The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is a scholarly association that supports and encourages the training, research and cross-national cooperation of many thousands of academics and graduate students specialising in political science and all its sub-disciplines. ECPR membership is institutional rather than individual and, at its inception in 1970, comprised eight members (

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, Gothenburg,

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, Nuffield College (

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and Paris (FNSP)). Membership has now grown to encompass more than 350 institutions throughout

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, with associate members spread around the world. ;ECPR activities include * Organising workshops, roundtables, conferences and a biannual Methods School * Publishing journals, books, articles and newsletters * Providing a comprehensive European information source for political scientists through its website, electronic bulletin and online searchable databases * Promoting teaching and training and the discipline in general through the professional journal

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(EPS) and its Methods School. *Offering a range of funding schemes to help progress individual careers and to support the wider development of the discipline. The ECPR has close links with similar organisations, such as the American Political Science Association (APSA), European national associations and the

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(IPSA).

Events

General conferenceJoint Sessions of WorkshopsMethods SchoolFutures LabHouse Lectures

Prizes and awards

Cora Maas AwardDirk-Berg-Schlosser AwardHans Daalder PrizeJean Blondel PhD PrizeMattei Dogan Foundation Prize
* Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research
Rudolf Wildenmann PrizeLifetime Achievement AwardJoni Lovenduski PhD Prize in Gender and PoliticsJacqui Briggs EPS PrizeHedley Bull Prize in International RelationsRising Star AwardPolitical Theory Prize

Publications

The following academic journals and book series are published by ECPR, in conjunction with other academic publishers: *Comparative Politics Series, with

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* European Journal of International Relations (EJIR), with Sage *

European Journal of Political Research The ''European Journal of Political Research'' (EJPR) is a major journal of European political science sponsored by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). It is one of the most highly respected journals in the discipline, and the ...

(EJPR), with Wiley-Blackwell *

(EPS), with Palgrave Macmillan *Political Research Exchange (PRX), with Routledge Taylor & Francis * European Political Science Review (EPSR), with

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer. Cambridge University Pre ...

*The Loop, ECPR's in-house political science blog

ECPR Press

ECPR Press publishes original research across all fields of political science, international relations and political thought, without restriction in approach or regional focus. It is also open to interdisciplinary work with a predominant political dimension.

Standing Groups and Research Networks

ECP
Standing Groups
encourage collaboration between scholars specialising in the same area of research. Their informal structure allows closer exchange of ideas. Standing groups are open to individuals in ECPR member institutions as well as those from non-ECPR institutions.

References

External links

* {{authority control Political science organizations Political research institutes Members of the International Science Council