IPSA Executive Committee

The IPSA constitution requires that the Executive Committee (EC) contain a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 18 members, including the president and the past president, who are both members ex-officio. In addition to this quorum, Executive Committee meetings are attended, in a non-voting capacity, by the RC Liaison representative, the secretary general, the administrator of the secretariat, the program chair (if he isn't already a voting member of the EC) and the editors of IPSA’s publications and IPSA Online. Voting members of the EC are elected by the IPSA Council.

IPSA Council

The IPSA Council elects, within its members, the voting members of the Executive Committee. The IPSA Council is composed of Collective Members (representing national political science associations, see Links and Collective Membership ) and of Individual Members. The Individual Members of the Council are proposed by the President and ratified by the Executive Committee. Their total number may not exceed 30% of the number of representatives of Collective Members, and are selected from the following categories:

• Individual and Associate Members of the IPSA from countries or regions where there is no Collective Member;
• Chairpersons and secretaries of IPSA Research Committees and Study Groups;
• Boards of Editors of IPSA official publications.
  

The Council membership must meet every 3 years at the IPSA World Congress.

RC Liaison Representative

The Research Committee (RC) Liaison Representative is a non-voting member of the EC. He represents the Research Committees on the EC. For more information on the RC Liaison Representative, go to the About RCs page of our Research Committees section.

EC Sub-Committees

EC sub-committees are created by the EC and chaired by a voting member of the EC. They have the powers that the EC delegates to them. There are right now 8 EC sub-committees and they are:

• Committee on Organization and Procedure
• Committee on Research and Training
• Committee on 2009 Congress Program
• Committee on Membership
• Committee on Awards
• Committee on Participation
• Budget Committee
• Permanent Working Group on Publications 

Editors

Editors are non-voting members of the EC. They are:

• Editor and Co-editor of the International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA)
• Both Co-editors of the International Political Science Review (IPSR)
• IPSA Online Portal representative (IPSA internet search engine)
  

Secretariat

The Secretariat is represented on the EC by the Secretary General (named by the EC) and the administrator of the secretariat. The Secretary General is the Treasurer of the IPSA and acts as Secretary during EC meetings (responsible for the minutes of the meeting). He oversees the organization of the IPSA World Congresses and other meetings organized by the EC.