European Consortium for Political Research

The European Consortium for Political Research ( ECPR ) is an independent scientific organization, the research and international cooperation in political science is devoted to.

Aim and purpose

It was founded in 1970 on the initiative of Jean Blondel, Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Essex by seven European universities. The main objective is to support and further development of the policy sciences, in particular by stimulating the cooperation, improve the educational opportunities and to establish professional contacts.

The ECPR rapidly developed into the leading network in the political science discipline, albeit with a focus on the areas of " Comparative Politics " and individual policy areas. It currently has around 325 political and social science faculties and research institutes in 40 European countries as members. There are also about 30 associate members from the U.S., Canada, Israel and Japan.

Special

The ECPR has the following features:

  • Memberships are only by institutes or universities, individuals are not possible.
  • Staggering of membership fee by country, with the highest contribution, currently € 1,900 per year from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland is to be paid; Greece, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Cyprus pay a reduced regular rate of 1,600 euros, while the Central and Eastern European countries pay contributions of 150 euros or 450 euros and all OECD countries associated 1,000 euros.
  • Almost unique event format of the annual congress: A group of scientists will meet for five days and discussed in detail the contribution of each member. The Congress consists of about 25 to 30 such working groups who exchange only within the breaks, leisure, and two or three joint events.
  • In addition, the ECPR Graduate Conferences, joint sessions and each summer hosts a six-week Summer School on Methods in the Social Sciences at the University of Essex in Colchester (80 km northeast of London ) and a two-week French language course in Lille.

Prices

The ECPR issues different types of awards, among others the

  • Rudolf Wild Man Price
  • Stein Rokkan Prize

Website

  • Website of the ECPR ( in English only )
  • Political Science Research Institute
  • European association
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