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PSRM seeks a new Editorial team

Call for the Editorship of Political Science Research and Methods, the Journal of the European Political Science Association The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2022. The European Political Science Association is announcing a call for the Editorship of the association’s journal Political Science Research and Methods (PSRM). The journal was established by the association … Read more

EPSA statement on racism and discrimination

We have recently witnessed peaceful protests against societally entrenched racism and discrimination in many European countries. The European Political Science Association (EPSA) is committed to equality and equal opportunity within the political science community in Europe and beyond. EPSA condemns racism and discrimination in our profession. We support an inclusive European academic community in which … Read more

Professor Vera E. Troeger begins a two-year term as EPSA President

At its 2019 Annual Meeting in Belfast, the European Political Science Association elected Vera E. Troeger as its new president. She is Professor of Comparative Political Science at the University of Hamburg and Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Economics at Warwick University. Vera has been a long-standing and active member of EPSA. … Read more

EPSA Statement on the Proposed Reform of Hungarian Higher Education Law

This week a draft bill amending a 2011 Act on National Higher Education is scheduled to be debated in the Hungarian Parliament. This bill, if implemented, will significantly undermine the operation of international academic institutions based in Hungary. The European Political Science Association does not interfere with domestic political issues of any country, but it speaks out … Read more

Best Paper and Best Reviewer Awards recognised at EPSA 2016

On 27 June 2016, at the Friday reception held at the Brussels City Hall, Political Science Research and Methods chief editor Vera Troeger presented two awards: Best paper published in PSRM, to Blake E. Garcia and Cameron Wimpy, for “Does Information Lead to Emulation? Spatial Dependence in Anti-Government Violence“; and Best reviewer award, to Eric Neumayer of the London School of … Read more

EPSA Statement on the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey

Following the failed military coup, the Turkish Council of Higher Education is seeking the resignation of 1,577 university deans, while the Ministry of National Education has suspended over 15,000 teachers and staff from their jobs, and announced the closure of 626 institutions and the revocation of the license of 21,000 teachers working in private institutions. … Read more

Best Paper and Best Reviewer Awards recognised at EPSA 2015

On 26 June 2015, at the Friday reception held at the Vienna Town Hall, Political Science Research and Methods chief editor Vera Troeger presented two awards: Best paper published in PSRM, to Elias Dinas, Pedro Riera, and Nasos Roussias for “Staying in the First League: Parliamentary Representation and the Electoral Success of Small Parties“; and Best … Read more