One of IPSA’s key missions is to support the development of political science in Global South countries and to build academic networks worldwide. The Association also aims to create an inclusive and global political science community in which all can participate. The Global South Solidarity Fund was launched in 2009 to help political scientists in financial need from developing countries attend IPSA World Congresses of Political Science. Since then, 251 of our colleagues from low-income economies benefited from this fund and participated in our Congresses.
In October 2022, IPSA went a step further to help Global South scholars by launching a new individual membership structure that was completely redesigned and modernized. Residents of low-income economies can now benefit from a free IPSA membership. Moreover, for the first time in IPSA’s history, the IPSA World Congress registration fees are based on the country of citizenship of delegates. The new reduced registration fees will allow more political scientists to join our activities and participate in the global political science community.
Additionally, numerous political science departments in less developed countries receive complimentary institutional membership and copies of the International Political Science Review. IPSA’s Research Committees (RCs) enable colleagues from such countries to participate in the global political science community and to network with others sharing their interests. Our rules ensure geographical diversity in the composition of RCs as well as in the organization of sessions at each meeting.

Record Contribution to the Global South Solidarity Fund!
The 2021 IPSA World Congress was presented virtually for the first time in IPSA’s history and delegates from the Global South made up 19 percent of the total participants. This is very promising news that aligns with IPSA’s fundamental missions. Additionally, 800 World Congress participants made a record contribution to the Global South Solidarity Fund in 2021 (US$36,640), enabling us to assist an even greater number of colleagues in financial need to attend the Congress. IPSA World Congress participants who live and work in developing countries and have a role in the 2023 IPSA World Congress Program will be eligible for travel grants supported by the Global South Solidarity Fund.
We urge you to make a difference for our colleagues in the Global South. Please help them attend the IPSA World Congress and interact with the international political science community by donating today. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at membership@ipsa.org.
We greatly appreciate your support and look forward to meeting you at the upcoming IPSA World Congress in Buenos Aires on 15-19 July 2023.
Contributors - 2021 IPSA World Congress of Political Science
IPSA would like to thank the 800 WC2021 participants who contributed to the Global South Solidarity Fund! After the transition to a Virtual Congress announced on 1 February 2021, the Global South Solidarity Fund received a total amount of US$36,640 in donations from the WC2021 solidarity registrations, which will be used to assist colleagues in financial need to attend future IPSA World Congresses.
The following 247 individuals contributed to the Global South Solidarity Fund by choosing to maintain the full (solidarity) registration fee. The remaining 553 donations were made anonymously. IPSA thanks everyone for their incredible generosity in these challenging times.
- Mr. Syed Bahadur Abbas, China
- Dr. Fernando Abrucio, Brazil
- Prof. Katharine Adeney, United Kingdom
- Dr. Adebajo Adeola Aderayo, Nigeria
- Dr. Timofey Agarin, United Kingdom
- Mr. Arjan Aguirre, Philippines
- Ms. Megan Aiken, Canada
- Mr. Haydar Eren Akın, France
- Prof. Raluca Alexandrescu, Romania
- Mr. Chapelan Alexis, Romania
- Dr. Thomas Ameyaw-Brobbey, China
- Dr. Suely Araújo, Brazil
- Prof. Leslie Elliott Armijo, Canada
- Dr. Ann Armstrong, Canada
