The standing group aims at developing and actively supporting a network of social scientists working on the politics of Latin America within the ECPR and to provide a platform for the dissemination information about events, publications and other developments in the field.

Annual Best Paper Prize

Best paper by a junior scholar presented at the ECPR General Conference

Entry requirements

All papers presented by junior scholars (below the rank of professor) can be nominated. Junior scholars need to be first authors in co-authored papers. Self-nominations are allowed, as long as the junior scholar was the presenter of the paper as indicated in the conference program. The call is send out after the SG, typically a deadline is set around 4 weeks. All submissions are considered if they comply with the stipulated criteria.