Castellani, Brian;
Schimpf, Corey;
Wistow, Jonathan;
Caden, Christopher;
Agarwal, Jutshi;
Barbrook-Johnson, Peter;
(2025)
Case-based systems mapping: advancing a multimethod approach to social complexity.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology
10.1080/13645579.2025.2564177.
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Abstract
In this work, we introduce case-based systems mapping (CBSM), an integration of exploratory systems mapping and case-based complexity. CBSM explores different groups of cases and their distinct configurations and then generates submaps that display the causal flows for these different groups. Combining these allows users to advance on systems mapping by allowing them to (1) explore how the causal factors within the map may cluster based on groups of cases and (2) engage in greater data corroboration of exploratory systems maps to support, clarify, or further develop ideas. CBSM involves four steps: (1) generating an initial exploratory systems mapping; (2) identifying possible case-based clustering; (3) data corroboration via clustering, machine learning and network analysis; and (4) assessment. As a demonstration, we apply CBSM to a dataset on the social determinants of teenage pregnancy in 100 Local Authorities in England. We conclude with future directions for research.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Case-based systems mapping: advancing a multimethod approach to social complexity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13645579.2025.2564177 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2564177 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properlycited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) orwith their consent. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences - Other Topics, Systems mapping, case-based complexity, multi-methods, configurational social science, methods platform |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Arts and Sciences (BASc) |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10216266 |
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