06Jan 2026
Past participation in IPSA World Congresses
16:00 - By Luciana Alexandra Ghica
The following list of the RC panels in the IPSA World Congresses has been compiled using the IPSA World Congress Programs and personal notes of RC33 chairs Erkki Berndson, Thibaud Boncourt, Paulo Ravecca, Luciana Alexandra Ghica. This still leaves a room for a number of errors. Please, if you find any flaws in the list, send corrections to: luciana.ghica@unibuc.ro.
| World Congress | # Panels | # Roundtables | Special sessions |
| 1982 Rio de Janeiro | - | - | 1 |
| 1985 Paris | 1 | - | - |
| 1988 Washington, D.C. | 1 | - | - |
| 1991 Buenos Aires | 2 | - | - |
| 1994 Berlin | 2 | - | - |
| 1997 South Korea | 2 | - | - |
| 2001 Québec | 3 | - | - |
| 2003 Durban | 2 | - | - |
| 2006 Fukuoka | 2 | - | - |
| 2009 Santiago de Chile | 3 | - | - |
| 2012 Madrid | 3 | 1 (w/h RC19) | - |
| 2014 Montreal | 2 | 2 (w/h RC31) | - |
| 2016 Poznan | 3 | 1 | - |
| 2018 Brisbane | 3 | 2 | - |
| 2021 Lisbon (virtual) | 8 | 2 (w/h RC49) | - |
| 2023 Buenos Aires | 8 | 2 | 1 guided tour + 1 roundtable |
| 2025 Seoul | 2 | 1 | - |
XII IPSA World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, August 9-14, 1982
Special Session: The Comparative Sociology of Political Science
Chair: Michael B. Stein (McMaster University)
Papers:
Canadian Political Science in the 1980s by Andre Donneur (Université du Quebec), Michael B. Stein (McMaster University), John E. Trent (Social Science Federation of Canada)
The Development of Political Science in Brazil by Bolivar Lamounier (IDESP, Brazil)
Functionalism and Marxism in the Political Socialization Studies of Youth by Fred Mahler (Youth Research Center, Bucharest)
The Politics of Political Science by W.H. Morris-Jones (University of London)
Political Science in Finland. Development in a Periphery by Kari Palonen (University of Jyväskylä), Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
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Study Group: Comparative Sociology of Political Science
XIII IPSA World Congress, Paris, FRANCE, July 15-20, 1985
Panel: Changing Paradigms in Political Science and their International/National Societal Linkages
Chair: William G. Andrews (SUNY at Brockport)
Discussant: Ray Goldstein (Victoria University of Wellington)
Papers:
L’idée de l’unité africaine dans les années 50-60 chez les leaders africains et son approche aujourd’hui: Problèmes méthodologiques de recherché by Ettore Gelpi (UNESCO), Fabienne Le Houérou (UNESCO)
Radical Political Science in Australia: A Survey by Terence H. Irving (University of Sydney)
Conceptions of Politics and the Constitution of Political Science as a Discipline: Reflections on the Case of Weimar Germany by Kari Palonen (University of Jyväskylä)
Marginality versus Participation: A Marxist Critique of and Alternative Approach to Western Studies of Political Legitimacy and Commitment by Fred Mahler (Center for Youth Studies, Bucharest)
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XIV IPSA World Congress, Washington, D.C., USA, August 28 - September 1, 1988
Panel: The Impact of the Political Context on the Development of Political Science in Different Societies
Chairs: Michael B. Stein (McMaster University), William G. Andrews (SUNY at Brockport)
Discussants: Adolf Bibic (Edvard Kardelj University, Yugoslavia), Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
Papers:
The Impact of the Political Context on Political Science in the United States: The Formative Years by William G. Andrews (SUNY at Brockport)
The Impact of the Political Context on the Development of Problem-Oriented Social Science Research in Western Countries by Helmut Wollmann (Freie Universität Berlin)
The Impact of the Political Context in the Development of Political Science in the Arabic World by Jari Mohammed (University of Bordeaux I)
The Interaction of Politics and Political Science in Canada: A Preliminary Mapping by John E. Trent (University of Ottawa), Michael B. Stein (McMaster University)
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Research Committee: The Study of Political Science as a Discipline*
* all subsequent World Congress participations under this name
Convenors: David Easton (University of California, Irvine), John G. Gunnell (SUNY at Albany)
XV IPSA World Congress, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, July 21-25, 1991
Panel 1. From Post-Behavioralism to Post-Modernism
Chair: David Easton (University of California, Irvine)
Discussants: John G. Gunnell (SUNY, Albany), Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
Papers:
The Multimethodological Plea: A Quarter-Century Appraisal by Michael Haas (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Decoding Differential Disciplinary Disturbance: The Case of Post-Modern Inroads in Political Science by Pauline Rosenau (Université du Québec à Montreal)
Political Science at the Cross-road of the Social Sciences by Mattei Dogan (CNRS, Paris) with Robert Pahre
Panel 2. From Post-Behavioralism to Post-Modernism
Chair: William G. Andrews (SUNY, Brockport)
Discussants: David Easton (University of California, Irvine), Cesar Cansino (European University Institute, Firenze)
Papers:
Political Science in Mexico in the Cold-War and Post Cold-War Context by Enrique Suárez-Iñiguez (Cividad Universitaria, Mexico City)
The Impact of Perestroika and Glasnost on Political Science in Africa by Aaron T. Gana (University of Jos)
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XVI IPSA World Congress, Berlin, GERMANY, August 21-25, 1994
Panel 1. Conceptual Development and Genealogy in Political Science
Chairs: John G. Gunnell (SUNY, Albany), David Easton (University of California, Irvine)
Discussants: John Dryzek (University of Oregon), Vivien Schmidt (University of Massachusetts)
Papers:
Paradigm Change in Political Science: The Case of Finland by Marja Keränen (University of Manchester):
Societies in Democracies: The Transformation of Discourses on Democratic Transitions by Stephen Leonard (University of North Carolina):
The Salvation of German Conservatism: Weimar Political Philosophy on the Road to American Political Science by Alfons Söllner (Universität Chemnitz)
Changing Concepts of Federalism: World War II to the Present by Michael Stein (McMaster University)
Submitted paper:
