2006 Review Final

European Consortium for Political Research Review of Activities 2003-2006 ecpr personnel 2003-2006 ecpr executive committee ecpr editors Chair: EJPR Editors: Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Philipps-Universität, Marburg Kris Deschouwer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Vice Chair and Treasurer: Ed Page, London School of Economics and Political Jan Sundberg, University of Helsinki Science Richard Katz (PDY), Johns Hopkins University Other Committee Members: Ingrid van Biezen (PDY), University of Birmingham Carlos R. Alba, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid EPS Editors: Fulvio Attinà, Università di Catania James Newell, University of Salford Martin Bull, University of Salford Martin Rhodes, University of Denver Mick Cox, London School of Economics and Political Peter Kennealy (reviews issue), European University Science Institute Maurizio Ferrera, Università degli studi di Milano ECPR Book Series Editor: Ursula Hoffmann-Lange, Universität Bamberg Alan Ware, University of Oxford Gabriella Ilonszki, Corvinus University, Budapest OUP Series Editors: Hanne Marthe Narud, University of Oslo Ken Newton, University of Southampton Erik Neveu, Institut d’études politiques de Rennes Alfio Mastropaolo, Università di Torino Jacek Wasilewski, Warsaw School of Social Psychology Routledge Series Editor: Thomas Poguntke, University of Birmingham ecpr directors ecpr boards Academic Director: Richard Bellamy, University College London Publications: Administrative Director: Mick Cox, Martin Bull, Rebecca Knappett Clare Dekker, Central Services Finance, membership and development: Jacek Wasilewski, Hanne Marthe Narud Training, graduate affairs, summer schools: ecpr central services Ursula Hoffmann-Lange, Erik Neveu, Fulvio Attinà Conferences, Standing Groups, Joint Sessions: Louise Hawkridge: Office Administrator Carlos Alba, Gabriella Ilonszki, Maurizio Ferrera Rebecca Knappett: Publications Manager Rob Mossop: Web, Systems & Database Manager (p/t) N.B. Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Jan Sundberg, Richard Emer Padden: Administrative Assistant Bellamy and Clare Dekker are ex-officio members of all Deborah Savage: Publications Assistant (p/t) boards. Sandra Thompson: Consortium Administrator (p/t) The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is an independent, scholarly association, established in 1970. It supports and encourages the training, research and cross-national co-operation of political scientists throughout Europe and beyond. The ECPR currently has approximately 300 European institutional members and associate members in over 40 countries, from as far afield as New Zealand and Japan. These members together form a network of thousands of individual political scientists, international relations and European studies specialists. Activities include: • Organising workshops, roundtables, conferences and summer schools • Publishing journals, books, articles and newsletters • Providing a comprehensive information source for political scientists through its website, electronic bulletins and online searchable databases ECPR Central Services Tel: +44 1206 872501/2497/4838/2797 University of Essex Fax: +44 1206 872500 Wivenhoe Park Email: [email protected] Colchester Web: www.ecprnet.org contact / about the ecpr Essex CO4 3SQ UK contents: Introduction from the Chair of the ECPR Executive Committee 2 Report of the 2005 Strategy Group: Strategic Review 4 Report from the ECPR’s Administrative Director 8 Report from the ECPR’s Academic Director 9 Report from the ECPR’s Treasurer and Vice Chair 11 Reports from the Members of the ECPR Executive Committee 13 ECPR publications: Annual editors’ reports 18 ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops: 2003-2006 28 The 2nd and 3rd ECPR General Conferences 32 ECPR Standing Groups: Annual reports 35 ECPR supported spring and summer schools 44 ECPR Graduate Network 47 ECPR prizes, funding and awards 48 Relationships with other organisations 50 Current ECPR membership 53 introduction from the chair of the ecpr executive committee supported under the auspices of ECPR. Since 2004 two new series, the ‘ECPR Classics’ and the ‘ECPR Monographs’ are now published under our own imprint ‘ECPR Press’. The awarding of prizes like the Stein Rokkan, the Rudolf Wildenmann, the ECPR Lifetime Achievement Award (presented for the first time at the 2005 General Conference at Budapest) and the ECPR PhD Prize emphasise the achievements and enhance Dirk Berg-Schlosser the public visibility of our profession. The membership has greatly increased to more than 300 institutions now including many from Eastern Europe and a number of associate members from outside of Whither ECPR? Europe. As another unique feature, members which make full use of the possibilities offered such as reim- In 1970, the ECPR was