PSA PSA 2011
61st Political Studies Association Annual Conference
Transforming Politics: New Synergies
19 - 21 April 2011
Novotel London West

About the Conference

The PSA is one of the world's longest established political studies associations. The 61st Annual Conference fell 20 years after the end of the Cold War and just 1 year after a historical electoral outcome in Britain. The Conference offered a timely opportunity to debate the extent to which political act and thought had been transformed in recent years and to consider the potency of the new synergies that had emerged. We sought this year to build on past successes and continue with recent innovations. We were particularly interested in promoting cross-disciplinary participation and in showcasing collaborative research. The London location of the 2011 PSA Conference facilitated the participation of scholars and practitioners based abroad as well as in the UK. Particular aims for 2011 included:
  • Encouraging a multi-disciplinary presence
  • Continuing with developing the international presence further through links with other associations such as APSA, ECPR and IPSA
  • Connecting academic research to practice by establishing a wider practitioner presence at the Conference and instituting a plenary Academic – Practitioner debate

Conference Programme
A copy of the PDF version of the conference programme may be downloaded here.

Archive of Proceedings
The on-line archive of conference papers is available here.

CONTACTS

 
Conference Academic Convenors
Drs Tereza Capelos, Maxine David, Roberta Guerrina, Simon Usherwood
Department of Politics, University of Surrey
PSA Conference Organiser (Newcastle)
- conference registration, publishers' exhibition, graduate access
Sue Forster

Conference Web Site
- queries about submissions and proposals

PSA Web Master