Evaluating the State Society-Debates: Lessons from the Philosophy of Science by Vivien Schmidt (University of Massachusetts)
Panel 2. The Implications for Political Science of the Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR
Chairs: Michael B. Stein (McMaster University), William G. Andrews (SUNY at Brockport)
Discussants: William G. Andrews (SUNY at Brockport), Joseph S. Szyliowicz (University of Denver)
Papers:
Some Implications for Political Science of the Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR by Michael Brie (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
The Independence and the Dependence of Political Scientists with Regard to the Crisis in the East European Countries and the Former Soviet Union by Ettore Gelpi (UNESCO)
Political Science Copes with Post-Communist Change: The Successor Regimes by Barbara Jancar (SUNY at Brockport)
Order and Legitimacy: Reconceptualizing Economic Reform in Eastern Europe as a Political Problem by Andreas Pickel (Trent University)
Supplementary papers:
Democratization and Its Impact on Political Science in Slovenia by Adolph Bibic (University of Ljubljana)
The End of the Fragile Mosaic (the Former Yugoslavia): Lessons for Political Science by Mijat Damjanovic (University of Belgrade)
Penser le fin de la guerre froide at le nouvel ordre mondial by Jean P. Joubert (Université Jean Moulin)
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XVII IPSA World Congress, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA, August 17-21, 1997
Panel 1. Creativity in Political Science: Alternatives to Marginality
Convenors: Michael B. Stein (McMaster Universitry), William Andrews (SUNY at Brockport)
Chair: John E. Trent (University of Ottawa)
Discussants: John G. Gunnell (SUNY at Albany) and John E. Trent (University of Ottawa)
Papers:
Political Science in the Archipelago of the Social Sciences: The Thesis Hybridization by Mattei Dogan (CNRS)
Innovation and Borrowing in Japanese Political Science by Takashi Inoguchi (Tokyo University)
Recent Approaches to the Concept of Creativity and Innovation in Political Science: A Summary Assessment by Michael B. Stein (McMaster University)
Innovation et créativité des sciences sociales dans la période post-Marxiste l´étude des mouvements alternatifs face aux orientations dominantes de la science politique by Pierre Turpin (Université Paris X)
Panel 2. Conceptual Development in Political Science
Convenors: John G. Gunnell (SUNY at Albany),Kari Palonen (University of Jyväskylä)
Chair: John G. Gunnell (SUNY at Albany)
Discussant: Igor Luksic (University of Ljubljana)
Papers:
Conceptual Development in Political Science by John G. Gunnell (SUNY at Albany)
Quentin Skinner on Conceptual Change by Kari Palonen (University of Jyväskylä)
Behavioralism: Origins of the Concept by Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
The Development of Political Science in South Africa by Theodore Venter (Potschefstroom University)
Alien Concept and Political Reality by Kiran Saxena (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
David Easton’s Political System by Henrik P. Bang (Copenhagen Business School):
Supplementary paper:
Politics between Mechanicism and Quanticism by Igor Luksic (University of Ljubljana)
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XVIII IPSA World Congress, Québec, CANADA, August 1-5, 2000
Convenors: Michael B. Stein (McMaster University), John G. Gunnell (Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs)
Panel 1. The Universalization and Indigenization of Political Science and Its Concepts
Chair: John G. Gunnell (Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs)
Discussant: Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
Papers:
Conceptions of Demos and Elite in the Civic Education Debate by Petri Koikkalainen (University of Tampere)
Questioning the Concept of a School: The Case of Berkeley and Political Theory by Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University)
From Case Studies to Covering Laws: The Rise of Behavioralism by Bruce Byers (New York University)
Panel 2. The Relevance of the Study of the Discipline to the Practice of Political Science
Chair: Michael B. Stein (McMaster University)
Discussant: John G. Gunnell (Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs)
Papers:
Cultivating a Spirit of Methodological Openness in the Quest for Disciplinary Legitimacy: The Case of Political Science in France by Jerome Lafargue (Université de Pau et Pays de l’Adour)
The Swiss Political Science Association 1951-1959: Towards a Reflexive Use of the History of Academic Disciplines by Pierre-Antoine Schorderet (Université de Lausanne)
The History of a Problematic Discipline: Political Science in Australia by Michael P. Crozier (University of Melbourne)
Panel 3. Development of Political Finance at Year 2000 (Joint Session with RC 20, Political Finance and Political Corruption)
Convenor: Karl Heinz Nassmacher (Carl von Ossietzky University)
Chair: Pilar de Castillo (Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas de Madrid)
Papers:
Trends and Developments in Political Finance: Synthetic Overview and Analysis by Michael Pinto Duschinsky (Brunel University of East London)
Survey of Advances in Political Finance: A State of the Art at the Turn of the Century by Ruud Koole (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden)
Political Finance in Search of Cross-National Comparison: Assessing the Present and the Future by Karl Heinz Nassmacher (Carl von Ossietzky University)
Methodology, Concepts: Training and Communicaton of Political Finance Research by Rei Shiratori (Tokai University)
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XIX IPSA World Congress, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA, June 30 – July 3, 2003
Panel 1. Is Political Science Still Considered to be the American Science of Politics?
Convenor: John E. Trent
Chair: John E. Trent
Papers:
Only Shadows? State, Market and Political Science in Contemporary Chile by Maria de los Angeles Fernandez Ramil, Jorge Nef
Recent Developments in Political Science in Eastern Europe by Hans-Dieter Klingemann
Political Science Developments in East Asia (Korea, China and Japan) by Takashi Inoguchi
Is Political Science Still Considered to be the American Science of Politics by Practitioners and Historians of the Discipline? A Dissenting View by Michael Stein
Panel 2.
