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How to Participate

As a Workshop Director
As a Paper presenter
Registration fees
Funding
Dates and Deadlines

As a Workshop Director

Proposing and Organising a Workshop

Submitting a Workshop proposal

Any scholar working or studying at 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. Scholars who have already been a Workshop Director cannot apply to Direct a Workshop at the two following Joint Sessions.

Owing to the large amount of organisation involved, we recommend two Directors per Workshop (though two is the maximum allowed), who must come from institutions in two different countries.

Workshop proposals should be submitted online; the call is open 5 October – 4 February. The proposal must contain:

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

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. 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 two experts in the field, and is 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.

Selection of Papers / participants

Aspiring participants should propose Papers through ECPR’s online system no later than 5 November in the year preceding the Joint Sessions.

Workshop Directors must ensure the Workshop is open to all scholars working in the Workshop’s subject field, and should not restrict their choices to personal networks only. Standing Groups that have endorsed a Workshop should invite their members to submit.

In the final selection for each Workshop, there cannot be more than two Papers presented by scholars from the same institution, and no more than two Papers on which one of the authors is from a non-member institution. If a Paper is co-authored, up to two of its authors can participate in the Workshop, however, this will need the approval of the Workshop Directors.

Directors should aim to include participants from a wide geographical spread of institutions, and to achieve a healthy mix of age and gender. The Workshop should allow collaboration between scholars at all stages of their careers, from research students to full professors. If graduate students are accepted, however, they should be well advanced in their research.

Running the Workshop

Joint Sessions Workshops offer ample time to discuss each Paper and to reflect together on the Workshop’s topic. A Workshop should therefore last for the whole eight sessions, unless there are exceptional reasons for finishing early. All participants are expected to be present at every session.

Once their Paper is accepted, participants should ensure it is uploaded to the ECPR online portal or send to the Workshop's Directors by the date requested.

Workshop Directors organise the timing of the presentations and should send a detailed programme of the Workshop’s meetings to all participants well in advance of the event.

Fees

All participants must pay a fee. The only exceptions are participants from the host institution, and Workshop Directors, all of whom are exempt from payment, but must still submit a registration.

For the 2020 Joint Sessions in Toulouse, the fees will be:

ECPR Members €181.95
ECPR Student Members €95.90*
Non-ECPR Members €703
Non-ECPR Students €456.95*

*Students must send a valid copy of their student ID, a letter from their supervisor confirming they are a student at the time of the event, or a copy of their enrolment confirmation, to the Events Team by midnight UK time on 31 January 2020.

Invoices will be generated in advance of the Joint Sessions upon online registration.

Funding

We offer funding to students/young scholars from ECPR Full-Member institutions who fit the criteria – see our Funding page.

If two authors of the same Paper take part in a Workshop, only the Presenter of the Paper can receive funding.

FAQs

Who can propose a Paper?

Anyone conducting research in the field covered by the Workshop. Only 10% of the total number of participants in a Workshop can be from a non-ECPR member institution so Workshop Directors will select on this basis. Anyone proposing a Paper must have a MyECPR account.

How do I submit a Paper proposal?

Submit your abstract via MyECPR between 2 September and 5 November 2019. Please ensure your personal and institutional details are correct in MyECPR.

When is the deadline for Paper proposals?

5 November 2019. Workshop Directors can access all submitted proposals to start selecting the Papers and you will be notified of the Directors' decision by 8 January 2020.  Papers sent directly to Workshop Directors will not be considered.

Any further questions?

Email jointsessions@ecpr.eu or telephone +44 (0)1206 630045 and we'll be happy to help.

Dates and deadlines

5 October 2018 – 4 February 2019 Workshop proposals
1 May 2019 Workshops confirmed
2 September – 5 November 2019 Paper Proposals
8 January 2020 Approved/Declined/Reserved emails sent out
8 January – 3 February 2020 Registration
8 January - 3 February 2020 Funding applications
31 March 2020 Deadline to upload or circulate full Papers