How to Participate 

As a Section Chair
As a Panel Chair
As a Paper Presenter
As a Discussant

The Academic Programme will be organised in the format of Sections and Panels. Each Section will contain a variety of Panels in a given field. There will also be an Open Section, consisting of standalone Panels and Papers which do not necessarily fit within any of the accepted Sections. The programme will be very broad, with Sections covering all the main areas of political science, including Comparative Politics, Public Policy and Public Administration, Political Theory, International Relations and European Studies.

Call for Panels (with Papers) and individual Papers

The second stage of the process is now open to anyone wishing to propose a complete Panel with Papers, and those wanting to propose individual Papers to a particular Section. Panels provisionally proposed as part of accepted Sections must also be submitted through this procedure. Panels should include 3–5 Papers and all proposals must be submitted in English. You may submit multiple proposals, but individuals may perform the function of Section Chair, Panel Chair and Discussant only once. If approved, Paper presenters can present no more than two Papers. You do not need to belong to an ECPR member institution to propose a Panel or a Paper, but you must have a MyECPR profile. If you don’t already have one, it takes just a few clicks to create.

An Open Section welcomes full Panel and individual Paper proposals that do not fit into any of the listed Sections.

Section Chairs are expected to evaluate all Panel and individual Paper proposals in their Section; to allocate individual Paper proposals to Panels and, where appropriate, to form Panels out of individual Paper proposals. It is the Section Chair's responsibility to allocate Chairs and Discussants for Panels in a Section. When evaluating Panels and Papers, Section Chairs should consider the quality of the proposal and the fit with the Section theme.

The Academic Convenors will review approved Panels and Papers to finalise the Academic Programme. The Academic Convenors may use their discretion to reallocate Panels and Papers to other Sections and Panels as required.

Section Chairs, Panel Chairs, and Paper presenters will be contacted with the Academic Convenors' decision via email in early April. If your Panel or Paper has been marked as reserved, ECPR will contact you as soon as possible if a space becomes available in the programme. Unfortunately, it is not possible to determine when this will be.