Convenor: John E. Trent
Chair: John E. Trent
Papers:
Political Science in the European Union by Veronique Dimier (Brussels Secretariat)
The Impact of Political Science on Political Practioners by John E. Trent
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XX IPSA World Congress, Fukuoka, JAPAN, July 9-13, 2006
Panel 1. Is There a Genuinely International Discipline of Political Science? An Overview of Recent Global Trends and Developments
Convenor: John E. Trent (University of Ottawa)
Chair: John E. Trent (University of Ottawa)
Discussants: Rainer Eisfeld (University of Osnabrück) and Michael Brintnall (APSA)
Papers:
Is There a Genuinely International Discipline of Political Science: An Overview of Recent Global Trends and Developments by Michael B. Stein (McMaster University)
Is There Only One Discipline of Political Science? Cultural Differences between American and European Political Science(s) by Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
Political Science in Three Democracies, Disaffected (Japan), Third-Wave (Korea), and Fledging (China) by Takashi Inoguchi (Chuo University)
Panel 2. Women and Politics: The State of the Discipline and Other Reflections
Convenor: Jane Bayes (California State University)
Chair: Jane Bayes (California State University)
Discussants: Monique Leyenaar (Radboud University Nijmegen) and Mary Hawkesworth (Rutgers University)
Papers
The Enterprise of Political Science: Toward an Understanding of the Global and Local Frameworks of a Discipline by Michael Brintnall (APSA)
The panel had also two additional presentations (Women and Political Science in East Asia; Women and Political Science in Africa). Unfortunately the Congress Program does not have the names of the authors).
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XXI IPSA World Congress, Santiago, CHILE, July 12-16, 2009
Panel 1. Education Policies and the Development of Political Science
Chair: Bob Reinalda (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Discussant: John E. Trent (University of Ottawa)
Papers:
On the Road to “Normal Science”: The State of the Discipline as Seen by Political Science Communities in Four Central European Countries by Jan Holzer (Masaryk University)
The Birth of the European Consortium for Political Research: Interactions Between a Scientific Discipline and a Scientific Field by Thibaud Boncourt (Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux)
‘Schools of Political Science’ and the Development of a Discipline by Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
The American Political Science Association and the Enterprise of Political Science by Michael Brintnall (APSA)
Panel 2. The Development of Political Science in Latin America and the Arab World
Chair: Arturo Fernández (UNSAM, Argentina)
Discussants: Michael Brintnall (APSA) and Sule Toktas (Kadir Has University)
Papers:
Political Science in Argentina: Past and Present by Cecilia Lesgart (National University of the Littoral, Argentina)
The Development of Political Science in the Arab World by Hamdy Hassan (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates)
Why do Young Political Scientists from Developing Countries to Study Abroad? Argentine Political Scientists and their Serach for an Academic Field by Leandro Rodriguez Medina (University of Cambridge)
Panel 3. Nonkilling Political Science: A Critical Evaluation
Chair: Balwant Bhaneja (University of Ottawa)
Discussant: Michael B. Stein (University of Toronto)
Papers:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Towards a Nonkilling Paradigm by Joám Evans Pim (Universidad Santiago de Compostola)
Nonpolitical Political Science in the Killing Fields of International Relations by Piki Ish-shalom (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Violence as Anti-Politics: A Political Philosophy Perspective by Chaiwar Satha-Anand (Thammasat University, Thailand)
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XXII IPSA World Congress, Madrid, SPAIN, July 8-12, 2012
Panel 1. Political Science in Latin America
Chair: Cecilia Lesgart (Universidad del Salvador, Argentina)
Discussant: Daniel Buquet (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Papers:
Policy Orientation in Public Policy Research in Brazil by Leonardo Secchi, Tuanni Borba, Larice Steffen Peters (Universidaded do Estado de Santa Catarina), Camila Herzmann Corrêa and Douglas Ruschel
Political Science and International Studies in Argentina: Some Elements for its Analysis by Pablo Bulcourf, Nelson Dionel Cardozo and Sergio Caplan
Political Science in Uruguay and Latin America: The Challenge of Excellence by Daniel Buquet (Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Specialization and Fragmentation of Political Science in the Southern Cone of Latin America by Cecilia Lesgart (Universidad del Salvador)
Panel 2. The Globalization of Political Science: Whatever Happened to National Traditions?
Chair: Thibaud Boncourt (Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux)
Discussants: John E. Trent (University of Ottawa) and Bob Reinalda (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Papers:
European Study of Politics: Political Science, Political Sciences or Political Studies – Do National Traditions Still Matter? by Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
International Relations National Traditions in Brazil and India, or How to Academically Juggle with Globalization by Audrey Alejandro (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
Mapping Political Analysis in Portugal: Trends in Scientific Articles (2000-2010) by Joao Pedro Ruivo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Joao Cancela (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), and Thierry Dias Coelho (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
The Impact of International Mobility on the Development of National Political Science Communities by Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest)
Panel 3. The Fragmentation of Political Science as a Discipline
Chair: Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
Discussant: Thibaud Boncourt (Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux)
Papers:
Can Political Science Stand the Test of the Eclecticism of International Relations? The Case of France by Matthieu Chillaud (University of Tartu)
Interrogations about Symbolic Boundaries in Political Science by Maïlys Gantois (Sorbonne)
On the Fate of Parliamentary Studies in European Political Science by Kari Palonen (University of Jyväskylä)
The Fragmentation of PS and “Methodological Pluralism”: Problems and Opportunities by Pedro Vilanova (Universitat de Barcelona)
Roundtable 1. Gender and Politics: State of the Discipline (Joint Panel with RC 19, Gender Politics and Policy)
Discussants: Mary Hawkesworth (Rutgers University), Breny Mendoza Marian Simms Bayes (California State University of Northridge), Amanda Gouws (Stellenbosch University)
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XXIII IPSA World Congress, Montreal, CANADA, July 19-24, 2014
Panel 1. Political Science in the Public Space: Comparing Experiences and Contexts