- Dr. Luiz Carlos Avila Junior, Brazil
- Dr. David Baldwin, United States
- Dr. Josep Baqués, Spain
- Dr. Philip Barker, United States
- Prof. Martonio Mont'Alverne Barreto Lima, Brazil
- Dr. Sherrie Baver, United States
- Prof. Jane Bayes, United States
- Dr. Domagoj Bebić, Croatia
- Prof. Rubens Becak, Brazil
- Prof. Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Germany
- Ms. Miriam Bohn, Germany
- Dr. Justyna Bokajło, Poland
- Dr. Antoine Bondaz, France
- Mr. Emanuel Bourges, United Kingdom
- Prof. Rui Branco, Portugal
- Prof. Kathleen Bruhn, United States
- Dr. Daniel Buquet, Uruguay
- Dr. Thawilwadee Bureekul, Thailand
- Prof. Cristiano Cabrita, Portugal
- Prof. Mauro Calise, Italy
- Dr. Ines Calzada, Spain
- Dr. Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto, Portugal
- Ms. Mairead Cavanagh, Canada
- Dr. James Chamberlain, United States
- Ms. Khushboo Chawla, India
- Dr. Ching-Chang Chen, Japan
- Prof. John Ciorciari, United States
- Mr. Valentin Clavé-Mercier, United Kingdom
- Prof. Francisco Collado Campaña, Spain
- Prof. Bruno Comparato, Brazil
- Prof. Radomir Compel, Japan
- Dr. Laurence Cooley, United Kingdom
- Ms. Maria Júlia Cruz da Fonseca, Brazil
- Dr. Gibran Cruz-Martinez, Spain
- Prof. Maria Paula Dallari Bucci, Brazil
- Mr. Mario Datts, Germany
- Prof. Alberto de la Peña, Spain
- Dr. Marino De Luca, United Kingdom
- Mr. François Debras, Belgium
- Ms. Nataliya Demyanenko, Germany
- Mr. Patrick Desjardins, Canada
- Prof. Klaus Detterbeck, Germany
- Dr. Betty Dobratz, United States
- Dr. Erick Duchesne, Canada
- Mrs. Pascale Dufour, Canada
- Prof. Sandra Eckert, Denmark
- Prof. Dan Edelstein, United States
- Dr. Wayne Edge, United States
- Dr. Michael Edinger, Germany
- Mr. Felipe Estefan, United States
- Mr. João Estevens, Portugal
- Dr. Gerald Ezirim, Nigeria
- Dr. John Feng, China
- Prof. Alan Fenna, Australia
- Miss Gabriela Luisa Fernández Herrera, Argentina
- Mr. Kristian Foldes, Czech Republic
- Dr. Kim Fontaine-Skronski, Canada
- Prof. Giulio Gallarotti, United States
- Dr. Adolfo Garcé, Uruguay
- Dr. Michele Gazzola, United Kingdom
- Mr. Richard Georgi, Sweden
- Dr. Nefise Ela Gokalp Aras, Turkey
- Miss Nathália Gonçalves Zaparolli, Brazil
- Prof. Wyn P. Grant, United Kingdom
- Prof. Florian Grotz, Germany
- Prof. Adrian Guelke, United Kingdom
- Prof. Dingping Guo, China
- Mr. Yohan Ha, South Korea
- Ms. Jenny Hahs, Germany
- Ms. Aino Hakovirta, Finland
- Dr. Rosalie Hall, Philippines
- Dr. Jonathan Harrington, United States
- Ms. Johanna Hase, Germany
- Prof. Mark Haugaard, Ireland
- Prof. Jorge Heine, United States
- Dr. Thorsten Heitkamp, Germany
- Prof. Ludger Helms, Austria
- Prof. Alan K Henrikson, United States
- Prof. Charles Henry, United States
- Prof. Heike Hermanns, Germany
- Prof. Hans-Kristian Hernes, Norway
- Mr. Maurits Heumann, Switzerland
- Dr. Ronald Hikel, Canada
- Dr. Stephen Hobden, United Kingdom
- Prof. Ursula Hoffmann-Lange, Germany
- Dr. Takashi Hosoda, Czech Republic
- Dr. Atsuko Ichijo, United Kingdom
- Miss Bianca-Anastasia Ionel, Romania
- Dr. Hirotake Ishiguro, Japan
- Prof. Christopher Isike, South Africa
- Prof. Yoko Iwama, Japan
- Dr. Masahiro Iwasaki, Japan
- Ms. Sharmi Jaggi, Canada
- Prof. Richard Johnston, Canada
- Prof. Jim Jose, Australia
- Prof. Dr. Ingo Juchler, Germany
- Prof. Hiromi Kabashima, Japan
- Dr. Thomas Kalinowski, South Korea
- Dr. Binoy Kampmark, Australia
- Dr. Toshihiro Katagiri, Japan
- Mr. Michiya Kawamura, Japan
- Mrs. Thaise Kemer, Brazil
- Ms. Verena Kettner, Austria
- Dr. Michael Kilburn, United States
- Prof. Wawrzyniec Konarski, Poland
- Dr. Agnes Koos, United States
- Dr. Alexander Korolev, Australia
- Dr. Jan Kovář, Czech Republic
- Dr. Mary Rose Kubal, United States
- Dr. Keiichi Kubo, Japan
- Prof. Stein Kuhnle, Norway
- Dr. Reena Kukreja, Canada
- Prof. Nonna Kushnirovich, Israel
- Dr. Megumi Kuwana, Japan
- Dr. Tijs Laenen, Belgium
- Ms. Karolína Lahučká, Czech Republic
