IPSA at the 2025 LASA Congress in San Francisco

IPSA will be present at the 2025 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), to be held in San Francisco and virtually from 23-26 May 2025. 

IPSA Panel 

IPSA will host a panel titled Practitioner-Academic Dialogue: Bridging Theory and Practice in Political Science and Public Policy on 23 May from 10:15 to 11:45. Chaired by IPSA Executive Committee member Vanessa Elias de Oliveira, with IPSA President Pablo Oñate serving as discussant, the panel aims to promote a productive dialogue between political science/public policy academics and practitioners to find ways to bridge the often-cited gap between theory and practice in these fields. The panel will feature the following presenters:

• Vanessa Elias de Oliveira (WC2027 Program Co-Chair, UFABC / Coordinator of the Public Policy Program at Fapesp)
• Luis Manuel Fernandes (PUC-Rio / Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil)
• Irasema Coronado (WC2025 Program Co-Chair, Arizona State University)
• Azul A. Aguiar-Aguilar (WC2025 Program Co-Chair, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara)
• Fernando Abrucio (EAESP/FGV)

IPSA’s Virtual Booth 

If you plan to attend the LASA2025 Congress, visit IPSA’s virtual booth in the exhibition section of the website. The virtual booth will provide details on the upcoming 2025 IPSA World Congress in Seoul, as well as IPSA activities, educational programs and recent publications.