ECPR

Install the app

Install this application on your home screen for quick and easy access when you’re on the go.

Just tap Share then “Add to Home Screen”

Schedule at-a-glance

This schedule for the Summer School of the Standing Group on Interest Groups is subject to change and should not be treated as final until notified otherwise. The times indicated are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Sunday, 6 July 2025
18:30

Arrival and Welcome Drinks Reception
Monday, 7 July 2025
10:00 – 10:30

Introduction to the summer school
10:30 – 12:30

Key concepts and theories in interest groups research
Joost Berkhout, University of Amsterdam
Iskander de Bruycker, University of Maastricht
12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00

Interest group strategies and influence
Marcel Hanegraaff, University of Amsterdam
15:15 – 17:00

Presentations and feedback on research proposals/papers
17:00 – 19:00

Speed dating/networking event with workshop participants
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
10:00 – 11:30

Public opinion, media and interest representation
Evelien Willems, Universiteit Antwerpen
11:30 – 12:30

Presentations and feedback on research proposals/papers
12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00

Interest groups and democratic backsliding
Agnieszka Vetulani-Cęgiel, Adam Mickiewicz University
15:30 – 16:30

Presentations and feedback on participants’ research proposals/papers 
17:00 – 19:00

Scavenger hunt in Maastricht with workshop participants
Wedneday, 9 July 2025
10:00 – 11:30

Practitioner session: the lobby plan
Aaron McLoughlin
11:45 – 12:30

Presentations and feedback on participants’ research proposals/papers
12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00

Methods and research ethics in interest group research
Ellis Aizenberg, Leiden University
15:15 – 17:15

Presentations and feedback on participants’ research projects
Thursday, 10 July 2025
10:00 – 11:30

Lobbying transparency and regulation
Andreea Nastase, Maastricht University
11:45 – 12:30

Presentations and feedback on research proposals/papers
12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00

Civil society in the EU
Rosa Sanchez-Salgado, University of Amsterdam
15:15 – 17:15

Presentations and feedback on research proposals/papers
Friday, 11 July 2025
10:00 – 11:30

Interest groups and political parties
Britt Vande Walle, Maastricht University
11:30 – 12:30

Presentations and feedback on participants’ research projects
12:30 – 15:00

Farewell lunch and wrap-up