISA Paper presented
5
ISA Panel chair
3
ISA Panel discussant
2
MPSA/other conference Paper presented
3
MPSA/other conference Panel chair
2
MPSA/other conference Panel discussant
1

Tenure/Chair/Hire/Position
(legend: T1/non-T1. We define "T1" as one of the top 16 schools in the William and Mary study on IR, available at http://mjtier.people.wm.edu/intlpolitics/teaching/surveyreport.pdf specifically on page 25. The schools are Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Princeton, Chicago, Yale, Michigan, Berkeley, UCSD, Cornell, MIT, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Ohio State, and Minnesota. Depending on comments from the rabble, this list may change.) These are event-based on the happenings during that year - a new tenure, a new chair position, etc.
Make Tenure
100/70
New Job (accept offer)
70/40
Endowed Chair
50/30
University Dean/Provost
25/15
Department Chair
40/20
Promotion (other than tenure)
30/15
Dissertation Advisee Placed at
20/10

Bonuses
Named APSA President
200
Named ISA President
150
Grawemeyer Prize
300

Cheat Sheets

2007-02-02T17:56:00.001-05:00

For discussion of picking strategies and the like...

Playing the Game

2007-02-02T17:56:00.000-05:00

The question has been coming up, so we'll go ahead and put up some data about playing.

1) Playing is as anonymous as you want it to be. The only demographic data that may be used publicly after the game is played is whether you're a grad student, faculty, and level therein. The game admin staff (at irfantasyleague@gmail.com) will know your "real identity." The only other rule is that if you have a particular academic on your team, that person is not you, given game rules.

2) Scores will be updated throughout the year on this blog. We'll have tables up, similar to on IR Rumor Mill. However, and this is a critical point, you are responsible for your team.

What does this mean?

It means that if one of your academics deserves points for something, you have to submit an email to irfantasyleague@gmail.com reporting that your player scored X points (given the scoring, which is still as of 1 February in flux) due to Y happening, and you have to provide some form of proof. The admin unit (aka, the Commissioner's Office) will adjudicate, and award points to your team based on that. In other words, you need to keep up on the discipline.

3) We'll create a separate post thread for "cheat sheets" and who early round picks will be. Apologies for not keeping the comments coming as quickly as possible but things have been busy.

4) For the draft, you'll create a ranking sheet of your top academics. You'll need to give name, whether or not s/he is tenured, and institution. You'll submit this to the irfantasyleague@gmail.com address at some point over the summer, and we'll use an algorithm to predict draft order. It'll snake, so if you have the first pick of the first round, you'll have the last pick of the second round. And so on. So start thinking about your draft order - and you might want to go relatively deep, depending on how many players we get in a league.

4) If you want to play, now is when we ask that you start emailing in to irfantasyleague@gmail.com We have to have an email in from you expressing interest for us to have you play. All are welcome, and names will be kept in the strictest confidence - we have no incentive here to get you in trouble.

And as always, with questions, please feel free to leave comments, and the like.

Welcome To Fantasy IR

2007-01-05T21:08:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the greatest timewaster since http://www.intellectualdelinquent.com/ATARI.htm

Who are we? Just interested citizens. What's the point? Well, whether it's your comps or the job market, all of us are always trying to keep track of what's going on in International Relations. One way to do this, cause all kinds of trouble, and have some fun at the same time is to devise a game. That and some of us are obsessed with fantasy football. Thus, enter Fantasy IR League.

Rules post is below, feel free to consult that for further details. Two requests we make. First, if you are interested in playing, or curious about this, feel free to leave a comment. Like the IR Rumor Mill, we do moderate comments. Or email us at irfantasyleague@gmail.com. For now, we're building this. We're scheduling an IR Fantasy Draft for July, and the season will open with the 2007 American Political Science Association conference in Chicago, and run through the next August. You draft two tenured faculty and three untenured, and the only guidance there is you can't draft yourself.

We appreciate any comments, suggestions, queries you're willing to offer, and think this could actually be a hell of a lot of fun.

Thanks,
The IR Fantasy League Team

Scoring

2007-01-05T20:35:00.000-05:00

Following are the scoring rules for Fantasy IR.

You build a team of five academics. You may have two tenured, and three non-tenured/tenure-track academics on your team. If a non-tenured academic receives tenure while on your team, you may hold onto her, but if you cut her from your team, you must replace her with a non-tenured academic.

There are three categories of points in Fantasy IR, as follows below. Please feel free to discuss this scoring system in the comments section.

Publications
Books
(legend: sole author/co-author/editor/chapter author)
Published by Cornell, Cambridge, or Princeton University Press during year of play
50/20/10/5
Published by another University Press during year of play
25/10/5/3
Published by a non-University Press
20/5/3/1
Reviewed in Foreign Affairs or the APSR/Perspectives
5 (7 for feature-length review)
Reviewed in the New York Times
10
Reviewed in the Washington Post, Economist, LA Times, or Wall Street Journal
7
Articles
(legend: sole author/co-author)
Published in APSR, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, or International Organization
50/20
Published in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, European Journal of International Relations, World Politics, Millenium,
25/10
Published in another peer reviewed scholarly journal, Foreign Affairs, or Foreign Policy
15/5
Published in a non-scholarly journal
7/3
if the article generates responses/letters in the year of play:
in APSR, International Security, International Organization
10
in PS, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, European Journal of International Relations, World Politics, Millenium, International Studies Quarterly
5
Op-Eds
(legend same as articles)
New York Times
10/7
Washington Post, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Times of London
5/3
all other op-eds
1

Conferences
APSA Paper presented (beginning of game year)
10
APSA Panel chair
7
APSA Panel discussant
5
ISA Paper presented
5
ISA Panel chair
3
ISA Panel discussant
2
MPSA/other conference Paper presented
3
MPSA/other conference Panel chair
2
MPSA/other conference Panel discussant
1

Tenure/Chair/Hire/Position
(legend: T1/non-T1. We define "T1" as one of the top 16 schools in the William and Mary study on IR, available at http://mjtier.people.wm.edu/intlpolitics/teaching/surveyreport.pdf specifically on page 25. The schools are Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Princeton, Chicago, Yale, Michigan, Berkeley, UCSD, Cornell, MIT, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Ohio State, and Minnesota. Depending on comments from the rabble, this list may change.) These are event-based on the happenings during that year - a new tenure, a new chair position, etc.
Make Tenure
50/30
New Job (accept offer)
20/10
Endowed Chair
30/15
University Dean/Provost
25/15
Department Chair
20/10
Promotion (other than tenure)
20/10
Dissertation Advisee Placed at
10/5

Bonuses
Named APSA President
100
Named ISA President
70
Grawemeyer Prize
100
Selected for a Government Job (US/foreign)
(cabinet level/subcabinet level/working level)
30/10/5