The 15th annual conference of the European Political Science Association will take place from June 26 - 28 June in Madrid, Spain at the University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M - Puerta de Toledo campus).
Madrid, cheerful and sunny, is famous for being an open city. Boasting not only lively streets, world class restaurants and unbeatable nightlife, but also renowned museums and tranquil historic spots, Madrid is, without a doubt, one of Europe’s best cities.
EPSA employs a policy of non-discrimination and therefore does not have panels for graduate students only. In the spirit of this equal participation policy, however, all attendees face the same registration fees, although registration will be discounted for EPSA members.
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Registration
For participants with accepted submissions you must register by 12th March by logging into your EPSA account at https://coms.app/epsa2025/welcome.html and paying the conference fee. Participants without accepted submissions may register at any time before the start of the conference.
Fees:
- Members: €210
- Non-members: €335
- Reception: €75
Participants may purchase additional tickets for the reception at a cost of €75.
Registration does not include the reception tickets, which must be purchased separately and can be done so in the registration form or in the reception ticket purchase form. Tickets are limited and are assigned on a first come first served basis
To receive the member's participation fee, participants must be fully paid up members as of the end of the conference (28th June). Fully paid up members will have this option during registration. For non-members (as per the end of the conference) membership can be purchase / renewed during the registration process (https://coms.app/epsa2025/welcome.html)
Membership Fees:
| Regular membership (annual) | €110 |
| Student membership (annual) | €65 |
| Lifetime membership | €1,500 |
See for more information on the benefits of joining EPSA https://epsanet.org/benefits/
Note that refunds are only possible before the first draft of the programme is available (see EPSA terms of service).
Reception
The official conference reception will be held in the evening of Friday 27th June in the ballroom of the Circulo de Bellas Artes (https://www.circulobellasartes.com/).
Preorganised panels
All abstracts were evaluted individually regardless of whether they formed part of a preorganised panel. If only part of a preorganised panel was accepted, we will aim to group the partial panel with similar submissions.
Feedback
We appreciate that a lot of time and effort went into submissions and we were overwhelmed with both the quality and number of abstracts received this year. Unfortunately we cannot accept all submissions due to capacity limitations. We cannot provide feedback on individual submissions.
Programme Committee 2025
Chairs for EPSA 2025: Raymond Duch (University of Oxford), Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Simon Chauchard (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and Nelson Ruiz (University of Essex).
Track Chairs:
- Comparative Politics of High-income countries - Aina Gallego
- Comparative Politics of Low and Middle Income Countries - Miguel Rueda
- European Politics - Adriana Bunea
- Formal Political Theory - Tara Slough
- International Relations - Anna Getmansky
- Party Politics - Oda Nedregård
- Electoral and voting behavior - Miguel Pereira
- Gender and Politics - Silvia Claveria
- Political Economy - Irene Menendez Gonzalez
- Political Methodology - Tom Robinson
- Political Representation and electoral systems - Julia Payson
- Public opinion - Lauren Young
- Political Communication - Constantine Broussalis
- Public Policy and Administration - Gloria Gennaro
- Migration Politics - Ilona Lahdelma
- Conflict, violence and Security - Niloufer Siddiqui
- Experimental Research - Kristin Michelitch
- Legislative Politics - David Fortunato
- Judicial Politics - Juan-Antonio Mayoral
Conference Manager: Matthew Shaikh
We look forward to receiving your proposals and seeing you in-person in Madrid.
Registration fees
- Members: €210
- Non-members: €335
- Reception: €75
Participants may purchase additional tickets for the reception at a cost of €75.
Note that refunds are only possible before the first draft of the programme is available (see EPSA terms of service).
Childcare and Nursing
The venue will have a Nursing Suite onsite and EPSA participants will have access to a childcare centre near the Puerta de Toledo campus. The centre, Cuatropecas, is located directly next to the campus. The expected cost is 150 euros per child for the three days (26th–28th). This includes:
- Regular daycare service from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (meals included) on the 26th and 27th.
- Regular daycare service from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, the 28th (meals will not be provided that day).
Disability access
The venue is a modern building with full disability access.
Other information
Note that for this year's conference we assume that all senior participants agree to either chair a panel or serve as discussant.
Laptops and projectors will be available at the conference venue. Paper-givers are expected to send their papers to the panel chair, the discussant, and the panelists by 13th June 2025. In addition, if the presenter of the paper needs to be changed for any reason then it is the responsibility of the accepted presenter to inform us and provide the replacements name and e-mail address.
EPSA will publish a conference program with the list of panels by mid April. As always, changes to the programme may occur until late May.
Important Info about EPSA
The European Political Science Association (EPSA) was founded in 2009 by Ken Benoit, Ray Duch, and Thomas Plümper. The founders’ goal was to promote Europe as a global leader in political science by forming an association of European scholars that would advance the scientific study of politics. Over the past two decades EPSA prides itself in having attained the founders’ initial goals: The association has played an important role in fostering the careers of thousands of European political scientists. EPSA’s annual conferences provides a unique venue for showcasing the leading-edge social science produced by Europe’s outstanding scholars. EPSA conferences are enthusiastic and collegial scientific events that have made an important contribution to the rapidly growing numbers of world-class European social scientists. As part of our commitment to nurturing European political science, the three founders created a journal, Political Science Research and Methods. Over a very short period, the journal, published by the Cambridge University Press, has become one of the top ranked journals in political science. Having a “European home” for a top ranked scientific publication contributes to the global recognition of Europe’s outstanding social science research community.
The three founders established a privately held, Irish-registered company, EPS Academic Ltd, as the vehicle for launching this new association and for creating PSRM. As the EPSA constitution indicates, EPSA is registered to EPS Academic Ltd.
Membership in EPSA does not equate with membership in EPS Academic, Ltd. Members of EPSA and registered conference participants should obtain their own tax advice on membership of EPSA, reclaiming conference expenses, etc. This information may be of relevance because EPS Academic, Ltd is a for-profit organization and not a registered charity. Members or interested parties who would like further information are encouraged to e-mail EPSA at info@epsanet.org.
Future conference dates
EPSA 2026: TBC, 25-27 June 2026
EPSA 2027: TBC, 24-26 June 2027
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