Politics of Our Times: Asking the Difficult Questions
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Politics of Our Times: Asking the Difficult Questions 68th PSA Annual International Conference 26 - 28 March 2018 Cardiff City Hall and Law & Politics Building, #PSA18 Cardiff University PSA members are invited to attend the PSA Annual Assembly Tuesday 27 March 2018 Assembly Room, City Hall The Annual Assembly is an opportunity for members to feed into our work and drive the future of the Association. Members are encouraged to submit questions, concerns and ideas at this unique open forum. This is an exciting time for the PSA! The year ahead will include new office premises, a new website and increased activities in education, publications and specialist groups. We welcome your ideas and feedback on all these developments. We also invite you to bring your skills as a volunteer to help us accomplish our strategic goals! The Annual Conference Drinks Reception will follow the Annual Assembly. 17.00 - 17.15 Annual Assembly Welcome Drinks 17.15 - 18.15 Annual Assembly 18.15 - 19.15 PSA Annual Conference Drinks Reception Welcome to Cardiff! Dear Conference Delegate, I am delighted to welcome you to Cardiff for this 68th Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association (PSA). We are expecting over 800 delegates from around the world to what will be our biggest conference – ever! The PSA conference has grown substantially over the last few years in terms of numbers and quality of research presented. This is reflected in the range of panels, the calibre of keynote speakers, the innovations and additions to the traditional conference programme, the commitment to equality and diversity, and the way the PSA continues to expand its intellectual community. This conference programme attests to the fact that the experts in our discipline are rising to the challenge and the asking difficult questions about ‘Politics in Our Times’. I’m sure you will have your own favourites, but allow me to draw your attention to a few highlights: Rise and shine on Monday morning with our Welcome Breakfast for New Attendees! Later that day, I encourage all Early Career Researchers to attend the lunchtime presentation on “Positive Prospects: Careers for Politics and other Social Science Graduates” by Sharon Witherspoon, Head of Policy at the Campaign for Social Science. On Tuesday, the fantastic PSA Early Career Network has organised a “Speed Mentoring” Session. This provides a great opportunity for career advice, publishing tips and general networking with senior colleagues. To round off the day of panels, ECRs are invited to a drinks reception on Monday evening and social event on Tuesday evening. For Departmental leaders, the PSA hosts a networking event on Tuesday morning to inform you of upcoming PSA activities as well as opportunities for collaboration. All of us, ECRs, Departmental leaders, and researchers will be interested to meet the REF 2021 Panel Chair, Prof. Charlie Jeffery and other REF panel members for discussion and lunch on Tuesday. Our keynote speakers are surely to offer us some guidance on the difficult challenges of ‘Politics in Our Times’. On Monday, Nazir Afzal OBE, Special Advisor to the Welsh Government on violence against women will be in conversation with Journalist Shazia Awan-Scully. On Tuesday, Prof. Sanjay Seth (Goldsmiths, University of London) will speak on “The (Shifting) Ground Beneath our Feet: Rethinking the Conceptual Underpinnings of the Discipline”. In addition, we are honoured to welcome Prof. Carrie Rosefsky Wickham (Emory University), presenting the Leonard Schapiro Lecture and offering “A Fresh Perspective on the Origins of ‘Civic Culture’ and Why it Matters for the Study of the Arab World”. Throughout the schedule there are sessions on the role of women and politics. These include: “Devolution 20 Years On: Where are the Women?”; “Local Government and Gender Equality”; and “Gender in the Profession”. One personal favourite for me, will be the session with Prof. Carole Pateman on “The Sexual Contract 30 years On” – I’m really looking forward to seeing this dear friend of the PSA. Those with a journal article ready to go or a good idea for one, those wondering about how journals operate, or those concerned about the future of academic journal publishing, should attend the Publishing Roundtable: Meet the Editors on Tuesday. If you want your research heard at Whitehall (or Cardiff or Edinburgh or Belfast!), come along to the session on “Improving Evidence Use in Government” sponsored by the Wales Centre for Public Policy. If media engagement interests you, come along to the “Bursting Filter Bubbles and Opening Up Echo Chambers” Plenary. Led by PSA Trustees Joanie Willett and Arianna Giovannini, this year the PSA will launch a review of how we can better serve our Specialist