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The Comparative Constitutions Project is pleased to announce that Ashley Moran (University of Texas at Austin) and Matthew Martin (University of South Carolina) have been named Associate Directors. In this new role, Ashley and Matt will help lead the CCP’s research agenda, data infrastructure, and student training, working alongside directors… Read more: Announcing Our New Associate Directors

The Comparative Constitutions Project is pleased to announce a new publication in Social Science Computer Review: “Expanding Your Vocabulary: A Framework for Topic Integration in Texts.” The paper introduces the segments-as-topic (SAT) methodology, a four-stage framework that combines automated text analysis with expert judgment to expand domain-specific vocabularies. The approach… Read more: New Publication: A Framework for Topic Integration in Texts

Version 6.0 of the Chronology of Constitutional Events (CCPCCE) is out now! This update extends coverage through 2025 and adds 81 new observations across 45 countries, including 4 new constitutions (Tunisia 2022, Gabon 2024, Togo 2024, Guinea 2025), Syria’s 2025 constitutional suspension and interim charter, and 74 amendments spanning every… Read more: Chronology of Constitutional Events v6 Out Now!

Although we have collected texts for the vast majority of the events identified in our constitutional chronology, a select few continue to elude us. Please check out our list of “most wanted” texts and let us know if you have any leads. We welcome any and all efforts to track… Read more: CCP’s Most Wanted

The Comparative Constitutions Project held an online training on its new open-source digital tools for concept analysis. CCP’s concept integration team—Andrés Cruz, Zachary Elkins, Roy Gardner, Matthew Martin, Ashley Moran, and Guillermo Pérez—gave demos of the tools and walked through the kinds of questions that can be explored through the four new tools below: The training slides below… Read more: CCP Training Now Available on Sartori Suite of Concept Analysis Tools