Reputation and Trust in Political Science as a Discipline

This panel explores the current state of political science as a discipline in different parts of the world by looking at the way in which the domain gained, developed, consolidated or lost its public reputation as a distinct area of study and in relation to other disciplines. It welcomes papers that present regional, national, subnational or topic case studies, as well as comparative analyses, asking especially (but not exclusively) the following questions: how did political science built its reputation as a distinct discipline? what is the current reputation of political science in the larger area of social sciences? how is political science perceived by the larger scientific public? how is political science perceived by the larger general audience? what is the level of public trust in political science outcomes? which factors affect the level of trust in the discipline as a distinct area of knowledge? which factors affect the credibility and reputation of the the field? which factors consolidate the presence of political science as a distinct discipline within universities and national classifications? which factors threaten the presence of political science as a distinct discipline within universities and national classifications? what measures have been taken to diminish the reputational and trust challenges with which the discipline has been confronted?