Groups. I encourage you to be an active member of the various research led Specialist Groups and to attend the meetings taking place at the conference. For a bit of fun, test your political knowledge with the Conservative & Conservatism Specialist Group Lunchtime Political Quiz. And finally, this year’s Conference Dinner at the National Museum Cardiff features award-winning author andGuardian editor-at-large Gary Younge. We will also honour our PSA Prize Winners who represent the amazing work of our members in research, teaching and publishing. At last year’s conference, I danced at my first Scottish ceilidh and, as a girl who grew up at barn dances in Texas, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to continue that fun here in Wales with Pluck and Squeeze! I am absolutely certain that each of you will attend the PSA Annual Assembly (with drinks reception) to review the range of PSA activities. From the launch of the PSA Strategic Plan last year, I can honestly say we have made great process. Looking ahead, our new CEO, Phil Sooben, the PSA staff team and the PSA Trustees have set some exciting goals for growth and engagement as an organisation. We have a full year of events planned for 2018, including a new website, a review of Specialist Groups, a membership survey and expansion of activities in areas of education, outreach and research support. I want to thank all those involved who have worked hard this year for the PSA. What a fantastic conference programme! I am immensely grateful to our conference convenors, Branwen Gruffydd Jones, Ian Stafford and Jonathan Kirkup, as well as Avnish Patel (PSA Events & Marketing Manager) for their unbelievably hard work. Together they have lined up a hugely impressive conference. I would also like to thank Visit Cardiff and our other sponsors and exhibitors for their assistance and support. Sincerely, Professor Angelia Wilson Chair, Political Studies Association of the UK P.S. If you see me wandering around the conference please do come up and say hello! Political Studies Association - 68th Annual International Conference 3 Cardiff, 26 - 28 March 2018 Conference Programme Sunday 25 March 2018 17:30-20:00 Questioning the Generation Game in Contemporary Politics: Young vs. Old? Tiny Rebel Cardiff Speakers: Helen Mary Jones (Swansea University), Matthew Mathias (Electoral Reform Society Cymru) and Dr Esther Muddiman (WISERD, Cardiff University) Chair: Dr Andy Mycock (University of Huddersfield) This event is open to all. Monday 26 March 2018 08:00-17:30 Registration 08:30-09:15 Welcome Breakfast for New Attendees Assembly Room, City Hall Sponsored by the PSA Early Career Network and Membership Committee 09:30-11:00 Panel Session 1 See page 20 09:30-11:00 Gender in the Profession Assembly Room, City Hall Sponsored by the PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group and Political Studies Review Speakers: Dr Sadiya Akram (Manchester Metropolitan University), Dr Meryl Kenny (University of Edinburgh), Professor Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh), Dr Kate Mattocks (Liverpool Hope University), Shardia Briscoe-Palmer (University of Birmingham) and Dr Zoe Pflaeger Young (De Montfort University) Chair: Dr Meryl Kenny (University of Edinburgh) 11:15-12:15 Plenary: Bursting Filter Bubbles and Opening Up Echo Chambers: Assembly Room, City Hall The Role of the Academic in Public Debate Speakers: Professor Roger Awan-Scully (Cardiff University), Professor Leighton Andrews (Cardiff University) and Laura Hood (The Conversation) Chair: Professor Yvonne Galligan (Queen’s University Belfast) 12:15-12:30 Refreshments Lower Hall, City Hall 12:30-13:30 Plenary: In Conversation with Nazir Afzal OBE Assembly Room, City Hall (Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service for North West England, 2011 - 2015; Special Advisor to the Welsh Government on Violence against Women, Gender- based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence) Chair: Shazia Awan-Scully (Journalist and Commentator) 13:30-14:30 Lunch Break* 13:30-14:30 British Journal of Politics and International Relations Article of the Year Roundtable: Ferrier Hall, City Hall Was Brexit Inevitable? Best Article Prize Winner: Professor Helen Thompson (University of Cambridge) Panellists: Dr Waltraud Schelkle (LSE) and Professor Dan Wincott (Cardiff University) Chair: Dr Alan Convery (University of Edinburgh and Deputy Editor, BJPIR) 13:30-14:30 Campaign for Social Science Presentation on Positive Prospects: Careers for Politics Room E, City Hall and other Social Science Graduates – and Why Number and Data Skills Matter (Lunch provided) Speaker: Sharon Witherspoon (Head of Policy, Campaign for Social Science) 13:30-14:30 PSA Specialist Group Meetings: (see page 17 for location Global Justice and Human Rights; Italian Politics; Marxism; Politics and Policy in Southeast and