Duncan Black Award

The Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public Choice, which is active within ECPR, has created the Duncan Black Award. This award honours a graduate student who has presented the best paper at the ECPR General Conference pursuing research in analytical politics that combines systematic theoretical thinking and rigorous empirical testing. The award carries a Duncan Black Award

GSN committee elections

New committee for 2015-2017 The GSN Committee are looking for two new members in 2015. Interested? Click here for further information. Deadline for expressions of interest: 1 October 2014.

CfP – Equal is Not Enough

Equal is not Enough: Exploring novel theoretical and empirical approaches to study the shaping of (in)equalities organised by the Policy Research Centre on Equality Policies (PRCEP). 4-6 February, 2015 Antwerp, Belgium. The conference is organised in four thematic sections: Section 1: The relation between law and social policy Section 2: (Re)shaping (in)equalities in and through politics and CfP – Equal is Not Enough

CfP – Making the Most of Migration

23 May 2014 Universitaire Stichting, Brussels, Belgium Confirmed Speakers Frank van Tubergen (Utrecht University) “The Social Networks of Immigrant Children in Europe” Martin Ruhs (Oxford University) “The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labour Migration” Michael Samers (University of Kentucky) “Survival in the City: How do Young Immigrants in France make a living?” Thomas Liebig (OECD, CfP – Making the Most of Migration

CfP – Glasgow Panel – Party Reactions to Immigration in New Destination Countries

Abstract: Party reactions to immigration in new destination countries is a little studied topic. However, the sharp increase — in a very short period of time — of immigration to several European countries (such as Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain) that were traditional senders of migration provides an excellent opportunity for new avenues of research CfP – Glasgow Panel – Party Reactions to Immigration in New Destination Countries

CfP – Glasgow Section – Bridging political worlds: political parties and migration

Section Chairs: Joao Carvalho and Maria Sobolewska If you would like to propose a Panel with Papers for the Section “Bridging political worlds: political parties and migration” at the ECPR General Conference in Glasgow, please see the Section abstract here. Click here for the guidelines. You can submit a Panel with Papers via MyECPR here. If CfP – Glasgow Section – Bridging political worlds: political parties and migration