Call for Papers: first European Political Science Society (EPSS) annual conference, in Belfast on 18 – 20 June 2026.

We are delighted to announce the call for papers for the first European Political Science Society (EPSS) annual conference, in Belfast on 18 – 20 June 2026.

We invite submissions that represent the state of the art in political science and fit with any of our 19 sections:

Sections and chairs

Climate Politics – Federica Genovese (Oxford) and António Valentim (LSE)
Comparative Politics – Nathalie Giger (Geneva) and Filip Kostelka (EUI)
Comparative Politics of Development – Macartan Humphreys (WZB) and Pavithra Suryanarayan (LSE)
Conflict, Violence and Security – Sabine Carey (Mannheim) and Monika Sus (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Electoral and Voting Behaviour – Ruth Dassonneville (Leuven) and Silja Häusermann (Zürich)
European and EU Politics – Bjørn Høyland (Oslo) and Chris Wratil (Vienna)
Formal Political Theory – Michael Becher (IE) and Giovanna Invernizzi (Bocconi)
Gender and Sexuality Politics – Ana Catalano Weeks (Bath) and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte (Southampton)
Historical Political Economy – Jon Fiva (BI Norway) and Kasia Nalewajko (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
International Relations – Anita Gohdes (Hertie) and Michal Parizek (Charles University)
Judicial Politics – Michal Ovádek (UCL) and Joan-Josep Vallbé (Barcelona)
Migration Politics – Ala’ Alrababa’H (Bocconi)
Party Politics – Zeynep Somer-Topcu (UT Austin) and Sarah Wagner (QUB)
Political Communication – Ken Benoit (Singapore Management University) and Katjana Gattermann (Amsterdam)
Political Economy – Jane Gingrich (Oxford) and Thomas Sattler (Geneva)
Political Methodology – Andy Eggers (Chicago) and Stefan Müller (UCD)
Political Representation – Hanna Bäck (Lund) and Sven-Oliver Proksch (Cologne)
Public Opinion – Charlotte Cavaillé (Michigan/IAST) and Ronja Sczepanski (Sciences Po, Paris)
Public Policy and Administration – Fabrizio Gilardi (Zürich) and Asmus Leth Olsen (Copenhagen)