EPSA 2025 - MADRID
26 - 28 June 2025
Call for papers is now open!
Proposal submission deadline: December 18th, 2024
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). We invite paper submissions that represent the state of the art in political science and that focus on any substantive area of politics.
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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Submitting paper proposals
Proposals for pre-organized panels are also welcome. Proposals should be submitted to the same “track” with a panel abbreviation added to the paper title with a request made by panel organisers before the submission deadline. Note that we evaluate paper proposals without attention to whether they are part of a pre-organized panel.
For all additional emails and enquiries, please contact Matthew Shaikh at conference@epsanet.org.
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
Conference Manager: Matthew Shaikh
We look forward to receiving your proposals and seeing you in-person in Madrid.
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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