founded as a ‘consortium for bursements for participants at the Joint Sessions, reduc- political research’ by such luminaries of European politi- tion of fees for summer schools and similar events, reim- cal science as Stein Rokkan, Jean Blondel, Rudolf bursements from the Scholarship and Mobility Funds, Wildenmann, Serge Hurtig, Richard Rose and others. In price reductions for the book series, journals etc., may the beginning, it brought together some of the major get more out of ECPR than they actually pay. This teaching and research institutions in Essex, Mannheim, applies in particular for new members from lower-income Bergen, Aarhus, Leiden etc., with a strong empirical, but countries with considerably reduced fees to encourage also comparative and historical-sociological, orientation. the spread of the discipline there. At this time also, the European Journal for Political Our Central Services, with a small but highly dedicat- Research (EJPR) as the (up to the present day) leading ed and very efficient staff under the direction of Clare journal in this field with Arend Lijphart as its first editor, Dekker, our Administrative Director, make all this possi- was launched. ble. In addition, the Academic Director, Richard Bellamy The major activities consisted of the annual ‘Joint during the last three years, oversees the book series and Sessions of Workshops’ (since 1973) and some smaller other publications, organises panels and meetings with research sessions to stimulate broader-based interna- other associations such as APSA or IPSA – which now tional research projects. In the course of time, the number take place on a regular basis – and is in charge of longer- and subjects of the workshops greatly increased and now term planning and other academic affairs. also include topics from normative and positive political In addition, the Executive Committee consisting of the theory, international relations, policy research etc. Out of Chair, a Vice Chair/Treasurer and up to 12 members alto- these contacts and networks a number of permanent gether, is elected at the occasion of the Council Meeting of ‘Standing Groups’ developed (26 at present), which are the Official Representatives of the member institutions equivalent to the ‘sections’ of the American Political every three years and usually meets twice a year during Science Association (APSA) or the ‘research committees’ the Joint Sessions and the autumn conference. of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Responsibilities are sub-divided into portfolios which are in and which cover practically all areas of political science. charge of the major activities like the selection of work- Some of these Standing Groups have also developed shops for the Joint Sessions, the conferences, the organ- their own conferences, summer schools, newsletters etc. isation of summer schools, the Standing Groups, the vari- Another major innovation was the bi-annual ‘General ous publications, etc. Some of these tasks are carried out Conference’ (since 2001) which will alternate with a jointly by more than one member to ensure some continu- ‘Graduate Conference’ from 2006 onwards. These bring ity between incoming and second-term members within together an even wider group of political scientists the overall rotating system that renews half of the EC including many from smaller and non-member institu- every three years. There is a term limit of six years as the tions and, indeed, from all over the world. In addition, maximum. This involves much more specific work and there are now 10 summer schools, including a new one meetings, particularly in the areas of publications and on Methods and Techniques at Ljubljana in 2006, and an finances, but also for the preparation and site visits of the European Summer University (since 2005 at Grenoble) Joint Sessions and conferences, etc. The EC also pre- which are, at least in part, organised and supported by pares a Strategic Review on a regular basis to assess past ECPR or its Standing Groups. Furthermore, a second performance and plan future activities; the current Review, journal, European Political Science (EPS), as a periodi- prepared for the Council Meeting can be seen on page cal for the profession has been successfully launched in four of this document. On the whole, it can be said that this 2002. A regular electronic bulletin with current organisa- really is a ‘working’ and ‘hands-on’ committee in many tion news, job advertisements etc. is available on the ways and cooperation during the last two terms, when this ECPR’s website. Two book series, one with Routledge, portfolio system had been introduced, has been very the other with Oxford University Press, are edited and smooth and effective. 2 ecpr review of activities 2006 From all these developments it is apparent that the

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