Voting in the election for the Political Studies Associations Executive Committee membership will commence on Wednesday 22 April. Heres what you need to know!
Voting in the election for the Political Studies Associations Executive Committee membership will commence on Wednesday 22 April. Heres what you need to know!
We would like to publicly announce the voting period which will commence on Wednesday 22 April and remain open until Wednesday 6 May (5pm BST).
Members eligible to vote will receive an email on Wednesday 22 April from the platform OpaVote with a one-time link to cast their vote. If you are eligible to vote but did not receive a link, please reach out to PSA staff at [email protected].
There are three open positions up-for-grabs on the PSA’s Executive Committee.
It is an exciting time to be a Trustee of the PSA. With the appointment of our new Chair, Roger Awan-Scully and Vice-Chair, Claire Dunlop, the Association is embarking on the next stage of its journey to excellence, sustainability, diversity and growth as the leading learned society in our discipline. And while none of this would be possible without the diligence of our seven staff members, the Association looks to the Executive Committee for its strategic leadership.
A plain text version of the candidate informaton is available to download here.
There are seven candidates running for election:
Please swipe to the left or right to view all candidate statements:
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The Political Studies Association has three positions vacant on its Executive Committee.
These trustees will provide strategic leadership to the Association and will also become legal trustees of the Association as a charity, and therefore must act in accordance with Charity Commission guidelines.
Who are our current trustees? Click here to meet the current team.
Candidates could nominate themselves between February and April this year. This year’s call for nominations can be found here.
All Academic, ECN, Retired and Unwaged/Unemployed Academic members of the Political Studies Association are eligible to vote
Schools, Wider Public Members and Student Members are not eligible to vote
Full eligibility terms can be found in 3.2 of our organisations Bye-Laws.
The PSA is hosting their Executive Committee Elections on OpaVote
All those eligible to vote will receive an email from OpaVote that will include a direct link to voting
If you believe you are eligible to vote and have not received this email please contact [email protected]
Before contacting the office please ensure you check your junk mail/spam
The PSA use Scottish STV for electing members to our Executive Committee.
Please keep the election a positive and good-humoured affair. If you happen not to be elected, there will be another election the following year, so please focus on telling others of your possible contributions, rather than other candidates’ weaknesses.
In terms of campaigning techniques, please feel free to canvas to your colleagues, send emails to colleagues in other institutions, and post on social media. If tweeting, please use #PSAElections
There is a strict budget of £0 for each candidate in the election; in other words, you cannot spend any money on your election, be it to purchase gifts for voters, take out newspaper advertisements, or otherwise.
If Specialist Groups wish to highlight individual candidates, they must please highlight every candidate who is a member of their Group when doing so.
The Honorary Secretary acts as the Returning Officer for PSA Executive Committee elections
Another member of the Executive Committee will be appointed if the Honorary Secretary is themselves running or has declared a conflict of interest
This year’s returning officer is Fiona Mackay, who can be contacted via [email protected]
Click here for full versions of the PSA’s governing documents and Bye-Laws
