European Consortium for Political Research
independent scholarly association specialising in political science
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 (Bergen, Gothenburg, Essex, Leiden, Mannheim, Nuffield College (Oxford), Strathclyde and Paris (FNSP)). Membership has now grown to encompass more than 320 institutions throughout the world.
ECPR has close links with similar organisations, including the American Political Science Association (APSA), European national associations and the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
Activities
Organising conferences, workshops and seminars at which scholars share original research
Offering training in research methodologies for social sciences and related fields
Publishing journals, books, and a blog site
Supporting more than 70 special-interest research groups spanning a wide variety of political science subfields
Providing a comprehensive information source for political scientists through the ECPR website and e-bulletins
Offering funding schemes to progress individual careers and to support the discipline's wider development
Recognising outstanding achievement in the discipline through prizes and awards
Events
General Conference
Joint Sessions of Workshops
Methods School
House Series
Events for Standing Groups and Research Networks
Prizes and awards
Cora Maas Award
Dirk-Berg-Schlosser Award
EPSR Early Careers Prize
Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations
Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize
Jean Blondel PhD Prize
Joni Lovenduski PhD Prize in Gender and Politics
Lifetime Achievement Award
Loop Best Blog Prize
Mattei Dogan Foundation Prize
Political Theory Prize
Rising Star Award
Rudolf Wildenmann Prize
Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research
Publications
EJIR, EJPR, EPS, EPSR and PRX are peer-reviewed academic journals published by ECPR in conjunction with other academic publishers. Comparative Politics is a book series published in association with Oxford University Press. The Loop blog site is an ECPR publication.
European Journal of International Relations (EJIR), with Sage
European Journal of Political Research (EJPR), with Cambridge University Press
European Political Science (EPS), with Cambridge University Press
European Political Science Review (EPSR), with Cambridge University Press
Political Research Exchange (PRX), with Routledge Taylor & Francis
Comparative Politics Series, with Oxford University Press
The Loop, ECPR's in-house political science blog
ECPR Press
ECPR Press, ECPR's in-house book imprint, launched in 2005. Until 2024 it published original research across all fields of political science, international relations and political thought, without restriction in approach or regional focus. The Press was also open to interdisciplinary work with a predominant political dimension.
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