Dear Respected Members,


We have extended our Call for Abstracts until March 15, below you can find more information.

Please do not hesitate to contact me in case you have any questions.

With my best regards,
Kaan

*/Democracy, Identity, and Power/*

*May 11-14, 2021 l Online *

*/Call for Abstracts /*****

*Extended Deadline for Abstracts Submissions: March 15, 2021*


The International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) is launching its Call for Abstracts for its virtual World Congress. We welcome abstracts from undergraduate, graduate and PhD students, as well as from junior scholars from different academic perspectives, such as comparative politics, international relations, international political economy, political theory, political philosophy, security studies, public policy and administration, regional and area studies as well as political psychology and behavior studies, and international law, among others.


*Publication Opportunity with Politikon*

IAPSS World Congress Team iscollaborating with */Politikon/**//*/(IAPSS Journal of Political Science)**/for a special issue consisting of the selected articles presented at the IAPSS Virtual World Congress 2021. As an indexed political science journal, IAPSS Politikon (ISSN [online] 2414-6633) aims to contribute to the academic debate in all major subfields of the discipline and remains open to submissions from neighbouring disciplines. The quality of each of each final article is ensured by a double-bling peer-review process, handled primarily by researches who are part of the journal's extensive reviewer database, for more information please click /*here* <http://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/about>/.

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*Sub-Themes*

Given the width of the theme of /Democracy/,/ Identity and Power,/ we welcome contributions focusing on a variety of perspectives. The topics addressed at the conference include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

Regime Change, Democratization, Backsliding

(Non-Violent) Protests, Revolutions and Social Movements

Citizen-State-Relations, Civil Society and Public Opinion

Civil-Military Relations, Security Agencies, Non-State Actors

Cyberspace and Politics, Digitalization

Representation, Elections and Voting Behavior

Migration, Borders and Conflict

Natural Resources, Climate Change

Political Theory and State Philosophy

Regional Power Dynamics and Geopolitics

Contemporary Governance

Political Psychology, Affection and Contentious Politics

Politics of Crisis

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*Guidelines for Abstract*

Please send us your abstract of no more than 250 words through the online form /*here* <https://www.iapss.org/apply/>/. This form will include the *name of the author(s), the title of the paper, key words, home university, and email address(es)*.

*Full papers* should be submitted via the available online form */here/* <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mrkSCybrTLmNd8c3vD8QHI-vOX6y4bjDw5LpqP0W34U/viewform>/./ by May 1, 2021. If the form does not appear on this page, you must log into your IAPSS website account or purchase an IAPSS membership. /For further information on *paper format requirements *please click *here* <https://www.iapss.org/events/world-congress/iapss-world-congress-2020-paper-submission-guidelines/>./

We very much look forward to your submission!

Please feel free to contact us in case you have any questions.

On behalf of IAPSS World Congress Team,

*Ahmet Kaan Ketboğa & Crystal Staebell *
*Co-Heads of 2021 World Congress Team*

International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)
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