Decolonising pedagogical strategies: A summary

Joe Lin examines decolonial pedagogical strategies in a report (August 2022-July-2023) funded by the PSA Research and Innovation Scheme. The report analyses voices of international studies in internationalised and multicultural settings of UK universities. The aim is to identify and confront Eurocentrism in the contested field of Global Development Politics and other fields within international studies, broadly defined. This is a summary of the report – link This is the full report – link
Opportunities with the Academy of Social Sciences Deadline Imminent
The Political Studies Association is a member learned society of the Academy which means we are able to offer these opportunities to our members – to develop their skills and experience and, in doing so, support the wider social sciences community Interested in joining the Academy’s council? Members of the Political Studies Association can be considered as a candidate for election to the academy’s council (Please note: you do not need to be a Fellow to join the council). There are three council vacancies available for representatives of affiliated Learned Societies. Interested candidates should please read the information on the Academy’s […]
Professor Anthony Heath FBA CBE awarded inaugural David Butler Prize
Professor Anthony Heath FBA CBE awarded inaugural David Butler Prize EPOP is delighted to announce that Professor Anthony Heath FBA CBE has been awarded the inaugural David Butler Prize for Lifetime Contribution to the Study of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties at our 2023 annual conference in Southampton. This prize was established in honour of Sir David Butler – one of the founding fathers of the quantitative study of elections in Britain – to celebrate a notable scholar either retired or close to retirement, who has made a distinctive and indelible mark on our discipline, and who is/was a […]
Call for Papers: Elections, Public Opinion and Parties in a Post-Brexit Era

The UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE), in association with the PSA Elections, Public Opinion and Parties group and the PSA Early Career Network are delighted to announce a call for papers for a PhD student and early career researcher event at the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton on Thursday 7 September 2023.
Call for Papers: PSA ECN Symposium Producing Knowledge and Disciplining Politics
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The PSA Early Career Network is inviting abstract submissions for a symposium on Producing Knowledge and Disciplining Politics. Submissions may be made online by 14 April 2023.
Call for Papers: PSA ECN Annual Conference 2023 Political Worlds

The PSA Early Career Network is inviting early career researchers to submit abstracts for the PSA ECN Annual Conference 2023 Political Worlds. Submissions may be made online by 14 April 2023.
Call for Abstracts: Roundtable at PSA23
ASN Conference 7:
ASN Conference: 24-26 August 2022 – Registration Open Now
PSA YPP PROPOSALS FOR CONFERENCE 2023 BY 9 SEPTEMBER 2022
Please note proposals for Young Peoples Politics panels need to be with us by Friday 9 September 2022
March 2022

Dear members of the Local Politics Specialist Group, Some of you will have seen an email from the PSA yesterday with details of the conference programme next month. If you happened to click on the link to the programme, you may have discovered that three of our panels were scheduled to take place at the same time, which was obviously a concern! Also, some of the papers had dropped out of the programme for some unexplained reason. Anyway, I got in touch with the PSA last night and they have re-scheduled some panels to avoid any clashes. Attached is the […]