Convenor: Olga Malinova (Russian Academy of Science, Moscow)
Chair: Olga Malinova (Russian Academy of Science, Moscow)
Discussant: Teresa Sasinska-Klas (Jagiellonian University, Kracow)
Papers:
"Experts" as Settlers of the Public Agenda: Analysis of Practices of Political Communication in Russia by Olga Malinova (Russian Academy of Science)
La science politique dans l'espace public: contexte et expérience de l'Institut d'Études Politiques Madagascar by Davida Rajaon (Sciences Po Madagascar) and Christiane Rafidinarivo (Université de la Réunion / Institut d'Etudes Politiques Madagascar)
Nemo Profeta in Patria: The Difficult Impact of Italian Political Science on the Public Sphere by Luca Verzichelli (University of Siena) and Giliberto Capano (Università di Bologna)
Political Science and Politics: Addressing a Missing Agenda in the Discipline by J. R. Joel Flores-Mariscal (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
The Many Faces of Political Science: Orders, Uses and Effects of Scientific Knowledge within Three Organizational Settings by Nicolas Kaciaf (Université Lille II / CERAPS) and Thomas Alam (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales, Lille)
“Governance”, the Neoliberal University and Critical Epistemologies: A Quest For Dialogue by Pieter Heydenrych (North-West University, South Africa) and Gideon van Riet (North-West University, South Africa)
Panel 2. Political Science in Latin America
Convenor: Enrique Gutierrez (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México)
Chair: Enrique Gutierrez (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México)
Co-Chair: Karla Valverde (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Discussant: Claire Wright (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México)
Papers:
A Critical View at the Historical Institutional Development of Academic Political Science in Mexico Bucaramanga and Its Metropolitan Area (Colombia) by Enrique Gutierréz Márquez (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México) and Karla Valverde Viasca (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Political Science in Latin America: Publication, Quality and Impact by Daniel Buquet (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Panel 3. Paradigms and Historiography in Political Studies
Convenors: John E. Trent (University of Ottawa) and Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
Chair: John E. Trent (University of Ottawa)
Co-Chair: Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki)
Discussants: Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki) and Michael Stein (University of Toronto)
Papers:
A New Paradigm for Political Studies: Competency-based Teaching and Learning by Terrie Groth (Universidade de Brasília)
The Making of a Bilingual (Chinese/English) Political Science Department in Hong Kong by Shu Yun Ma (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
The State of Political Studies in the World: Thinking About New Paradigms by John E. Trent (University of Ottawa)
Special Session: Political Science: Current Performance and Future Strengths
Convenor: Bob Reinalda (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Chair: Richard D. French (University of Ottawa)
Participants: Pieter Heydenrych (North-West University, South Africa), Mikhail Ilyin (National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia), Thomas Linders (IAPSS Secretary-General, International Association of Political Science Students), Sarah Maddison (University of New South Wales, also chair of RC 19 on Gender Politics and Policy), Paulo Ravecca (York University, Toronto)
Joint Panels with RC31 (Political Philosophy) and RC32 (Public Policy and Administration)
Part I: Governance, the State and Making Sense of Governing
Convenor: Hal Colebatch (University of New South Wales)
Chair: Preston King (Morehouse College, University of East Anglia)
Co-Chair: Poland Lai (York University, Toronto)
Discussant: Hugo Canihac (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
Papers:
Contested State-Building Process in the Balkans: Civil Service Reforms in Albania and Macedonia 2000-2010 by Nisida Gjoksi (European University Institute, Italy)
Emerging Governance-Speak within Australian Parliamentary Discourse 1983-93: Reshaping the Language of Governing? by Jim Jose (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Governing Education in Europe: Negotiating a "New" Policy Space of European Schooling by Sofia Carlos (University of Oxford)
Making Sense of Being Governed: Governance, the State and Interpretation by Hal Colebatch (University of New South Wales)
Subnational Governments and Models of Analysis by Jill Tao (Incheon National University, South Korea)
Part II: Governance, the state and making sense of governing: Governing Up, Governing Down
Convenor: Hal Colebatch (The University of New South Wales)
Chair: Jill Tao (Incheon National University, South Korea)
Co-Chair: Jim Jose (The University of Newcastle, Australia)
Papers:
How New Governance Shapes Changes in the Long-Term Care Sector in Ontario by Poland Lai (York University, Toronto)
Sovereignty Beyond the State? From Supranational Authority to Supranational Governance in the EU by Hugo Canihac (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
The Legitimacy of Participatory Institutions for the Environmental Public Policy in Brazil: Between Governance and Governability by Priscila Specie (Universidade de São Paulo)
The Various Faces of Juridification of the Victims´ Reparation Policy in Colombia: Transformation of the Sub-system Governance by Lucas Gomez (Universidad Externado de Colombia)
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XXIV IPSA World Congress, Poznan*, POLAND, July 23-28, 2016
*Due to political events this congress was moved from Istanbul to Poznan on a relatively short notice and some of the initial participants withdrew. The list includes those who registered to attend.
Panel 1. Political Regimes, Power Relations and the Development(s) of Social Science
Chair: Thibaud Boncourt (Centre national de la recherche scientifique CNRS, France)
Discussant(s): Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Papers:
Has Political Science Contributed to the Malaise of Representative Democracy it Purports to Describe? by Marat Markert (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Institutionalization of Political Science in Slovakia: Promises and Pitfalls by Marek Rybar (Comenius University, Slovakia), Matúš Mišík (Comenius University, Slovakia)
Making Peace: Postwar Comparativists in Search of a “Universal” Administrative System by Céline Mavrot (Universitat Bern, Switzerland)
The New Ethics and Economics of Sharing Data in mid-20th c. US Social Science by Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States)
The Politics of Political Science: (Beyond) the Latin American Experience by Paulo Ravecca (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)
Panel 2. Concepts and Measurements in the Study of Political Transformations
