New directions in lobbying strategies? Perspectives from the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs January 19, 2023: Time: 15-16 (Central European Time) Recording available here Chairs: Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz (Aarhus University), Alberto Bitonti (Università della Svizzera italiana) Speakers: Adam W. Chalmers (King’s College London), Wiebke Marie Junk (University of Copenhagen), Giliberto Capano … On 19th of January at 15h: Online Roundtable about the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs

The panel chairs and discussants in our standing group’s section of the 2022 ECPR General Conference put forward nominations for the best junior and senior papers. This was followed by an evaluation and discussion among three jury members. We are very grateful to Ellis Aizenberg; Adrià Albareda and Rafael Pablo Labanino for putting time and … Winners of the awards for best paper presented at the ECPR General Conference 2022

Interest groups and lobbying in a comparative perspective 23 June – 1 July 2022, University of Turin & Online: See full details on the Summer School website The Summer School on Interest Groups is organised annually by our Standing Group on Interest Groups. It brings together leading scholars in the fields of interest group politics and civil society … 12th Summer School of the Standing Group on Interest Groups

The call for the next ECPR General Conference at the University of Innsbruck is open till 16 February. The ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups endorses the section entitled “Towards a New Generation of Interest Group Studies? New Modes of Interest Representation and Research”. This section is open to panel and paper proposals. Below you … ECPR General Conference Innsbruck 22 – 26 August 2022: Section on Interest Groups

30 June – 8 July 2021, Virtual event More details here

We have added a section with syllabi of courses on interest group politics and adjacent themes. Please share your course syllabus by emailing it to one of the Steering Committee Members (d.j.berkhout at uva.nl)

Time: Wedn January 20, 2021: 16h-17h CET Location: Zoom                      Link: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/87694049855 Twitter contact info: @ECPR_Int_Groups Chair: Joost Berkhout, University of Amsterdam Iskander de Bruycker, Maastricht University: Just published with Aaron McLoughlin: The public affairs plan: Seven steps to success rooted in science and practice. Journal of Public Affairs. Thomas Holyoke, California State University, Fresno: … 20 January 2021: Round table: Teaching Interest Group Politics

9th December at 5pm:  Organizer: ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups Time: Wednesday Dec 9, 2020: 5-6.30 PM CET Location: Zoom                                                               Link: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/88982582385  Twitter contact info: @ECPR_Int_Groups Chair: Patrycja Rozbicka, Aston University, UK Michael Dobbins, University of Konstanz, DE Panelists: Meta Novak, University of Ljubljana, SL Pawel Kaminski, Polish Academy of Science, PL Rafael Pablo … Webinar #6: Achieving democracy through interest representation – Interest groups in the CEE countries

  Where are we now & what is to be done? Organizer: ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups Time: Wednesday Nov 25, 2020: 4-5.30 PM CET Location:  Skype for Business Link: https://meet.uva.nl/d.j.berkhout/NMM2CM7F Twitter contact info: @ECPR_Int_Groups Chairs: Justin Greenwood, College of Europe Andreea Nastase, Maastricht University Panellists: Adriana Bunea, University of Bergen Daniel Freund, Member of the European Parliament Cristina … Webinar #5    The EU Transparency Register