- Dr. Goranka Lalic Novak, Croatia
- Mr. Junhyoung Lee, Ireland
- Dr. Eyal Lewin, Israel
- Prof. Darren Lilleker, United Kingdom
- Prof. Renato Lima de Oliveira, Malaysia
- Dr. Emanuela Lombardo, Spain
- Dr. Antón Losada Trabada, Spain
- Mr. Keith Lund, France
- Dr. Pascal Lupien, Canada
- Dr. Muiris MacCarthaigh, United Kingdom
- Mr. Bruno Magalhaes, Brazil
- Dr. Irmina Matonyte, Lithuania
- Dr. Masaki Matsuo, Japan
- Prof. Margitta Mätzke, Austria
- Dr. Dennis Louis McNamara, United States
- Prof. John Medearis, United States
- Mr. Gordon Kojo Nyame Mensah-Yawson, China
- Dr. Natalija Micunovic, Serbia
- Ms. Maria Milanova, Canada
- Mr. Mario Mirabile, Italy
- Prof. Matthew Manuelito Miranda, Philippines
- Dr. Charles Mitchell, United States
- Dr. Jaione Mondragón, Spain
- Dr. Christopher Mooney, United States
- Dr. Minion K. C. Morrison, United States
- Prof. Sean Mueller, Switzerland
- Prof. Fortunato Musella, Italy
- Dr. Ryo Nakai, Japan
- Dr. Ayano Nakamura, Japan
- Dr. Masataka Nakauchi, Japan
- Prof. Shintaro Namioka, Japan
- Ms. Nguyen Quynh Nga, Vietnam
- Dr. Ngozi Nwogwugwu, Nigeria
- Prof. Ariyoshi Ogawa, Japan
- Dr. Krzysztof Ostrowski, Poland
- Dr. Christophe Pajon, France
- Mr. Justin Charles Michael Patrick, Canada
- Prof. Ito Peng, Canada
- Prof. Ursula Dias Peres, Brazil
- Prof. Zdravko Petak, Croatia
- Dr. Steven Peterson, United States
- Dr. Torunn Pettersen, Norway
- Prof. Marek Pietras, Poland
- Prof. Laurence Piper, South Africa
- Dr. Cristian Pirvulescu, Romania
- Mr. Gilles Pittoors, Belgium
- Prof. Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Germany
- Dr. Mary Ann Quirapas-Franco, Singapore
- Dr. Eija Maria Ranta, Finland
- Dr. Arpit Raswant, Australia
- Prof. Steve Ratuva, New Zealand
- Dr. Theresa Reidy, Ireland
- Dr. Julia Renner, Germany
- Mr. Guillermo Reyes Pascual, United Kingdom
- Prof. Benoît Rihoux, Belgium
- Prof. Alfredo Rizzo, Italy
- Mr. Xavier Romero-Vidal, United Kingdom
- Dr. Hilmar Rommetvedt, Norway
- Dr. Francesca Rosignoli, Sweden
- Prof. Agnieszka Rothert, Poland
- Miss Silvia Carolina Ruiz Rodríguez, Austria
- Dr. Anne Runyan, United States
- Prof. Mark Rush, United States
- Mrs. Marie-Hélène Sa Vilas Boas, France
- Mr. Valerii Saenko, Italy
- Mr. Juan Sanchez, United States
- Dr. Rubén Sánchez Medero, Spain
- Mrs. Iris Santos, Finland
- Dr. Luís Eduardo Saraiva, Portugal
- Dr. Maurice Satineau, Switzerland
- Mr. Richard Schenk, Germany
- Mr. Christian Schmidt, Germany
- Prof. Madhushree Sekher, India
- Prof. Helen Shestopal, Russia
- Prof. Kosuke Shimizu, Japan
- Dr. Sojin Shin, Japan
- Ms. Kirti Singh, India
- Prof. Abdulkader Sinno, United States
- Prof. Leonid Smorgunov, Russia
- Dr. Todd Sorensen, United States
- Prof. Michele Sorice, Italy
- Miss Federica Stagni, Italy
- Dr. Lorna Stefanick, Canada
- Prof. Janice Stein, Canada
- Prof. Masako Suginohara, Japan
- Mr. Zilvinas Svedkauskas, Germany
- Dr. Yu Tachibana, Japan
- Prof. Gökbörü Sarp Tanyildiz, Canada
- Dr. Michele Testoni, Spain
- Prof. Pham Quoc Thanh, Vietnam
- Ms. Anya Thomas, Australia
- Dr. Christian Thuselt, Germany
- Dr. Cordula Tibi Weber, Germany
- Mrs. Tihomira Trifonova, Bulgaria
- Dr. Rostislav Turovsky, Russia
- Dr. Jose Manuel Ugarte, Argentina
- Dr. Marybeth Ulrich, United States
- Miss Diana Teresa Vasquez Merchán, Colombia
- Dr. Michelangelo Vercesi, Germany
- Dr. Davide Vittori, Belgium
- Dr. Oleksandr Vodiannikov, Ukraine
- Mr. Erik Vollmann, Germany
- Dr. F. Peter Wagner, United States
- Dr. Sanne Weber, United Kingdom
- Prof. Till Weber, United States
- Mr. Peter Wedekind, Czech Republic
- Dr. Ryan Weichelt, United States
- Dr. Ben Wellings, Australia
- Mr. Laurence Whitehead, United Kingdom
- Dr. Richard Witmer, United States
- Dr. Norma Wong, Norway
- Ms. Zeying Wu, United States
- Prof. Jan Wynen, Belgium
- Prof. Ryusaku Yamada, Japan
- Prof. Hidehiro Yamamoto, Japan
- Mr. Galip Emre Yıldırım, France
- Mr. Josue Andres Zuñiga Aparicio, Mexico