Chair: Andrei Melville (Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Co-Chair: Mikhail Ilyin (State University-Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Discussant(s): Mark Kesselman (Columbia University, United States)
Papers:
New Approaches to Morphological Analysis of Political Development by Mikhail Ilyin (State University-Higher School of Economics, Russia), Anastasia Samorodova (State University-Higher School of Economics, Russia)
New Approaches to Regime Classification: Alternatives to Diminished Subtypes? by Ekim Arbatli (Higher School of Economics, Russia)
New Approaches to the Study of State Capacity and Regime Change by Andrei Melville (Higher School of Economics, Russia)
No Hope from Utopia? Lessons for International Relations Theory Drawn from Fictional Utopian Societies by Arne Sönnichsen (Fern Universitat Hagen, Germany), Christopher Kaan (Fern Universitat Hagen, Germany)
The New International Political-Economy of Africa’s Renewal: An Appraisal of Development Ownership as a form of
Regionalism and Developmental State from 2000 to Date by Aderemi Oladele (Permanent Delegation of Nigeria to UNESCO, France)
Typological Grid to Measuring Totalitarianism by Roman Bäcker (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland)
Panel 3. Who, What, How? Getting the Big Picture: The Study of Political Science as a Discipline over Time
Chair: Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Discussant(s): Bob Reinalda (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Papers:
Blinded by Preferences or Driven by Trends? What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Our Own Discipline. An Exploratory Analysis on the Development of Political Science (1900-2015) by Thierry Dias Coelho (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
Discursive Patterns and Political Agendas in the Representation of the Profession and Study of Political Science in Europe (1945-2015) by Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania)
The Arab Spring and Political Science in North Africa by Hamdy Hassan (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates)
The State of the Art of Gender Studies in Argentina Political Science: History, Balance and Challenges by María Elena Martin (Universidad del Salvador – Argentina, Argentina)
Roundtable on Robert Adcock’s “Liberalism and the Emergence of American Political Science. A Transatlantic Tale” (OUP, 2014)
Chair: Bob Reinalda (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Discussant(s): Erkki Berndtson (University of Helsinki, Finland), Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States), Robert Adcock, (American University, United States), Thibaud Boncourt (Centre national de la recherche scientifique CNRS, France)
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XXV IPSA World Congress, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, July 21-25, 2018
Panel 1. New Norms, New Knowledge: Gender Innovation in Political Science
Chair: Louise Chappell (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Co-Chair: Marian Sawer (Australian National University, Australia)
Discussant(s): Sarah Childs (Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom), Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Papers:
From Feminist Institutionalism to Gender Sensitive Parliaments by Sonia Palmieri (University of Canberra, Australia)
Uncovering the Gendered Effects of Voting Systems by Manon Tremblay (University of Ottawa, Canada)
What Feminist Research has Contributed to Social Movement Studies: Questions of Actors, Temporality, Repertoire and Movement-building by Merrindahl Andrew (No affiliation, Australia)
The Thorny Path to a More Inclusive Discipline by Monica Costa (Curtin University of Technology, Australia), Marian Sawer (Australian National University, Australia)
Panel 2. Political Science and Politics: Comparative Perspectives on Disciplinary Autonomy
Chair: Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States)
Discussant(s): Thibaud Boncourt (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I, France), Paulo Ravecca (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)
Papers:
The International Political Science Association and Cross-Strait Relations in the 1980s by John Feng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China)
The Entrepreneurial Intellectual in the Corporate University by Clyde Barrow (University of Texas Pan American, United States)
Revisiting the Contours of the Discipline of International Relations: Perspectives from the Global South by Chetan Singai (Ramaiah Public Policy Center, India)
The Nature of Political Science in Early Mexican Political Scientists, 1950-1980 by Víctor Manuel Alarcón Olguín (Universidad Autónoma
Metropolitana - Unidad Iztapalapa, Mexico)
Between the Center and the Periphery: A Comparison of Ludwik Ehrlich’s Theoretical Concepts with American-British International Relations in the Frist Half of the Twentieth Century by Tomasz Pugacewicz (Uniwersytet Jagielloñski, Poland)
Panel 3. The Rise and Fall of Paradigms in Political Science
Chair: Robert Adcock (American University, United States)
Discussant(s): Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States)
Papers:
Political Science and United Nations Peace Operations: Seeking the True Source of Change by Nancy Wright (Long Island University - Brooklyn, United States)
Lost in Psychology?: On the Rise and Fall of the Rational-Choice Approach in Political Science by Ruth Zimmerling (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany)
The Reshaping of Political Science in the 20th century Research University by Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States
Institutionalization of a Paradigm. How Behavioralism Became Dominant at the European University Institute by Thibaud Boncourt (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I, France)
Barriers to Innovation in Political Science Research, especially in the Anglo sphere by Marian Simms (University of Canberra, Australia)
Roundtable 1. Critical Theory in Political Science: An Uninhabitable Home (?)
Chair: Paulo Ravecca (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)
Discussant(s): Laura Shepherd (University of Sydney, Australia), Robert Adcock (American University, United States)
Papers:
The Politics of Political Science: Rewriting Latin American Experiences by Paulo Ravecca (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)
“Not…Effete Matters, but Very Practical Ones”: Normative Political Theory and the Search for Political Significance by Nick Dorzweiler (Wheaton College, United States)
Academic Parrêsia as Resistance to Mainstream Political Science by Ivan Manokha (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Why Does Feminism Give Political Science Indigestion? by Cynthia Enloe (Clark University, United States)
Revisiting Citizenship, Cultural Capital, and Public Space. Reclaiming the Idea of the Polis. An Exercise in Critical Theory by Amparo Menendez-Carrion (Centro Latinoamericano de Economia Humana CLAEH, Uruguay)
Roundtable 2. Political Science for the 21st Century: Topic-Driven and Publicly Engaged?
