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This chapter presents the research design of the ProSEPS comparative project on advisory roles of political scientists. In order to operationalize the theoretical concepts on policy advice and policy advisory roles as introduced in Chap. 2, the project uses the questions included in a large scale comparative survey to European political scientists conducted under the ProSEPS COST Action in 2018 to assess whether and how they engage in advisory activities. Chap. 3 first presents details about the content, scope, and implementation of this survey. Second, it describes how survey questions are used to operationalize the four basic types of advisory roles analyzed in the book (pure academic, expert, opinionating scholar, and public intellectual). Finally, the chapter also presents some details about the sample of 12 countries analyzed in the book, including on gender, job status, sub-disciplinary orientation, and external positions of political scientists. |