IPSA released a special issue of Participation (Vol.44 no.1, August 2024) on the 28th IPSA World Congress of Political Science, held from 12-16 July 2025.
The new edition provides detailed information about the 2025 Congress theme, plenary speakers Ban Ki-moon and Donatella Della Porta, the Congress program and venue, and the Local Organizing Committee, along with practical information on travelling to Seoul. The special issue also features messages from IPSA President Pablo Oñate, Executive Director Kim Fontaine-Skronski, Co-Chairs of the Local Organizing Committee Euiyoung Kim, Ajin Choi, Sunghack Lim, and Bumsoo Kim, Program Co-Chairs Azul A. Aguiar-Aguilar and Irasema Coronado, as well articles on the Congress theme.
Additionally, the latest Participation issue includes information on IPSA’s 75th anniversary conference in Montreal and Lisbon and news from National Associations, Research Committees, and Summer Schools.
28th World Congress of Political Science Features
- Message from the President
- Message from the Executive Director
- Letter from the Chairs of the Local Organizing Committee
- Local Members & Organization Committee
- Letter from the Program Chairs
- Congress Theme: Resisting Autocratization in Polarized Societies
- Program Structure
- General Tracks
- Plenary Speaker - Ban Ki-Moon
- Reflection on the Congress Theme: Resilience of Authoritarianism in North Africa and Governance of Opponents' Lives (Abdelhamid Benkhattab)
- Plenary Speaker - Donatella della Porta
- Reflection on the Congress Theme: Can Judicial Branches Resist Autocratization? Can Courts Be Saved from it? (Sylvia Inclan)
- A History of the Korean Political Science Association
- Seoul Welcomes You
- Practical Information for Traveling to Seoul
- Venue and Transportation
IPSA Features
- IPSA 75 Conferences & Timeline
- IPSA Summer Schools
- National Associations News
- Research Committee News
- Call for IPSA Awards
