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IPSA NEWSLETTER - July & August 2023
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GET READY FOR THE LARGEST IPSA WORLD CONGRESS!
The countdown to the 2023 IPSA World Congress in Buenos Aires is on and there are only five days left. We are thrilled to announce that the 2023 edition will mark a historic milestone for IPSA, as it will be welcoming the highest number of delegates since the association’s inception 74 years ago! The event will bring together over 3,000 registered scholars, researchers, professionals and students from over 100 countries to discuss the theme of Politics in the Age of Transboundary Crises. The Congress will feature over 2,800 paper presentations in 650 panels, covering a wide range of topics and perspectives in the field of political science.
Participants will also have the opportunity to network with 20 international exhibitors, including publishers, associations, universities, government organizations, and technology companies, who will showcase their recent publications, products and services.
We look forward to welcoming you to the 2023 IPSA World Congress, where you will find a rich program prepared by IPSA World Congress Program Co-chairs Euiyoung Kim (Seoul National University) and Theresa Reidy (University College Cork) and experience a historic and memorable event.
Please follow our social media accounts and use the official Congress hashtag #IPSA2023 when posting about the Congress.
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IPSA WORLD CONGRESS FEATURES
FOUR EXCLUSIVE PLENARY SESSIONS
Save the Date!
Join us at the IPSA 2023 World Congress in Buenos Aires for four plenary sessions featuring the world’s leading experts in political science. Whether you’re onsite in Buenos Aires or online, you won’t want to miss these highlights!
Sunday, 16 July, 13:45 to 15:15
Chair: Dianne Pinderhughes, IPSA President
Speakers: Terri Givens, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Swarna Rajagopalan, Pearl T. Robinson and Marian Sawer
Monday, 17 July, 13:45 to 15:15
Speaker: Anna Triandafyllidou
Chair: Theresa Reidy, IPSA World Congress Program Co-chair
Tuesday, 18 July, 13:45 to 15:15
Speaker: John Ishiyama
Chair: Euiyoung Kim, IPSA World Congress Program Co-chair
Wednesday, 19 July, 13:45 to 15:15
Chairs: Angeles Rodríguez (Austral University, Argentina) and Julieta Suárez-Cao (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Speakers: Gabriela Rodríguez Rial, Daniel Buquet, Carlos Huneeus and Carlos Waisman
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THE LAUNCH OF THE GUILLERMO O'DONNELL AWARD AND SPECIAL SESSION
The IPSA Guillermo O’Donnell Award for Latin-American Scholars will be launched at the 2023 IPSA World Congress and two events will be organized on 16 July to pay tribute to the remarkable legacy of Guillermo O’Donnell, IPSA Past President and one of Latin America’s most prominent political scientists.
The first event, Guillermo O’Donnell Award Launch and Lecture, will be chaired by IPSA Executive Director Kim Fontaine-Skronski and feature a lecture by Prof. Terry L. Karl, the recipient of the 2023 LASA Guillermo O'Donnell Democracy Award.
The second session, Revisiting O'Donnell in an Era of Democratic Backsliding, will be chaired by Prof. Gabriela Ippolito-O'Donnell and bring together eminent scholars who have been inspired by Guillermo O'Donnell's research and who have also made important contributions to the field of political science.
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IPSA WORLD CONGRESS TO FEATURE EXCLUSIVE CAFÉ SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER SCHOLARS
The 2023 IPSA World Congress will offer two special sessions for students and early-career scholars interested in learning more about the expectations and challenges inherent in an academic career.
17 July, 08:00 to 09:00
The “Early-Career” Mentoring Café session will give delegates the opportunity to discuss various aspects of a career in academia with senior colleagues. Participants will learn more about how to secure research funding, manage grants, publish and teach. The session will be chaired by IPSA Vice President Hasret Dikici Bilgin and will feature IPSA President-Elect Pablo Oñate, and IPSA Executive members Irasema Coronado and Keiichi Kubo.
18 July, 12:45 to 13:45
The Editors’ Café session will allow IPSA World Congress participants to meet and talk with the co-editors of IPSA’s flagship journal, the International Political Science Review. Co-editors Theresa Reidy, Daniel Stockemer and Annika Hinze will be available to advise students and early-career scholars alike on a range of topics, not least the academic publishing process.
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HOW POPULISM AFFECTS DEMOCRACY:
IPSA PRESIDENT-ELECT PABLO OÑATE AND EC MEMBER AZUL A. AGUIAR AGUILAR JOIN AMECIP'S POLITICAL ELECTORAL SCHOOL
The Mexican Political Science Association (AMECIP) successfully presented its 7th Political Electoral School on Populism and the Erosion of Democracy in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from 2-3 June 2023. The event featured prominent speakers, including IPSA President-Elect Pablo Oñate, IPSA Executive Committee member Azul A. Aguiar Aguilar, and AMECIP President Jesús Tovar Mendoza.
Participants engaged in insightful panel discussions and academic presentations exploring various dimensions of populism and its impact on democratic institutions. Topics ranged from the historical context and emergence of populism to its manifestations in different regions and the erosion of democratic norms.
