European Political Science Association
Registration is open for non-presenters.
First draft programme is available here.
EPSA 2025 – MADRID 26 – 28 June 2025
The 15th annual conference of the European Political Science Association will take place from June 26 – 28 June in Madrid, Spain at the Carlos III University. We invite paper submissions that represent the state of the art in political science and that focus on any substantive area of politics. Conference presentations are organized by topic into broad tracks. As always, we expect tenured participants to contribute to the success of the conference by serving as chairs or discussants. Proposals for pre-organized panels are also welcome.
Programme for EPSA XV 2025
We are delighted to announce that we have a fantastic line up of presentations and events for the 15th annual conference of the European Political Science Association that will take place from 26 – 28 June.
Thank you to the all participants – we are very appreciative and we are looking forward to an engaging and informative few days in Madrid! The local team, Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga & Simon Chauchard (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and Nelson Ruiz (University of Essex), have done a fantastic job of organizing all of the details. We are very much indebted to them and our sponsors: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Texas A & M and Timberlake Consulting.
The preliminary draft programme for EPSA XV 2025, can be viewed here. Please note that this programme is preliminary and subject to change. We have tried to avoid time clashes between presenting and chair /discussant responsibilities, however, please let us know if any time clashes remain.
Registration is now open for non-presenting participants. Please note that only registered participants will be allowed to enter the building for security reasons.
We would like to remind participants that with the release of the draft programme, conference fee refunds are unfortunately no longer possible.
While we appreciate that participants have other commitments, unfortunately with so many panels and participants to combine, we cannot accommodate individual scheduling requests.
You can search the programme for papers in the different tracks using the relevant acronyms below. We would like to also take this opportunity to thank the track chairs for their efforts in creating the programme. We are very grateful for all the time and effort they have put in.
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.
Hotels
Hotels close to the Venus and Puerta de Toledo campus.
Puerta de Toledo
Ganivet
Acta Pirámides
Ibis Budget Madrid Lavapiés
Hotels in the nearby area of Atocha.
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.
Future conference dates
EPSA 2026: TBC, 25-27 June 2026
EPSA 2027: TBC, 24-26 June 2027
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