IPSA RC 41 & 15 Seventh International Workshop on "Political Geography and Geopolitics as Scientific Approaches: Concepts, Theories, Methods"

IPSA Research Committee 41 - Geopolitics  and Research Committee 15 - Political and Cultural Geography

Seventh International Workshop on "Political Geography and Geopolitics as Scientific Approaches: Concepts, Theories, Methods, and Cases"

11- 13 October 2024, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Submission deadline: 1 April 2024

The IPSA joint RC41 and RC15 Seventh International Workshop in Budapest, titled Political Geography and Geopolitics as Scientific Approaches: Concepts, Theories, Methods, and Cases is organized by the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies and the Lab of Geopolitics, Corvinus University of Budapest. Following the previous workshops in Moscow (2010), Jerusalem (2013), Austin (2019), Yerevan (2021), Moscow (2022), and Belgrade (2023), the 2024 Budapest Workshop will continue the traditional framework, limiting the participation to a smaller group of scholars to discuss contemporary theoretical and empirical puzzles of geopolitics and political geography. The two-day workshop is designated to bring together up to fifteen leading scholars on geopolitics and political geography to discuss the theoretical, methodological, and empirical development of the discipline.

Accordingly, the Budapest Workshop will be conducted in an open discussion format, with scholarly presentations divided into three-panel sessions, with 3-5 panelists for each session. The presentation (10-15 minutes) will be followed by a brief set of oral comments by the designated discussant, after which the floor will be open to questions and comments from the audience (45 to 60 minutes).

The list of the workshop topics includes:

- The place of concepts and theories in political geography & geopolitics;
- Reshaping methodological approaches in political geography & geopolitics;
- Representing, visualizing, and interpreting geopolitical data;
- Historical and archival research in political geography & geopolitics;
- Geotagged surveys and interviews in political geography & geopolitics;
- Spatial statistical analysis, spatial econometrics, and GIS technologies in political geography & geopolitics; wargaming/software and in vivo simulations;
- Application of specific theories and concepts in empirical case studies in political geography & geopolitics.
 
Keynote Speaker
rofessor David Criekemans, University of Antwerp

Applying for the Workshop
Unlike other international conferences, the Workshop framework is designed to limit participation to a smaller and rather selected group of invitees, each bringing to bear his or her disciplinary expertise or area studies specialization. Anyone wishing to participate in the 2024 RC-41 and RC-15 Budapest Workshop is invited to submit an initial abstract. The abstract (between 300 and 500 words) should be sent to Nuno Morgado at nuno.morgado@uni-corvinus.hu and to Igor Okunev at okunev_igor@yahoo.com. Abstracts will not be accepted after April 1st, 2024. Notice of Acceptance will be sent to the participants by 15 April 2024. 

No Registration fee for the Workshop is required.

Acceptance is conditioned, however, upon the participant’s commitment to full, active attendance at all panel sessions and discussions throughout the three days of the Workshop, in addition to one paper presentation. Participants in the 2024 Budapest Workshop are expected to cover all personal transportation arrangements, accommodation, and expenses. Limited IPSA conference travel grants may be available upon special request to help defray partial airfare costs for junior scholars or in exceptional cases.

PUBLICATION
All papers presented at the Workshop will be published in a jointly edited volume by Corvinus University of Budapest and the University of Belgrade.

TIMELINE

• 20 February 2024: Announcement & Call for Papers
• 1 April 2024: Deadline for Submission of Abstracts
• 15 April 2024: Notice of Acceptance
• 1 July 2024: Full Paper Submission
• 30 September 2024: Final Program