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24th World Congress of Political Science is Relocating / Le 24e Congrès de Science Politique AISP sera relocalisé

The 24th World Congress of Political Science, organized by International Political Science Association (IPSA) will be moved from Istanbul to a new host city in Europe. The decision has been made on February 25, 2016 by the IPSA Executive Committee, in coordination with the Turkish Political Science Association and the Local Organizing Committee in Turkey. The new host city will be announced by 25 March 2016.

The main theme of the Congress (Politics in a World of Inequality) and the scheduled dates (23-28 July 2016) will not change and all accepted panels and papers will be maintained in what is an outstanding Congress Program.

The decision to relocate the Congress has been taken due the deterioration of the security situation in Turkey and the region. The Organising Committee have concluded that they can no longer go to Istanbul as they cannot guarantee the safety of all participants and provide an environment favorable to the exchange of intellectual ideas. The decision has been made in absolute coordination with the Local Organizing Committee in Istanbul and IPSA remains firm in its commitment to the Turkish political science community.

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Le 24e Congrès Mondial de Science Politique, organisé par l’Association Internationale de Science Politique (AISP) sera relocalisé d’Istanbul vers une future ville hôte en Europe. Cette décision a été prise le 25 février 2016 par le Comité Exécutif de l’AISP, de concert avec l’Association de Science Politique turque et le Comité Organisateur Local. La future ville hôte sera annoncée au plus tard le 25 mars 2016.

Le thème principal du Congrès (La politique dans un monde d’inégalités) ainsi que les dates prévues (23-28 juillet 2016) ne seront pas modifiés. Tous les panels et les communications acceptés seront maintenus dans la programmation du Congrès qui s’annonce exceptionnelle.

La décision de déplacer le Congrès a été prise en raison de la détérioration de la situation en matière de sécurité en Turquie et dans la région. Le Comité Organisateur considère que cet évènement ne peut plus se tenir à Istanbul car il n’est plus possible de garantir la sécurité des participants, ni d’assurer un environnement propice à des échanges intellectuelles. Cette décision a été prise en étroite coordination avec le Comité Organisateur Local à Istanbul. L’AISP réaffirme son engagement auprès de la communauté de science politique turque.

https://wc2016.ipsa.org

IPSA Summer School - Mexico 2016

1st Annual IPSA Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science
June 6-17, 2016
Flacso Mexico

After being held with great success in many countries around the world, the IPSA Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science will be held for the first time in Flacso México on June 6-17, 2016.

The School offers high-quality, cutting-edge, advanced training in qualitative and quantitative social science methods, all taught by highly experienced international Faculty from the U.S. and Europe and provides participants with rigorous training in state-of-the-art research methods.

During two weeks the IPSA-Flacso Mexico Summer school 2016 will provide scholars, master and PhD students in Mexico and other Latin American countries a unique opportunity to expand their knowledge of social science research methods, discuss research interests, networking, and participate in an Evening Lecture Series. At the Evening Lectures, each of the six instructors will talk about their research, and a prominent Mexican academic led discussions about the substantive and methodological implications.

A math refresher course, at no additional cost, will be offered by Flacso Mexico to participants who wish to acquire the minimum level required for each of these courses:

  • Comparative Research Design and Configurational Comparative Methods (Prof. Dirk Berg-Schlosser, University of Marburg)
  • Time Series and Pooled Time Series Analysis (Guy Whitten, Texas A&M University)
  • Experimental Methods, (Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State University)
  • Mixed Methods Design, (Giampietro Gobo,University of Milan)
  • Case Study Methodology – small-n research designs (Derek Beach, University of Aarhus, Denmark)
  • Comparative Policy Analysis (or Comparative Survey Research) (Bruno Cautrès, Sciences PO Paris)

There will be reduced fees for early registration.

Contact information: ipsasm@flacso.edu.mx

See more at: http://www.flacso.edu.mx/noticias/Escuela-de-verano-internacional-de-metodos-de-ciencia-politica-en-la-Flacso-Mexico

International Summer School: Local Democracy, Decentralisation and Multilevel Governance / L’école d’été internationale : Démocratie locale, décentralisation et gouvernance multi-niveaux

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The International Political Science Association (IPSA) is proud to support the summer school of the research chair « Territories and mutations of public action » (TMAP) that offers students and professionals alike an advanced level programme on the issues facing local democracy, decentralisation, and public governance.

Organised by Sciences-Po Rennes and the Paris Institute of Territorial Governance (IGT), with the support of IPSA and the French Association of Political Science (AFSP), this programme, that will be held July 4-6 2016, represents a unique opportunity to meet experts in multilevel public governance – both researchers and practitioners – in a setting which fosters exchange and reflection.

Whatever the continent, state, administrative tradition, or public policy approach, the relationship between democracy and governance is under scrutiny. The crosscutting effects of economic globalisation and the decentralisation of power oblige us to develop our thinking on local democracy and multilevel governance.

  • How is local democracy constructed?
  • What connects representative, semi-direct, and participatory democracy?
  • What is the relationship between identity and democracy?
  • How might we consider the sphere of public action alongside that of political representation and/or citizen participation?
  • Which are the emerging levels of contemporary territorial governance?
  • How do models of the state (federalism, unitary states, asymmetric states) fit into these changes?
  • What are the instruments of contemporary territorial governance (in terms of finances, competencies, management, and evaluation)?

These are universal questions. They are equally applicable to states whose democracies are still in their infancy as to states with consolidated democracies. It is therefore essential to take stock of existing developments, and apply analytical frameworks in order to understand them and situate them within a comparative perspective.

The speakers at the summer school have thus been selected on the basis of their ability to present a comparative analysis of the issues facing democracy and multilevel governance on different continents and at different scales (state, regional, urban).

http://www.sciencespo-rennes.fr/fr/ecole-dete.html