This introduction to the special conference issue for the 2014 Millennium Conference on Method, Methodology and Innovation aims to provide a background to the conference theme, as well as the articles included in this issue. It hence serves to outline the reasoning for holding a conference on method and methodology in International Relations, it situates the present debate within a broader context, elaborates on why Millennium is a journal that is well suited to host such a debate, and offers an overview over the different contributions made in this issue
