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All Things Configured

“All Things Configured” (ATC) is a community that brings together +350 members worldwide — methodologists, experienced practitioners, and CNA newcomers. The whole spectrum is welcome. We are grateful and appreciative of the diverse, global community that has been created for configurational comparative methods, and coincidence analysis in particular.

Members receive a bi-monthly newsletter informing about new publications, events, trainings, and group discussions. The community also meets periodically for online talks where members present their work at all stages, including work in progress. Students seeking feedback on theses are especially welcome, and the community is a great place to find study buddies.

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Give an ATC presentation: If you are interested in serving as a presenter for an upcoming ATC, please complete this form with as much detail as you have available. After you complete this form, Kelly Coates and / or Jessie Dodge (the ATC co-leads) will be in touch with you to follow-up and manage next steps.

Coordinators: Kelly Coates (Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University School of Public Health) and Jessica Dodge (Center for Healthcare Evaluation Research and Promotion, Pittsburgh VA)

Upcoming ATC talks

  • Oct 27 & 28, 2026
    Visualizing large CNA solution setsOle Henning Sørensen & Marc Backhausen · National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA)
  • Nov 17 & 18, 2026
    Pathways to Successful School Health Promotion Implementation: A Coincidence AnalysisKatharina Sterr · Technical University of Munich

CNA is developed and used by a worldwide community of methodologists and applied researchers. Here, we list people at the forefront of CNA development and application.

CNA Contributors and Champions

  • Mathias Ambühl; ConsultAG · R software & computational methods; (development)
  • Michael Baumgartner; University of Bergen · philosophy; (development)
  • Sarah A. Birken; Wake Forest University School of Medicine · implementation science; (application)
  • Emmeline Chuang; UC Berkeley · social welfare & health policy; (application)
  • Kelly Coates; Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University School of Public Health; (application; ATC coordinator)
  • Theodore J. Corbin; RUSH University · emergency medicine; (application)
  • Deborah Cragun; University of South Florida · public health; (application)
  • Laura Damschroder; Implementation Pathways · implementation science; (application)
  • Luna De Souter; Witten/Herdecke University · philosophy; (development)
  • Jessica Dodge; Center for Healthcare Evaluation Research and Promotion, Pittsburgh VA; (application; ATC coordinator)
  • Christoph Falk; philosophy; (development)
  • Jonathan Simões Freitas; Federal University of Minas Gerais · business administration; (development & application)
  • Reiping Huang; American College of Surgeons · surgery & quality research; (application)
  • Martyna Klein; University of Bergen · behavioral psychology; (application)
  • Timm Lampert; FernUniversität Hagen · philosophy & logic; (development)
  • Edward Miech; Indiana University School of Medicine · health services research; (development & application)
  • Devaki Nambiar; The George Institute for Global Health · health policy & systems research; (application)
  • Veli-Pekka Parkkinen; University of Bergen · philosophy; (development)
  • John Rich; RUSH University, Chicago · health equity; Director, RUSH BMO Institute for Health Equity; (application)
  • Ole Henning Sørensen; National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA) · occupational health; (application)
  • Nina Sperber; Duke University School of Medicine · health services research; (application)
  • Hans Steinsland; University of Bergen · philosophy; (development)
  • Pavel Svačina; Prague University of Economics and Business · corporate finance; (application)
  • Alrik Thiem; political science; (development)
  • Jonas Wahl; German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) & University of Bergen · mathematics; (development)

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CNA is a configurational comparative method of causal inference and data analysis. This is the community hub for CNA users worldwide.

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