Chair: Marian Sawer (Australian National University, Australia)
Discussant(s): Matthew Flinders (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom), Leslie A. Pal (Carleton University, Canada), Dianne Pinderhughes (University of Notre Dame, United States), Rainer Eisfeld (Fachhochschule Osnabrück, Germany)
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XXVI IPSA World Congress, Lisbon*, PORTUGAL (VIRTUAL), July 10-15, 2021
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this congress took place virtually
Panel 1. A Discipline Divided? Method, Subfield, Paradigm, and Political Cleavages within Political Science
Chair: Robert Adcock (American University, United States)
Co-Chair: Jarosław Szczepanski (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Discussant(s): Cecilia Rocha-Carpiuc (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Papers:
Political Science as an Academic Discipline in Hong Kong: The Challenges Ahead by Krzysztof Sliwinski (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
New Wine into Old Wineskins? Lithuanian Political Sciences and Contemporary Political Trends by Andrius Svarplys (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)
The Potential of Online Learning in Globalizing Political Science Education: The Case of the IPSAMOOCs by Andressa Liegi Vieira Costa (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Ana Figueroa (Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning, Brazil), Max Steuer (O.P. Jindal Global University, India), Bruna Veríssimo (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Institutional Dimension of Political Science in Poland after National Reform by Paulina Kalina (Fundacja Instytut Nauki o Polityce, Poland), Adriana Golanko (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Political Science in an Unpredictable World: Still Avoiding the Difficult Problems of International Studies by Ivan Fomin (Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia), Daria Kovaleva (Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia) Dmitry Tkach (Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia), Anzhelika Bondik (Academy of National Economy, Russia), Pavel Glushkov (Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia), Irina Iakovenko (Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia), Darya Voronina (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia), Aliya Safina (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia)
Applying Problem-Based Learning (PBL) to Undergraduate Courses in Political Science: Analysis of an Introductory Study on Political Philosophy by Ilane Nogueira Matias Paravidine (Escola Superior de Gestão, Brazil), Rodinei Silva (Escola Superior de Gestão, Brazil), Fabiana França (Fundação Universidade Aberta do Distrito Federal, Brazil)
Panel 2. Comparative Perspectives on the Relationship between Political Science and Politics
Chair: Claudia Favarato (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Discussant(s): Thibaud Boncourt (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I, France)
Papers:
Bigger, Bolder, Better? The New Politics of Political Science: Insights from the United Kingdom by Matthew Flinders (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Difference in the Eye of the Beholder? Cold War and Post-Cold War Scholarship on United Nations Peace Operations in Response to Civil Wars by Nancy Wright (Pace University, United States)
Textualizing South-South Cooperation in Africa: Competing Narratives and their Moral/Immoral Pillars by Gabrieli Gaio (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Politics and Science in the Antebellum American Republic: Observations (for Political Scientists) on the Establishment of the Smithsonian Institution by Robert Adcock (American University, United States)
The Space and Role of Political Science in the Evolving Democratic Transformation in Africa by Kajsa Hallberg Adu (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Sweden), Esther Kariuki (Lund Universitet, Sweden), Liisa Laakso (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Sweden)
Fashionable Concepts in Strategic Studies by Chiara Libiseller (King’s College London, United Kingdom)
Panel 3. End of the Progressive Cycle in Latin America? Case Studies from a Discursive Perspective
Chair: Paulo Ravecca (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)
Discussant(s): Sascha Nemseff Villagran (Universidad de Alicante, Spain)
Papers:
Critical Theory Challenges Political Science by Paulo Ravecca (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)
A Discursive Institutional Analysis of the Far-Right Wing Ascension to Power in Brazil: The Foreign Policy as a Vector of Political Polarization by Rodinei Silva (Escola Superior de Gestão, Brazil)
Political Contest and Moral Change in Uruguay by Adolfo Garcé (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)
Affective Anchors in the Rhetoric of the Latin American Right by Sascha Nemseff Villagran (Universidad de Alicante, Spain)
Panel 4. Inequalities and Practices in Political Science Careers
Chair: Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Discussant(s): Robert Adcock (American University, United States)
Papers:
The Challenges of the Study of Political Science as a Discipline among Selected Undergraduate Students in Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria by Ntim Gyakari Esew (Kaduna State University, Nigeria) Abdulrashid Sani (Kaduna State University, Nigeria), Kamar Hamza (Kaduna State University, Nigeria)
Academic Careers: Women in Latin American Political Science: The Cases of Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina by Enrique Gutierrez (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Mexico), Luisa Medina Valderrabano (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico), Karla Valverde Viesca (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Pathways to Excellence? Mechanisms of Career Evaluation in Political Science (The Mexican Experience, 2000-2020) by Alarcón Olguín, Víctor Manuel (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Unidad Iztapalapa, Mexico)
Political Scientists’ Voice and Equality: Assessing Scholarly Public Engagement by Elizabeth Super (American Political Science Association - APSA, United States)
Panel 5. Political Science and the Politics of State-Directed Research Funding
Chair: Rainer Eisfeld (Universitat Osnabrück, Germany)
Discussant(s): Matthew Flinders (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Papers:
Social Science as an Instrument of National Development: The Case of Qatar by Leslie A. Pal (Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar)
Towards a Tyranny of Relevance? Co-option through State-Directed Research Funding by Rainer Eisfeld (Universitat Osnabrück, Germany)
Using of State-Directed Research Funding to Strategically Undermine the Role of Political Science: Evidence from Visegrad Region by Aneta Vilagi (Comenius University, Slovakia)
The Shape of Research in a Racially Structured State: The Role of the U.S. National Science Foundation by Dianne Pinderhughes (University of Notre Dame, United States)
Panel 6. Professionalization and Social Impact of Political Science
Chair: Luca Verzichelli (Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy)
Papers:
Old and New Capacities: Political Science in the New Millenium by Gabriella Ilonszki (Corvinus University, Hungary), Christophe Roux (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France)
The European Political Scientists and the Public Sphere by Luca Verzichelli (Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy), Giulia Vicentini (The Centre for the Study of Political Change - CIRCaP, University of Siena, Italy), José Real-Dato (Universidad de Almeria, Spain)
The Advisory Roles of European Political Scientists: Theoretical Classification Tested by Confirmatory Factor Analysis by Jens Jungblut (University of Oslo, Norway), Marleen Brans (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
The Fate of Political Science in Europe: Syndromes, Drivers, Scenarios by Luca Verzichelli (Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy), Giliberto Capano (Università di Bologna, Italy)
Towards Normal Science: A Comparative Assessment of the State of Political Science Discipline in Portugal and Hungary by Gábor Tamás Molnár (Corvinus University, Hungary) Gustavo Gouvêa Maciel (Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Marcelo Camerlo (Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Gabriella Ilonszki (Corvinus University, Hungary)
Panel 7. Speaking Political Science ‘with an Accent’: Intellectual Discrepancies and Globalisation in the Discipline of Political Science
