Participation and Mobilization

Dear colleagues,   We are very glad to invite you to submit papers, panels and research proposals to the 2020 ECPR-ESA midterm conference on social movements to be held at the University of Tartu (Estonia), 27-29 May. Proposals can be sent to socialmovements2020@gmail.com until January 15, 2020.   The theme of the conference is “Democratic struggles: contention, social movements and democracy.” The conference aims to attract social movement scholarship from a broad range of topics, disciplines and methodological approaches.  …

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This is just a quick reminder that the deadline for Section proposals for the 2020 ECPR General Conference is Monday 18 November. The link to the proposal guide and to propose a Section is here. The 2020 conference will take place at the University of Innsbruck, Austria from 26 – 28 August 2020. In a change to previous years, the conference will take place over three full days, Wednesday to Friday. The Daily Summary is now available via the website.

Dear all, Please see below a call for papers for a workshop at the ECPR Joint Sessions 2020 that was co-sponsored by our standing group. Best, Joost Dear Colleagues, The coming spring at the ECPR Joint Sessions, Sciences Po, Toulouse, France – 14-17 April 2020 the Standing Group on Participation and Mobilisation is co-sponsoring a workshop titled:  The Changing Politics of Gender in Times of De-Democratisation Papers can be submitted to the workshop by the 5th of November, 2019.  This workshop…

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2020 is the ECPR’s 50th Anniversary, and we look forward to celebrating the golden year of the ECPR with you in the ‘golden-roofed’ city of Innsbruck! As Europe’s biggest gathering of political scientists, the ECPR General Conference attracts scholars from around the world, and at all stages of their career. The event is a platform for lively discussion, idea exchange and the best thinking in the discipline. Our Academic Programme includes lectures, Roundtables, and Sections and Panels of 4 –…

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The Academic Programme for the ECPR General Conference 2019 is now available under: https://ecpr.eu/Events/SectionList.aspx?EventID=123 Joint Sessions 2020 – Workshops published  29 Workshops are confirmed for our 2020 Joint Sessions at Sciences Po, Toulouse. Call for Papers opens Monday 2 September. In the meantime, have a browse through the Workshops and see if there’s anything in your field. #ecprjs20 General Conference 2020 Our 14th ECPR General Conference will be held in the pretty Tyrolean city of Innsbruck.   Section proposals open Monday 16 September, and you can…

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Dear colleagues, UNITN takes part in the international network “Scholars at Risks” (SAR), which aims at promoting academic freedom and at providing support for scholars worldwide who are in a life-threatening condition, or whose work is severely compromised. Given the growing number of at-risk scholars who search for protection in universities based in the EU, UNITN has opened a call for 2 research fellowships (assegni di ricerca) reserved to at-risk scholars (see the eligibility conditions, as specified in the call)….

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Linking Theory and Empirical Research Berlin, July 15 – 25, 2019 We are delighted to announce the 9th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences. The summer school aims at supporting young researchers by strengthening their ability in linking theory and empirical research. The two-week program creates an excellent basis for the development of their current research designs. In the first week, we address the key methodological challenges of concept-building, causation/explanation, and micro-macro linkage that occur in almost all research efforts….

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Dear all, this is to remind of the approaching deadline for panel and paper proposals for the upcoming ECPR General Conference 2019 in Wrocław.   From the steering committee of the standing group on Participation and Mobilisation, we are organizing a section titled “The Changing Role of Citizen Engagement in Today’s Challenges: Participation, Movements, Protest” which aims to provide a broad platform for the issues of concern to our standing group. In particular, we aim to bridge gaps between participation…

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Dear colleagues and friends, Happy new year to all of you. Here are some urgent matters and highlights for the Standing Group in 2019. Firstly, if you have not renewed your membership before the end of last year, you will have automatically been unsubscribed. However, you can simply re-join by going to My ECPR. Secondly, the deadline for proposals for the Joint Sessions in Toulouse 2020 is fast approaching (4 February). If you have a proposal that you would like…

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Dear all, The call for panels and papers for the ECPR General Conference 2019 in Wrocław is now open. We are organizing a section titled “The Changing Role of Citizen Engagement in Today’s Challenges: Participation, Movements, Protest” which aims to provide a broad platform for the issues of concern to our standing group. In particular, we aim to bridge gaps between participation and mobilization research as well as research areas concerning political parties, democratic theory or political sociology. We welcome…

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