This year the 13th Academic Conference and General Assembly (AC&GA) will be held on 11-17 April, 2010 in Leiden – the Netherlands. The theme of the conference is “Whirlpool politics”. More information can be obtained at www.acga2010.com. It’s very important that representatives from political science associations worldwide participate at the AC&GA since the General Assembly is the highest decision making body of IAPSS.IAPSS AC&GA provides political science students around the world a unique opportunity to be acquainted with IAPSS and to establish a framework for future collaboration for research and activities in the national, regional and international level. A great chance to exchange ideas, make new friends and actively participate in discussions on issues of relevance for the existence of our network of associations and on long term and medium term goals of IAPSS.
The IAPSS theme of the year 2010 is "Local Democracy for combating poverty and social exclusion”, a one year international-wide initiative. It’s designed to empower youth, to deliberate on the role of local government in building local democracy and support involving marginalized groups in local self-government and decision-making process.
The main objective is to raise awareness of the importance of implementing democratic innovations for engagement of the project’s target groups – young, disadvantaged and people from minorities. Through building community infrastructure and encouraging community development activities with the purpose of developing cohesion between local authorities representatives and those experiencing any kind of exclusion. IAPSS 2010 will include a series of eleven of local-based actions taking place from March 2010 to March 2011 , this actions will be supported and executed by IAPSS Association Members but open to be advocated by devoted supporters around the world.
This year the IAPSS Annual Academic Conference 2010 "Local Democracy for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion",is in the School of Politics , Economics and Philosophy of the University of York –United Kingdom. Our inquiry will fall within the framework of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion and has been chosen as a tribute to the European Charter of Local Self-Government.In fulfilling this aim, IAPSS AAC brings together students to share their local experiences and innovative schemes of the IAPSS 2010 Theme of the Year.The Club of PEP – which represents the student body of theSchool of Politics, Economics and Philosophy at the University of York (United Kingdom) –will face the challenge of hosting the IAPSS AAC. More information can be obtained in www.clubofpep.org
For the further development of the political science sphere in Latin America and to motivate the activism of political science students’ networks in countries like Chile, Mexico,Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela,etc.The International Association for Political Science Students - Latin American Regional Centre, invites graduate and undergraduate students to take part in the Latin American Working and Research Committees.
1) Teaching Political Science in Latin America: Programs, Discipline, syllabus, curriculum and assessments in Political Science.
2) Committee on Latin American Students and Researchers Mobility in Political Science.
3) Active teaching and learning techniques : Simulations in Political Science and experiential learning.
4) Labor Market and Political Scientist profile in Latin America.
5) Reflections on the Bicentennial in Latin America.
6) Methodology in Political Science, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
7) Committee for the design and regional implementation of the 2010 IAPSS Theme of the Year: "Local Democracy for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion"
More information can be obtained at www.ipsa.org/site/content/view/869/38/lang,en/ or writing to rcla@iapss.org
We encourage our members to participate in the ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques to be held in the University of Ljubljana from 30th July to 14th August 2010. "Social Science Methods: Between Unity, Diversity, and Complementarity".The ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques provides ECTS accredited up to date training in specially selected methods in the whole spectrum of approaches used in the social sciences. In particular, it emphasises those methods which are particularly salient for research questions in political science broadly defined. It deals with all stages of a project, it caters to the needs of research set at the macro and at the micro level, and it covers quantitative and qualitative designs.
A full list of courses will be available on the ecpr website from 1 December 2009 at www.ecprnet.eu . For further information, please contact summerschool@ecprnet.eu
Enjoy the Video lectures from the 2009 ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques at www.videolectures.net/ssmt09_ljubljana/
The International Political Science Association (IPSA) will co-host its latest international conference with the newly formed Luxembourg Political Science Association (Luxpol) and the European Governance program at the University of Luxembourg. The title of the bilingual conference is “Is There a European Model of Governance?” and the general theme is European Governance. This conference will take place from March 18 to 20, 2010. Visit www.luxembourg2010.org for more information.
Politikon publishes the best in undergraduate and graduate student scholarship from around the world. It is recognized globally for its position as one of the leading academic journals publishing the work of students from across the fields of political science .The Editorial Board of Politikon, the International Association for Political Science Students’ Academic Journal, invites graduate and undergraduate students to submit papers for review and possible publication in Vol. 16, No. 1. The Editorial Board will accept articles in the following months.Submissions should be emailed directly to
politikonjournal@iapss.org
. More information visit us at www.iapss.org
Enjoy Politikon 15.2 at www.iapss.org/images/documents/politikon/politikon_15_2.pdf
Hyperpolitics is an online platform for the hypertextual framing and navigation of political science concepts. It has been developed by an international research team directed by Mauro Calise and Theodore J. Lowi. Hyperpolitics allows for rapid access, through hypertextual links, to a wide range of full text references, thus stimulating and guiding the organization of knowledge. Visit www.hyperpolitics.net
The Future of Political Science : 100 Perspectives contains some of the newest, most exciting ideas now percolating among political scientists, from hallway conversations to conference room discussions.This book offers compelling points of departure for everyone who is concerned about political science -- whether as a scholar, teacher, student, or interested reader. Routledge is offering a 20% discount on The Future of Political Science : 100 Perspectives.
We encouraged you to write a brief 1000 words essay answering: 1) Why Political Science is important? ,2) To what as-yet-unanswered question should your area of political science devote more effort?,3) What is one finding , substantive or methodological from Political Science ( or specific subfield within political science) that you wish were more widely known - by , for example the media,public officials,voters, academics in other discipline, or other political scientists? Send it to future@iapss.org
Selected articles of participants will be published in a special website. Students, Scholars and Practitioners will embark on a journey with you to share how political science works, what it is like to be a political scientist, and why political science matters. In nearly every state, participants will demonstrate how we know about social sciences and what they consider are the main challenges of our discipline.
The goal of this program is to provide young scholars of the social sciences in the Southern Hemisphere with access to high-quality, cutting edge, advanced training in qualitative and quantitative social science methods.The target group is high-potential, upper-level scholars of political science throughout Latin America. Preference will be given to professors early in their careers, post-doctoral and doctoral students. Truly exceptional masters’ students in political science and scholars in closely related fields will also be considered.This program aims to provide basic training in three general areas of methodology: quantitative data analysis,qualitative data analysis, and research design and methods. For more information please visit www.summerschool.ipsa.org
A total of 2,389 people participated in the 2009 IPSA World Congress of Political Science in Santiago, Chile. The 21st triennial version of the event was held from July 12 to 16 at the University of Chile and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Members of IPSA research committees and individual members of IPSA from 70 countries organized over 600 panels, for a busy academic program that often included up to 35 simultaneous sessions. Thanks in great part to the success of the World Congress, IPSA’s membership has now reached over 3,500 individual members! IPSA is working hard to create even more opportunities for interaction and mutual benefit among our members.The participation of students in the 21st World Congress of Political Science reach to 26% .The figures on IPSA membership by age group dropped going from 54 to 46 in 2006 and, its further dropped to 42 in 2009, with a modal age for men and woman that has shifted from the 50-year-old bracket to the 30-year old bracket. As of May 15,2009, the average age for men was 44 and 39 for women. This is caused by the growing popularity of the discipline with the youth in regions like Latin America, Asia and Africa.The Association , with a mix of experienced scholars and younger academics , can thus look forward to an excellent future. (IPSA Triennial Report 2007-2009) . IAPSS its really proud with its cooperation with IPSA and to guide the involvement of younger academics in the development of political science. Soon you will enjoy the paper room, videos and photos of the 21st World Congress .
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