48^th Joint Sessions, held virtually

14 – 17 April 2020

  #ecprjs20

In light of the growing concerns around the COVID-19 outbreak and in an effort to safeguard the health and wellbeing of our participants, staff, local hosts and their families and wider communities, ECPR made the difficult decision not to hold this year's Joint Sessions of Workshops at Sciences Po, Toulouse in April as planned. Please read our full statement here.

We are, however, pleased to confirm that we will hold a fully virtual event over the original dates of 14–17 April for all accepted Workshops and participants.  We are in contact with Workshop Directors and participants directly and will be communicating further details as and when we have them.

The Joint Sessions are the defining event of our organisation and remain one of the major highlights of the world's political science calendar. Each year, the event attracts more than 400 scholars from across the globe – at all stages of their career. Consisting of around 30 Workshops, each with no more than 15 carefully selected participants, topics are precisely defined and discussed intensively for four full days. The result is a thorough and fruitful critique of research, which often results in the publication of acclaimed multi-authored books, and in the formation of new research groups.

We are very disappointed that the event will not to be coming to Toulouse this April; however, we look forward to exploring new avenues with online conferencing and welcoming you for the virtual edition of the ECPR Joint Sessions.