IAPSS World Congress in London, UK

Deadline: 1 November 2014
Open to: bachelor, master, doctoral and postdoctoral students and young researchers who recently graduated their studies in the fields of Political Science or related
Venue: London, United Kingdom 14 – 18th April 2015

Description

The IAPSS World Congress is IAPSS’ largest annual event and will be taking place from April 14th-18th, 2015 in London, UK. The topic of the conference will be “The Politics of Conflict and Cooperation”. The conference will bring together young researchers and students of political science and related disciplines from all over the world.  The students panel will try to address these issues with three core strands of social sciences in mind:

  • Political Science;
  • International Relations;
  • Political Theory.

Full schedule on the Conference is provided here.

Eligibility

IAPSS is welcoming applications from bachelor, master, doctoral and postdoctoral students and young researchers who recently graduated their studies, in Political Science and any related field.

Costs

There is no participation fee for attending the conference. However IAPSS cannot provide the participants grants for covering their cost for visa, travel and accommodation during the conference. There are only limited amount of scholarships which are covering only 20% of the travel fees that are going to be given to the selected participants. 

Application

For paper submissions, please submit an abstract (200-300 words) including the title of the paper and 5 keywords. The document should also contain your name, the title of the paper, subject of study, home university and (optional) your field(s) of research.

Abstracts should be sent by November 1st 2014 to wc-program@iapss.org. Selected candidates for all positions (presenters, chairpersons, discussants) will be announced by November 17th 2014. Final papers of selected candidates should be submitted by March 1st.

Panel Chairs and Discussants:
Panel chairs and paper discussants will moderate and accompany the presentations. If you are interested in fulfilling one of these positions please send your CV, including the aforementioned  information, any additional personal data, and your academic background.

If you choose to apply for scholarship you need to send this form after you get selected to participate in the congress to : finances@iapss.org
You can register to the World Congress and receive updates and information on the Congress Program here. 

Deadline for submission is 1 November 2014

For more information please check the official call

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