European Consortium for Political Research
Encyclopedia
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is an independent, scholarly association, which 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 from 8 members (Bergen
, Gothenburg
, Essex
, Leiden, Mannheim
, Nuffield College (Oxford
), Strathclyde
and Paris
(FNSP)) at its inception in 1970 membership now stands at over 350 institutions throughout Europe
, with associate members spread across the world:
ECPR activities include:
The ECPR has close links with similar organisations, such as the American Political Science Association
(APSA), European national associations and the International Political Science Association
(IPSA).
Joint Sessions
Summer Schools
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, Leiden, Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
, Nuffield College (Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
), Strathclyde
Strathclyde
right|thumb|the former Strathclyde regionStrathclyde was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created by the Local Government Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc Act 1994...
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(FNSP)) at its inception in 1970 membership now stands at over 350 institutions throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, with associate members spread across the world:
ECPR activities include:
- organising workshops, roundtables, conferences and summer schools
- 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 European Political ScienceEuropean Political ScienceEuropean Political Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the European Consortium for Political Research , since 2005 in collaboration with Palgrave Macmillan...
(EPS), the ECPR Graduate Network and summer schools.
The ECPR has close links with similar organisations, such as the American Political Science Association
American Political Science Association
The American Political Science Association is a professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States. Founded in 1903, it publishes three academic journals...
(APSA), European national associations and the International Political Science Association
International Political Science Association
The International Political Science Association , founded under the auspices of UNESCO in 1949, is an international scholarly association. IPSA is devoted to the advancement of political science in all parts of the world...
(IPSA).
Events
General conferenceJoint Sessions
Summer Schools
Publications
The following academic journals are published by ECPR:http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/publications/index.aspx- European Journal of Political ResearchEuropean Journal of Political ResearchThe European Journal of Political Research is a major journal of European political science sponsored by the European Consortium for Political Research. In 2008 it was ranked by the Institute for Scientific Information 2nd out of 99 political science journals for its Impact Factor of 2.514It is...
(EJPR) - European Journal of International RelationsEuropean Journal of International RelationsThe European Journal of International Relations is the peer-reviewed journal of the European Standing Group on International Relations of the European Consortium for Political Research...
(EJIR) - European Political ScienceEuropean Political ScienceEuropean Political Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the European Consortium for Political Research , since 2005 in collaboration with Palgrave Macmillan...
(EPS)