Proposing a Virtual Workshop

Who can direct 

Any scholar belonging to an ECPR Full Member institution can propose to direct a Workshop. Associate members may co-direct with a scholar belonging to a Full Member institution. Please see the current membership list to check your university’s status. 

Scholars who have been a Workshop Director cannot apply to direct a Workshop at the following two Joint Sessions. 

Owing to the large amount of work involved in organising a Workshop, we recommend two directors (though two is the maximum allowed). The two directors must come from institutions in two different countries.

Submitting a proposal

Virtual Workshop proposals should be submitted online between 2 October – 22 October 2020. The proposal must contain: 

• directors' details
• an outline of the academic content
• typical participant profile
• types of Papers anticipated.

Workshop proposals can be formally endorsed by one or more Standing Groups. Aspiring Workshop directors should contact Steering Committee Chairs to seek such endorsement, and must confirm the endorsement when submitting the online form.

Selection of Workshops

The Joint Sessions generally contains 20–30 Workshops, this may be different for virtual Workshops. We do, however, receive many more proposals than we can accommodate, and therefore have to make a selection, based on two criteria:

• academic quality
• good balance between different approaches and sub disciplines in political science, and balance of topics over time, year on year.

Each proposal is sent for review to at least two experts in the field, and is also evaluated by the ECPR Executive Committee portfolio holders.

Standing Group-endorsed proposals are treated preferentially. Of two equal-quality proposals, priority is given to the one endorsed by a Standing Group.

If a particular Standing Group endorses multiple proposals, only one can be accepted. We also seek to give space to different Standing Groups over time.

Questions? Contact our Events Team.