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IPSA NEWSLETTER - April 2023

IPSA NEWSLETTER - April 2023
DON'T MISS THE EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Deadline: 19 April
 
The early-bird registration deadline for the 2023 IPSA World Congress is fast approaching! All participants, including session chairs, panel chairs, discussants and paper givers, must register to attend the 2023 IPSA World Congress of Political Science. ALL Congress participants must be 2023 individual IPSA members to register for the Congress. Register by 19 April 2023 to enjoy the early-bird discount! 
 
ANNA TRIANDAFYLLIDOU NAMED PLENARY SPEAKER
AT THE 2023 IPSA WORLD CONGRESS
 
IPSA is proud to present one of the 2023 World Congress plenary speakers, Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou, the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University. In her plenary address, Rethinking Migration in the mid-21st Century, Dr. Triandafyllidou will link major socio-economic and geopolitical transformations of the last 40 years with developments in international migration and its governance, highlighting emerging challenges, opportunities and trends, and critically reviewing our conceptual frameworks.
 
 
IPSA PRESIDENT DIANNE PINDERHUGHES NAMED FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
 
We are proud to announce that IPSA President Dianne Pinderhughes has been named the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) for the 2023 academic year.
 
IPSA President Pinderhughes was recognized for her work as a political scientist whose research addresses inequality with a focus on ethnic, racial and gender politics in the Americas. The AAPSS also highlighted that Prof. Pinderhughes explores the creation of American institutions of civil society in the 20th century and their influence on the formation of voting rights policy.
 
 
PLAN YOUR TRIP TO BUENOS AIRES
 
Preferential rates have been negotiated for 2023 IPSA World Congress participants. We invite you to book your hotel to benefit from these special rates. A variety of rooms and rates are available to fit all budgets.
 
The selected hotels are located within walking distance (35 minutes) of the Congress venue, Universidad Católica Argentina, and are close to local supermarkets, restaurants and cafés. The apartment-style facilities offer participants a much larger space, ideal for long stays or stays with family or colleagues.
 
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR THE RESEARCH METHODS COURSES
Early-Bird Deadline: 10 May
 
Three short Research Methods Courses will be offered in Buenos Aires on 15 July, the day before the 2023 IPSA World Congress gets underway. Taught by renowned international instructors, the following courses will provide state-of-the-art information on recent advances in research methods:
 
  • Qualitative Comparative Methods (Prof. Dirk Berg-Schlosser);
  • Process Tracing (TBC);
  • Mixed Methods Research Methods and Designs (Prof. Manfred Max Bergman).
 
THE 2023 IPSA WORLD CONGRESS TO FEATURE SPECIAL SESSIONS 
ON “BALDOSAS POR LA MEMORIA”
 
The 2023 IPSA World Congress will feature two special sessions on the “Baldosas por la memoria”, memorial paving stones handcrafted by loosely networked activists, particularly in Buenos Aires. Produced continuously since 2006 according to an informally established protocol, they memorialize “the disappeared” and others murdered under the state terrorism practiced by the former Argentinian dictatorship (1976-1983).
 
To connect the World Congress to this unique political phenomenon, Research Committee 33-The Study of Political Science as a Discipline, has incorporated two linked “Special Sessions” into the Congress program.
 
 
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR THE
IPSA-ABU SUMMER SCHOOL
Early-Bird Deadline: 31 July
 
IPSA and Antalya Bilim University (ABU) will jointly present the fourth IPSA-ABU Summer School for Social Science Research Methods, which will be held from 11-22 September 2023.
 
The school offers advanced training for graduate students and academics intent on strengthening their methodological skills. It is also an excellent opportunity for participants to expand their methodological knowledge, discuss research, and forge new collaborations. The fourth edition provides seven different online courses, each lasting one week. Please visit the school website for complete details on courses, instructors, registration fees and more.
 
IPSA AT THE 80TH MIDWEST POLITICAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE
 
IPSA was present virtually at the 80th Midwest Political Science Association Conference, held on 13-16 April 2023. The conference, presented in a hybrid format, allowed attendees to participate in person in Chicago or online in a virtual format.
 
IPSA held a virtual booth in the exhibition section of the conference website to provide information about the 2023 IPSA World Congress of Political Science as well as IPSA activities, educational programs and recent publications. IPSA also organized two online Q&A sessions on 13 and 14 April to meet MPSA delegates.
 
IPSA Research Committees
 
 
IPSA WELCOMES RESEARCH COMMITTEE (RC53) ON INDIGENOUS POLITICS  
 
IPSA is pleased to announce the formation of a new research committee, RC53-Indigenous Politics, which will focus on political science analyses of Indigenous self-determination and politics, and the promotion of Indigenous scholarship.
 
An IPSA RC on Indigenous politics will facilitate the study of Indigenous politics and provide a base for expanding Indigenous worldviews and philosophies as alternative venues within modern political science. An IPSA RC on Indigenous politics will create a permanent hub for communication, collaboration, and deliberation by a sustainable international community of scholars of Indigenous politics.
 
TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF IPSA RC LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE
 
The next IPSA Research Committee Liaison Representative (RC Liaison) will be elected at the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Research (ACR) to be held at the 2023 IPSA World Congress in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, 19 July 2023, from 15:30 to 17:30 (Buenos Aires time). Members of Research Committees had until 6 April to submit their candidacies to the IPSA Secretariat.
 
Dr. Ashok Ranjan Basu, Vice-Chair of RC48, and Prof. Carmelo Cattafi, Chair of RC40, have submitted their candidacies for nomination. Please note that candidacies submitted onsite at the ACR meeting will also be accepted.
 
 
JEUX DE LA SCIENCE POLITIQUE 2023 PRESENTED 
WITH SUPPORT FROM IPSA
 
IPSA is thrilled to support, for the second time, the organization of the 12e Jeux de la Science Politique (Political Science Games). This event will be held at Montreal’s McGill University on 28-30 April 2023 under the theme Human Rights in South Asia and the Far East.
 
RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP OR BECOME AN IPSA MEMBER FOR 2023
 
 
Discover the exclusive advantages and services that IPSA membership offers and renew your membership or become a member in 2023.
 
Lower Rates for Many Countries
 
Did you know that the IPSA individual membership fee structure was completely redesigned and modernized?
 
IPSA individual membership is now branched into four groups (A, B, C and D), based on the country of residence, to better respond to the various financial capacities of our global membership. We are excited to be able to offer significantly lower rates to residents of many countries.
 
Some of IPSA's
Membership Benefits
 
  • Connect with the IPSA international community
  • Take part in IPSA Research Committees
  • Participate in the 2023 IPSA World Congress of Political Science
  • Promote your work on the IPSA website and social media
  • Access our journals and publications online
  • Search the 14,389 papers in the Conference Proceedings Library
  • Enjoy discounts on SAGE, Oxford and MIT publications and more!