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IPSA EXPANDS ITS SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM IN 2024:
POLAND AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
IPSA will launch two new Summer Schools in 2024 in cooperation with renowned European academic institutions. These additions to the IPSA Summer School program will provide unique and valuable academic opportunities for students and scholars interested in political science. IPSA’s Summer Schools Coordinator, Óscar Luengo, has been actively involved in these exciting new additions. Poland’s Adam Mickiewicz University will host the IPSA-Poznań Summer School for Methods in Political Science, New Media and Communication Research. The same university, located in Poznań, successfully hosted the 2016 IPSA World Congress. The Mostar Summer School in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be held in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Mostar.
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IPSAMOOCS NOW AVAILABLE ON COURSERA
We are pleased to announce that a new and revised version of the IPSAMOOCs program is now available on Coursera, the world's leading MOOC platform, with over 120 million learners worldwide. This new development follows the tremendous success of the XSeries program in English and Spanish, which has attracted over 96,000 enrollments from 190 countries. The first IPSAMOOCs are already available on Coursera, with more to come in the near future. Current courses include the following:
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Understanding Political Concepts;
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Comparative Political Systems;
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Comparative Research Designs and Methods;
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Global Politics;
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Introduccion à la teoria politica.
IPSAMOOCs will continue to be available on the edX platform, but the new release on Coursera will provide an opportunity to bring the courses to new audiences and spark new training projects.
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RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP OR BECOME AN IPSA MEMBER FOR 2023
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Discover the exclusive advantages and services that IPSA membership offers and renew your membership or become a member in 2023.
Lower Rates for Many Countries
Did you know that the IPSA individual membership fee structure was completely redesigned and modernized?
IPSA individual membership is now branched into four groups (A, B, C and D), based on the country of residence, to better respond to the various financial capacities of our global membership. We are excited to be able to offer significantly lower rates to residents of many countries.
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Some of IPSA's
Membership Benefits
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Connect with the IPSA international community
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Take part in IPSA Research Committees
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Participate in the 2023 IPSA World Congress of Political Science
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Promote your work on the IPSA website and social media
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Access our journals and publications online
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Search the 14,389 papers in the Conference Proceedings Library
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Enjoy discounts on SAGE, Oxford and MIT publications and more!
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JOB OFFERS/GRANTS
The University of Vienna
Deadline: 21 July 2023
University of Victoria
Deadline: 1 August 2023
McGill University
Deadline: 15 August 2023
University of Potsdam
Deadline: 15 August 2023
University of Bergen
Deadline: 18 August 2023
University of Saskatchewan
Deadline: 31 August 2023
The European University Institute
Deadline: 14 September 2023
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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Events, Call for Proposals, Awards
Events
Prague, Czech Republic
8 September 2023
Belgrade, Serbia
2-3 November 2023
Call for Proposals (Events)
Deadline: 15 October 2023
Call for Proposals (Journal/Book)
Deadline: 16 July 2023
Awards/Grants
Deadline: 1 September 2023
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MEMBERS' BOOKS
IPSA Members' Latest Releases
Edited by Mithilesh Kumar Jha and Kamal Nayan Choubey
Edited by Nelson D. Cardozo,
and Pablo Bulcourf
By Igor Okunev
By Mohd Aminul Karim
By Akshay Mangla
Edited by Saraswathi Unni,
Raosaheb Bawaskar,
K.V.S. Sarma,and Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit
By James Ker-Lindsay and Mikulas Fabry
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This service is offered free of charge to IPSA members. Post your job vacancies on the IPSA website by using the My IPSA menu, and we will include them here.
Non-IPSA members can also post job offers on the IPSA website for only US$200. We will promote the job opening on our website, social media accounts ( 150,000+ followers) and in the newsletter. Please contact us at webmaster@ipsa.org.
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1. ChatGPT has surpassed 100 million users, but tech regulation is still behind the industry/market. The UK’s online safety bill and the EU’s Digital Services Act came two decades after the launch of Facebook. In the US, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has proposed a framework for developing AI regulations, while UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has convened a global summit on AI safety for the autumn. However, the European Union seems to go further with the AI Act, the first serious attempt to regulate artificial intelligence. This initiative is part of the digital transformation strategy, and it reflects a broad-based commitment among MEPs to regulating and valorizing AI ( Official Records on the IPSAPortal).
2. After ten years of open digital learning development on a global scale through MOOCs, and three years into the pandemic that has made online education the norm for many of the world's citizens, published reviews of the new learning tools that were implemented are particularly useful. For institutions facing declining enrollments, attracting and retaining online learners poses an urgent challenge. In this context, Wiley ( University Services) recently published the 12th edition of the Voice of the online learner report, dedicated to students’ opinions and perceptions of online learning. The report highlights a wide range of challenges faced by online learners during their educational journey, providing specific, actionable recommendations to help address students’ concerns ( Thematic Networks on the IPSAPortal).
3. In August 2022, Pearson plc, the world’s leading learning company, announced a strategic review of its international online program management (OPM) business. The sale of Pearson Online Learning Services (POLS) represents a realignment of Pearson's portfolio towards future growth opportunities focused on lifelong learning. Today, another of the “Big Four” in the online program management space, Wiley, announced the sale of its OPM business (the others are 2U/edX, and Academic Partnerships) ( HigherEdDive). The online education world is changing more rapidly in the aftermath of COVID, with major implications for the university – its configuration, role and function – that must be monitored more closely than ever ( The Chronicle of Higher Education) ( Media Sources on the IPSAPortal).
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