PSA Journal Impact Factors for 2025: A Strong Year Across the Board
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We are pleased to share the latest Impact Factor (IF) results for our four journals, released as part of the 2025 Journal Citation Reports. Across the portfolio, the picture is largely one of growth, stability, and continued standing in top quartile rankings. On seeing these results PSA Trustee for Publications Professor Nicholas Allen said: “The latest Impact Factors speak to the excellence of the work published across our four journals. The PSA would like to thank all the authors whose work we publish—and especially our brilliant editorial teams who contribute so much to promoting disciplinary knowledge and advancing political studies.” […]
Scottish Election Analysis 2026: The Campaign, Voters and Policies
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Scottish Election Analysis 2026 report. Featuring 55 contributions, this publication, captures the immediate thoughts, reflections and early research insights on the 2026 Scottish Parliament election from leading scholars in Scottish politics, elections, media and policy. Contributions are short and accessible for a wide range of audiences. Authors provide authoritative analysis of the campaign, including research findings or new theoretical insights, bringing readers original ways of understanding the election and what might happen next. Read Report To mark the official launch of this report on Tuesday 19th May there will be an event at […]
Academic Jobs in Politics – new report for the PSA
A new report for the Political Studies Association, shared exclusively with Research Professional News ahead of its publication on 31 March at PSA26 Annual Conference, analyses trends in politics departments between 2012 and 2025. Written by politics academics Ralph Scott, Lawrence McKay and William Allen, it says the field has developed acute problems with jobs and student numbers. The number of jobs being advertised in politics departments at universities has fallen to a record low, which paints a “troubling picture” for the discipline amid the higher education financial crisis, the report has warned. The pandemic hit politics departments hard and […]
UK Election Analysis 2024 Report
The Election Analysis series is published by the Centre for Comparative Politics & Media Research at Bournemouth University, in partnership with the Political Studies Association (PSA) and the Conversation UK. The 2024 UK Election Analysis report was published on Monday 15th July. Featuring 101 contributions from over 130 leading academics and emerging scholars, this free publication captures the immediate thoughts, reflections and early research insights on the 2024 UK General Election from the cutting edge of media and politics research. Published just 10 days after the election, these contributions are short and accessible. Authors provide authoritative analysis of the […]
Report launch: Career trajectories in UK departments of politics and international relations
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PSA Expert Predictions Report: 2019 General Election
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PSA-PSAI Report on Brexit and Political Sciences Roundtable
The Political Studies Association (PSA) and Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) held their first ever joint meeting on 28 May 2018. Members of both organisations met to discuss the significance, challenges and potential opportunities the Brexit process has presented for the UK and Ireland. Taking place at Queens University Belfast, the participants were selected by the Vice Chair of the PSA and the President of the PSAI according to their interests in teaching and/or researching at the intersections of Brexit and the EU across the UK/Irish contexts. Read the full report produced on the roundtable here. […]
Around the panels
The PSAs annual conference featured over 230 panels over three days in Cardiff. Below is a taste of what was discussed by professors, professionals and early career researchers. Across the nations Westminster elections have slipped to become second order elections in Scotland trailing behind the two recent constitution referenda according to Ailsa Henderson. Which party people voted for in 2017 related to the parties’ positions in the Scottish Independence and the Brexit referenda with concerns about British level policy and politics falling in importance. The Scottish Parliament election in 2016 was incredibly volatile with people switching allegiances […]
Storytelling and Politics: How History, Myths and Narratives Drive Our Decisions
In the inaugural PSA/British Library public lecture series, Mark Laity said narrative has the ability to influence decision making, and logical argument is the least effective method to convince the public of your arguement. Mr Laity is a former BBC defence correspondent and now head of Strategic Communications at NATO’s military headquarters. Using examples from the US gun lobby and the conflict in Ukraine, Mr Laity showed how appeals to shared history can drown out logical argument. A narrative with historical overtones, an emotive connection and credibility not only convinces people, it frames the points of reference they use […]
PSA Conference goes to the pub: England after Brexit
Glasgow has always been a city where you can find people discussing politics in public. Most Glaswegians would agree that the city wears its political heart on its civic sleeve. But recent political events have ensured that the city has arguably reverberated to the sound of political debate like no other part of Scotland or the UK. This was the city that voted ‘Yes’ in the referendum, while the majority and much of the rest of Scotland voted ‘No’ (Dundee notwithstanding). And like the rest of Scotland, it voted overwhelmingly to stay in the Europe Referendum in 2016. Glasgow […]