Chair: John Feng (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
Co-Chair: Thibaud Boncourt (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I, France)
Discussant(s): Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Papers:
The Remaking of Chinese Political Science in the 1980s by John Feng (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
National Political Science Communities as Internally Divided by Internationalisation: The Case of France by Thibaud Boncourt (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I, France)
The Intellectual Structuration and Internationalization of Political Science in Turkey by Mehtap Söyler (Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey)
Translating Political Science from One Intellectual Tradition to Another: Talcott Parsons Translates Max Weber by Mikhail Ilyin (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Epistemic Hierarchies and Asymmetrical Dialogues in Global International Relations: The Case of Turkish IR Academia by Eyup Ersoy (Ahi Evran University, Turkey)
Panel 8. The Institutionalization of Gender Knowledge in the Study of Politics Globally
Chair: Jane Bayes (California State University, Northridge, United States)
Co-Chair: María Elena Martin (Universidad Nacional de Misiones / Universidad del Salvador, Argentina)
Discussant(s): Laura Macdonald (Carleton University, Canada)
Papers:
The Institutionalization of Gender Knowledge in the Discipline of Political Science in the United States by Jane Bayes (California State University, Northridge, United States)
Gender Knowledge in Political Science Teaching Programs in the Southern Cone of Latin America by Cecilia Rocha-Carpiuc (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Gender Bias in Argentina’s Political Science by María Elena Martin (Universidad Nacional de Misiones / Universidad del Salvador, Argentina)
Impact of Gender Perspective on the Mexican Political Science Studies by Karla Valverde Viesca (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico), Velia Carral Torres (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico), Marianna Jaramillo (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Has Gender Studies in Japanese University Education Been Institutionalized? by Ki-young Shin (Ochanomizu University, Japan), Fumie Ohashi (Ochanomizu University, Japan)
Roundtable 1. (jointly with RC49): Terrell Carver’s Marx
Chair: Thibaud Boncourt (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne - Paris I, France)
Participant(s): Marcela Schenck (Universidad de la República, Uruguay), Gökbörü Sarp Tanyildiz (Brock University, Canada), Paulo Ravecca (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay), Terrell Carver (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), James Chamberlain (Mississippi State University, United States)
Roundtable 2. (jointly with RC49): Paulo Ravecca’s The Politics of Political Science”
Chair: Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States)
Participant(s): Paulo Ravecca (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay), Robert Adcock (American University, United States), Thibaud Boncourt, (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I, France), Terrell Carver (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Guillermina Seri (Union College, United States), Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States)
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XXVII IPSA World Congress, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, July 16-19, 2023
Panel 1. Feminist Approaches to Political Science and International Relations in Global South: The Impact in Both Disciplines
Chair: María Elena Martin (Universidad del Salvador, Argentina)
Co-Chair: Mariel Lucero (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina)
Discussant(s): Mariana Colotta (Universidad del Salvador, Argentina)
Papers:
Thinking the Discipline in a Gender Key: Analysis of Papers from the Congresses of the Latin American Political Science Association (2013-2019) by María Elena Martin (Universidad del Salvador - Argentina, Argentina), Mariana Colotta (Universidad del Salvador - Argentina, Argentina)
Gender Approach for Clientelistic Research. A New Agenda by Luz María Cruz Parcero (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Feminist Perspectives in International Relations: The Teaching in International Relations Studies in Latin America and Argentine by Mariel Lucero (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina)
Questioning the Epistemological Stance in Political Science Based on a Feminist Consideration of North/South Relations in the Research Relationship by Emmanuelle David (Sciences Po Bordeaux, France)
Feminist Research with Non-feminist and Anti-feminist Actors: Negotiating Identity and Power in Unfriendly Research Environments by Nayia Kamenou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Panel 2. Inequality within Political Science
Chair: Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Discussant(s): Jarosław Szczepanski (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Papers:
Gender Gap in Political Science Publications in Argentina by Maria Bertino (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Luciana Berman (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Agustin Vallejo (University of Houston, United States)
Theoretical and Methodological Foundations for a Global Survey on Contemporary Inequalities in Political Science as Academic Discipline by Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Closer to Humanities or STEM? Gender Inequalities in Political Science in Comparative Perspective by Luiz Augusto Campos (Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos IESP-UERJ, Brazil), Marcia Rangel Candido (Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos IESP-UERJ, Brazil)
Varieties of Capital: Research Project Productivity and Leadership of Political Scientists by Mehtap Söyler (Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Türkiye)
Panel 3. Methodological Challenges (and Advances) in Teaching and Studying Political Science
Chair: Nancy Wright (Pace University, United States)
Co-Chair & discussant: Mehtap Söyler (Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Türkiye)
Papers:
The Problem-Based Learning as a Pedagogical Framework for Teaching Public Policy in Latin America by Norma Munoz del Campo (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile)
Challenges of Teaching Public Administration: Findings from Postgraduate Hetero-Evaluations in the Ecuador by Gabriel Francisco Cevallos Martínez (Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, Ecuador), Paul Cisneros (Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, Ecuador)
Parallel Tracks or Mirror Images? A Comparative Analysis of Scholarship on United Nations Peace Operations and the Evolution of Political Science as a Discipline by Nancy Wright (Pace University, United States)
Methodological and Epistemological Discussions in Political Science Research. Approaches and Strategies to Define the Political Objects by Daniela Miranda (Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina)
Panel 4. National Associations, the Politics of Funding, and Trajectories of the Discipline
Chair: Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States)
Discussant(s): Nancy Wright (Pace University, United States)
Papers:
From Organizational Revolt to Organized Section: A Political and Intellectual History of the Caucus for a New Political Science, 1978 to 1991 by Clyde Barrow (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, United States)
The Politics of Funding Peace and Conflict Research in Germany: Between Scientific Requirements and Political Expectations by Christoph Weller (Universität Augsburg, Germany)
International Organizations as Funders: ECLA and FLACSO Seen through the Lenses of the Sociology of Knowledge by Alvaro Morcillo Laiz (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Studies on the History and Development of Political Science in Latin America by Pablo Bulcourf (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes / Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Panel 5. Speaking Political Science “with an Accent”
Chair & discussant: Thibaud Boncourt (Université Jean Moulin, Lyon 3, France)
Papers:
Latin America’s Ongoing Interrogation of the Political by Martin Plot (CONICET-IDEAS / UNSAM, Argentina)
Languages of Science by Cristina Montalvão Sarmento (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Patrícia Oliveira (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Contributions to an Epistemological Discussion in Latin American Comparative Politics by Ines Ksiazenicki (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina)
