Proposing a Workshop for the Joint Sessions

• Any scholar belonging to an ECPR Full Member institution.
• Associate Members may co-direct with a scholar belonging to a Full Member institution.
• Students wishing to direct must be in the final year of their PhD programme and have experience in organising panels or sections at the ECPR's General Conference.
• Past Workshop Directors cannot apply to direct a Workshop at the following two Joint Sessions.

Owing to the large amount of work involved in organising a Workshop, we recommend a maximum of two Directors, who must come from institutions in two different countries.

• The Directors' details as registered in their My ECPR accounts
• A brief introduction of the Workshop's themes
• An explanation of why the discipline needs the Workshop
• The key questions to be addressed by the Workshop
• The Paper topics sought

All papers must be presented in person at the event. Please ensure that any authors of papers you encourage to submit a proposal for your workshop are made aware of this requirement initially.

Standing Groups or Research Networks may endorse only one Workshop. This can be a joint endorsement with one or more Standing Groups or Research Networks.

Aspiring Workshop directors should contact Steering Committee Chairs to seek such endorsement and must confirm the endorsement when submitting the online form.

Endorsed proposals are treated preferentially but will not be automatically accepted. Of two equal-quality proposals, priority is given to the one endorsed by a Standing Group or Research Network.

The Joint Sessions generally comprise of 20–30 Workshops.

We normally receive more proposals than we can accommodate, so selections are based on academic quality and a balanced representation of approaches, sub-disciplines, and topics over time.

Each proposal is evaluated by the ECPR Executive Committee and a Panel of previous Workshop Directors.

Proposers will be informed about the outcome of their submissions by email.