Celebrate the best of EPS with these free articles

Did you know that our professional journal, European Political Science EPS, turned twenty this year? It was launched in 2001 as the professional journal of the political science community in Europe, with a focus on teaching, pedagogy, curricula, career development, graduate training, regulation, mobility and exchange — all of which remain core to the journal today.

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Twenty years ago...

In the journal's inaugural issue, ECPR founder Jean Blondel reflected on the need for political science to establish itself as a voice that governments would listen to, as they do to economists. He highlighted the need to move away from country compartmentalisation to promote the development of an integrated profession. Some of his comments, such as the need for greater mobility among staff, have become the norm in many European countries.

Yet political science remains in an uneven state, and the economic retrenchment of years of austerity has created notable inequalities in the profession, across Europe and beyond.

Today…

As our editors write, the 20th anniversary of EPS is a landmark. It marks a success story; the development from a news style magazine to a major political science journal. Over the past 20 years, EPS has developed into an outlet in which political scientists exchange about their profession, best practices in teaching and learning, as well as shared authoritative research.

The journal's first issue in 2021 was its special 20th Anniversary Edition, in which authors from across the profession tackle the most pressing issues in political science, consider it has developed over the last two decades, and how it will continue to change in the years to come.

For your reading list

We've worked with our publishing partner, Palgrave Macmillan, to secure FREE access to a selection of articles from this edition. This month, the remainder are available and open to all – including non-ECPR members.

We’ve also asked our editors to select some of the highlights from the journal, all of which are now free to access until the end of October.

For your playlist

2021 Annual EPS Roundtable: The gendered distribution of authors and reviewers in major European political science journals

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