History of Political Science with an “Accent”. How Do Regions Create and Appropriate of Their Past? by Victor Alarcón-Olguín (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Unidad Iztapalapa, Mexico)
Panel 6. The Contributions of Interpretivism, Narrative and Autoethnography to Political Science
Chair: Terrell Carver (University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Discussant(s): Peter Verovšek (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands), Robert Adcock (American University, United States)
Papers:
Making a Refugee: Visual and Aural Media Channels by Martin Rogard (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
How the Romanian Media Constructed the Racist Transylvanian Hungarian Town by Luis Escobedo (University of the Free State, South Africa), Tamás Kiss (Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Romania)
Revisiting Ditrau/Ditró: Reconstructing Local Frameworks and Memories by Tamás Kiss (Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Romania), Luis Escobedo (University of the Free State, South Africa)
Doing Political Science Differently: Exploring the Impact(s) of Narrative through Photovoice by Fiona MacDonald (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
A Methodological Case for Phenomenological Marxism by Gökbörü Sarp Tanyildiz (Brock University, Canada)
Possibilities and Risks of Narrative Reflexivity within Political Science by Paulo Ravecca (Saint Mary’s University Halifax, Canada)
Panel 7. Theoretical Challenges (and Advances) of the Study of Political Science as a Discipline I
Chair & discussant: Ines Ksiazenicki (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina)
Papers:
Feminist Scholarship and the Discipline of Political Science: A Torturous Relationship, or Just Merely Tortuous? by Jim Jose (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Institutionalization of Political Science in Cameroon and Theoretical-Methodological Renewal as a Challenge by Moïse Tchingankong Yanou (Université de Yaoundé II, Cameroon)
Colonialism and Empire in the History of Modern Political Thought by Javier Amadeo (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil)
Uses and Pathologies of Normative Propositions in Social and Political Sciences by Murilo Junqueira (Universdade Federal do Para, Brazil)
Panel 8. Theoretical Challenges (and Advances) of the Study of Political Science as a Discipline II
Chair: Paulo Ravecca (Saint Mary’s University Halifax, Canada)
Discussant(s): Fiona MacDonald (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
Papers:
The Challenge of Indigenous Political Theory for Political Science: Towards Relational Ontologies? by Adrian Little (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
The Challenges of Political Science as a Discipline in a Latin American Key: The Main Challenges for the Future by Enrique Gutierrez (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Mexico), Karla Valverde Viesca (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Hegemonic Agents, Disciplinary Civil Society and Common Sense: Hegemony and Sociology of IR by Artsiom Sidarchuk (Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine)
Political Science/s and History: Dialogues from Spatiality and Temporality by Carlos Javier Pretti (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina), Silvia Alvarez (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina), Aldana Clemente (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina)
Roundtable 1. Fraudulent and Predatory Publishing Practices in Political Science: Current Trends, Challenges, Potential Solution
Chair: Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania
Co-Chair: Robert Adcock (American University, United States)
Participant(s): Thibaud Boncourt (Université Jean Moulin, Lyon 3, France), Marcia Rangel Candido (Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos
IESP-UERJ, Brazil), Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania), Theresa Reidy (University College Cork, Ireland), Daniel Stockemer (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Roundtable 2. The Role of Foundations in Shaping Political Science as a Discipline and Profession
Chair: Paulo Ravecca (Saint Mary’s University Halifax, Canada)
Participant(s): Alvaro Morcillo Laiz (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany), Mehtap Söyler (Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Türkiye), Paulo Ravecca (Saint Mary’s University Halifax, Canada), Robert Adcock (American University, United States), Terrell Carver (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Emily Hauptmann (Western Michigan University, United States)
Special roundtable & guided tour: Memory Activisms: An Opportunity to Re-envision Politics and Political Science
RC33 also organized of a central IPSA event exploring Baldosas por la memoria (i.e. pavestones for memory, objects populating Buenos Aires’ sidewalks and evoking the traumatic legacies left by the last Argentinian dictatorship. This included a roundtable and a guided tour with human rights activists. Recognized as one of the highlights of the congress, the event left also digital memories, including a recording of the roundtable discussions.
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XXVIII IPSA World Congress, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA, July 12-16, 2025
Panel 1. Expanding the Lens: Gender, Diversity, and Emerging Themes in the Study of Political Science
Chair: Luciana Santana (Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil)
Discussant(s): Fiona MacDonald (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada), Cecilia Rocha-Carpiuc (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Papers (presented):
The State of Gender Studies in Philippine Political Science Research by Jan Robert Go (University of Philippines Diliman, Philippines), Jean Encinas-Franco (University of Philippines Diliman, Philippines), Carlos Inigo Torcelino (University of the Philippines, Philippines)
Scientific Integrity in Political Science Publishing in the Era of Artificial Intelligence by Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania), Bogdan Mihai Radu (Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Claudiu Tufis (University of Bucharest, Romania), Antonio Zotti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy)
Beyond Descriptive Representation: Advancing Feminist Antiracism in Political Science by Emmanuelle David (Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III, France)
Papers (submitted):
Autoethnography and the Politics of Political Science by Paulo Ravecca (Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada)
Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Key to Understanding the Development of Political Science by Piotr Warzec (Maastricht University, Netherlands), Jarosław Szczepanoski (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Governing with Equity: A Comparative Study of Resistance to Racialization between HDR Students’ Experiences in Victoria, Australia and British Columbia, Canada by Georgette Simone Matthews (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Panel 2. Teaching and Pedagogy in Political Science
Chair: Luciana Alexandra Ghica (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Discussant(s): Nick Dorzweiler (Wheaton College, United States)
Papers:
Civic Education for Young Students: The Primacy Principle Revisited by Diana Owen (Georgetown University, United States)
National Education Policy-2020 and its Implications for Teaching and Pedagogy in Political Science: A Case of Higher Education Institutions in Karnataka, India by Chetan Singai (Chanakya University, India), Krutika Reddy (Chanakya University, India)
Developing Democratic Citizenship as Practical Learning by Leif Kalev (Tallinn University, Estonia), Hanna-Liis Kaarlõp (Tallinn University, Estonia), Maarja Hallik (Tallinn University, Estonia), Sulev Lääne (Tallinn University, Estonia)
Integrating Undergraduate Students Into Global Politics via International Dual Degree Programs by William Nichols (St. Edwards University, United States)
Roundtable. Teaching Politics in Times of Polarization
Convenor: Paulo Ravecca (Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada)
Chair: MacDonald, Fiona (University of Northern British, Columbia, Canada)
Participant(s): Farhan, Sara (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada), Jan Robert Go (University of Philippines Diliman, Philippines)
Nick Dorzweiler (Wheaton College, United States), Fiona MacDonald (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)