| S01 | (Geo)Political Transformations in the Mediterranean | European Union, Gender, Islam, Migration, Austerity, Protests, Southern Europe, Youth | | | |
| S02 | 21st Century International Organizations: Power, Politics, and Global Policy Making | Institutions, International Relations, Public Administration, UN, International, Policy Implementation, Member States, Policy-Making | | | |
| S03 | A Clash of Democracy and Inter/national Citizenship?: Revisiting the Core of Contemporary Citizenship (Studies) | Citizenship, Democracy, Migration, Religion, Social Movements, Identity, Education, Mobilisation | Citizenship | | |
| S04 | Acknowledging the Role of Institutions in the Policy Process | Governance, Policy Analysis, Methods, Causality, Domestic Politics, Policy Change | | | |
| S05 | Advances in Analytical Politics and Public Choice | Democracy, Elections, Institutions, Political Economy, Public Choice, Analytic, Decision Making, Electoral Behaviour | Analytical Politics and Public Choice | | |
| S06 | Advances in Water Governance | Environmental Policy, European Union, Governance, Public Administration, Public Policy, Climate Change | | | |
| S07 | Advancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Innovation, Adaptation, and Scholarship | Gender, Education, Higher Education, Technology | Teaching and Learning Politics | | |
| S08 | Altering the Arena: The Gender Equality-Democracy Nexus Contested | Civil Society, Democracy, Democratisation, Gender, Welfare State, Activism, LGBTQI, Policy-Making | Gender and Politics | | |
| S09 | Analyzing Institutions: Limits and Responses to Challenges of Modern Democracies? | Executives, Gender, Institutions, Parliaments, Political Parties, Representation, Qualitative, Quantitative | Comparative Political Institutions | | |
| S10 | Angels and Demons: Elites and Leaders in Context and Comparison. | Comparative Politics, Elites, Executives, Political Leadership | Elites and Political Leadership | | |
| S11 | Biopolitics | Civil Society, Democracy, Political Theory, Political Violence, Welfare State, Knowledge, Power, Capitalism | | | |
| S12 | Borders and Orders in International Politics: Exclusion and Inclusion in Populist and Nationalist Geopolitical Discourses | International Relations, Nationalism, Populism, Critical Theory | | | |
| S13 | Comparative Territorial Politics: Citizens, Elections, and Institutions in Multilevel States | Comparative Politics, Elections, Federalism, Government, Local Government, National Identity, Nationalism, Regionalism | Federalism and Regionalism | | |
| S14 | Concepts, Practices, Actions: Theories, Methodologies and Techniques of Analysing Politics Beyond the Nation State | Democracy, European Union, International Relations, Political Methodology, Political Theory, Political Sociology, Constructivism, Political Cultures | Political Concepts | | |
| S15 | Configurations of Democracy | Comparative Politics, Democracy, Democratisation, Political Theory, Methods, Political Cultures | | | |
| S16 | Contemporary Challenges in Political Methodology | Political Methodology, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Qualitative, Quantitative, Causality, Experimental Design, Mixed Methods, Survey Research | Political Methodology | | |
| S17 | Contemporary Challenges to Representative Democracy: Unequal Representation in Europe and the European Union | Europe (Central and Eastern), Democracy, European Union, Gender, Government, Political Competition, Political Theory, Representation | Political Representation | | |
| S18 | Continuity and Change in Southern European Politics | Democracy, Elections, Governance, Political Economy, Political Participation, Political Parties, Public Policy, Southern Europe | Southern European Politics | | |
| S19 | Corruption Mechanisms and Anti-Corruption Agenda in the Digital Age: Continuity and Change | Civil Society, Democracy, Governance, Media, Political Parties, Internet, Corruption, Big Data | (Anti-)Corruption and Integrity | | |
| S20 | Current Research and Challenges on Political Participation and Mobilization | Civil Society, Contentious Politics, Migration, Political Participation, Social Justice, Social Movements, Protests, Activism | Participation and Mobilisation | | |
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