Frequently Asked Questions

1. Use the menu at the top of the page to switch to the areas you wish to view.
2. Click on the logo at the top of the page to return to the home page.
3. Click on the ‘Login’ button on the top right of the page to login to your MyECPR or create an account.

1. Clicking an item in the menu will open a sub-menu below the item you have selected (Except in the case of the ‘Bookshop’ item). This does not disappear when moving your mouse away from the item.
2. Either click on the relevant item you wish to see, click on another top level menu item to view that sub menu, or click on the top level menu item you originally clicked on to close the sub menu.

1. Click on the ‘MyECPR’ menu on the left hand side of the page and select ‘create an account’
2. Fill in the details on the form and click on the submit button.
3. If you filled out the form correctly, you will be automatically logged in with your new account.

1. Firstly, login using either the login button located top right of the page, or by clicking on the ‘MyECPR’ menu item on the top of the page along the menu and then ‘My Profile’ and then typing in your email address followed by your password in the relevant text boxes.
2. Once you are logged in, click on the ‘My Profile’ area under ‘MyECPR’ if you are not already there.
3. Under your profile, click on the ‘Password’ tab.
4. Type in your old password, followed by your new password in the relevant text boxes and click ‘Save’

1. Should you have forgotten your password and wish to reset it, click on the ‘Login’ button top right of the page, or click on ‘MyECPR’ and then either ‘MyECPR home’ or ‘My Profile’.
2. Click on the ‘Forgotten Password’ link below the login text boxes.
3. Type in the Email address registered to your account and click the ‘Submit’ button.
4. You will receive an Email within a few minutes detailing the email address of your account and your password; use this information to login to your account.
5. Once you have logged in, remember to change your password to something more memorable and easier to type.

Be careful typing the password that was sent to you, it is a randomly generated amount of characters and symbols, both upper and lower case. Remember that passwords are case sensitive!

1. Login to your account by either clicking the login button top right or by clicking the ‘MyECPR’ menu item on the top of the page followed by the ‘My Profile’ page and then typing in your Email address followed by your password in the relevant text boxes.
2. Once you are logged in, click on the ‘My Profile’ area under ‘MyECPR’ if you are not already there.
3. Under the ‘Profile’ tab find the ‘institution’ section and either scroll through the dropdown box for your new institution, or search by typing in the drop down box.
4. Once you have selected the correct institution, click the ‘Save’ button located at the bottom of the page.

1. Login to your account by either clicking the login button top right or by clicking the ‘MyECPR’ menu item on the top of the page followed by the ‘My Profile’ page and then typing in your Email address followed by your password in the relevant text boxes.
2. Once you are logged in, click on the ‘My Profile’ area under ‘MyECPR’ if you are not already there.
3. On the profile tab type in your new or corrected email address and click the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the page.

Remember that changing your email address will change your login address too!

1. Login to your account by either clicking the login button top right or by clicking the ‘MyECPR’ menu item on the top of the page followed by the ‘My Profile’ page and then typing in your Email address followed by your password in the relevant text boxes.
2. Once you are logged in, click on the ‘My Profile’ area under ‘MyECPR’ if you are not already there.
3. Once there click on the ‘subscriptions’ tab and then ‘unsubscribe’ next to the relevant item you wish to unsubscribe from.

1. Login to your account by either clicking the login button top right or by clicking the ‘MyECPR’ menu item on the top of the page followed by the ‘My Profile’ page and then typing in your Email address followed by your password in the relevant text boxes.
2. Once you are logged in, click on the ‘My Profile’ area under ‘MyECPR’ if you are not already there.
3. Click on ‘institution members’. Here you can see the finance contact and the official representative.

My Institution details are wrong, how do I get them changed?

1. You need to contact your official representative to make the changes to the institution. Only the official representative can make changes to the institution.
2. If you are the official representative, you can change the information by clicking the ‘Institution Profile’ tab and making the changes before clicking ‘Save’.

Please contact support@ecpr.eu to have your account marked for deletion. Please email with the reason you wish to delete the account and make sure the email is from the address registered to the account.

If you have forgotten your password and cannot access your Email account to receive the password reset email, you need to contact support@ecpr.eu who will help you recover your account. Please Email your old email account address and the new Email account address you wish your MyECPR account to be changed to.

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Please see the Contact Us page for information on who to contact with your query, if you do not know who to contact, please email support@ecpr.eu for help or if you have a problem with the website.

The ECPR recently added a new feature, Public Profile, to your MyECPR account.

You can include:

• a profile photo and a banner image
• Social media and website links
• a short biography
• list your research interests
• let people know which events you are attending
• show people the Standing Groups and Networks that you belong to
• copy your profile link to share with others