International Association for Political Science Students

International Association for Political Science Students
The logo of the International Association for Political Science Students
Abbreviation	IAPSS
Formation	1998
Type	International Student's Association
Legal status	Association
Purpose/focus	Educational
Headquarters	Ljubljana
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	private persons
Official languages	English
Chairperson	Pedro Manuel Costa
Main organ	General Assembly
Website	iapss.org

The International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) is a platform for political science students and students interested in political science issues. The Association is international, politically independent, non-profit and student-run, and aims to have global impact in the political science sphere.

Founded in Leiden, The Netherlands in 1998, is composed by 80 Associations, mostly from Europe and Latin America. In 2003, it has established a Permanent Seat in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

IAPSS represents some 10,000 students of political science worldwide and works in partnership with the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and other international bodies to develop the study of political science worldwide.

History

The idea of an international Political Science students' network was first discussed in 1996, when students from Leiden University visited colleagues in Rome, Italy. The first IAPSS General Assembly was held in Leiden, The Netherlands in 1998, where the Association was incorporated.

During years, IAPSS evolved from network to a real "umbrella-association": in 2003, a Permanent Seat was established in Ljubljana, Slovenia; in 2004, the first stable Executive Committee (ExCom) was elected, which would have coordinated projects and activities on various levels directly from the Slovenian capital; in 2005, was deliberated the incorporation of a new Association in Slovenia, which succeeded the Dutch one.

By the end of 2010, IAPSS has grown to 80 Associations from 50 different Countries from Europe, Asia and Latin America. For the latter, has been established the first IAPSS Regional Centre, while another one is on his way for Western Balkans.

Structure

The bodies of the Association are:

• the General Assembly (GA): composed by all the Association Members, plus the Individual Members and Honorary Members (the two latter without right of vote), it decides the guidelines of the Association, it elects the other Bodies and decides on new Association Members requests of admission;
• the Executive Committee (ExCom): composed by six members of at least three different nationalities (Chairperson, three Vice-Chairpersons, Secretary General and Treasurer) who have the duty to stay at the Permanent Seat, plus up to four "Non-Permanent Residing Members" (NPRM), is the executive body of the Association, it manages IAPSS projects and initiatives, and makes operative all the GA resolutions and decisions;
• the Supervisory Committee (SupCom): composed by three members of different nationalities, monitors the work of ExCom and recommend acceptance or non-acceptance of the ExCom Reports and the request of admission of new members;
• the Disciplinary Committee (DisCom): composed by three members of different nationalities, monitors all the Association Members and all the Bodies to be respectful of the Statute;
• the Editorial Board (EB): composed by eight members, of which seven elected by the General Assembly, it cures the publication of the reviews of the Association.

Events

Annual Conference and General Assembly

The Annual Conference and General Assembly (AC/GA) is the principal event of the Association and is held yearly. It is organized by one of the Association Members, elected from the GA itself.

It is divided in two parts: the Annual Conference, made of seminars, lectures and debates, on a theme regarding Political Science, chosen by the Association Member who organizes AC/GA; and the General Assembly, which discusses and approves guidelines and elects the IAPSS bodies for next year.

Year	City	Title
1998	Leiden	The Foundation Conference
1999	Oslo	European Security beyond 2000
2000	Debrecen	Nations and Minorities
2001	Rome	Humankind and Globalisation
2002	Bucharest	New Europe: The Quest for Identity and Legitimacy
2003	Ljubljana	New Wind
2004	Marburg	Good Knowledge: Education as an Object of Trade
2005	Moscow	The End of the Transition Paradigm
2006	Amsterdam	Global Crime
2007	Amsterdam	Globalising Citizenship
2008	Thessaloniki	The Future of Governance in the 21st Century
2009	Ljubljana	The Future of Political Science
2010	Leiden	Water Politics
2011	Lisbon	World Leadership
2012	Bremen	The States they are A-changing

Annual Academic Conference

The Annual Academic Conference (AAC) is an international conference, held yearly, on some Political Science issue. It is organized from one of the Association Members, elected from the GA.

Year	City	Title
2006	Trieste	Nonviolence: history, politics, rights, international value?
2007	Cluj-Napoca	Sovereignty in a globalizing world
2008	Rome	The Giant's rise
2009	Belgrade	Stand up for peace
2011	Thessaloniki	European Identity

Other events

IAPSS Member Association SSE Cluj promoting the 2006 Europe Day in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Year	City	Type	Title
2000	Marburg	IAPSS Regional Conference	Post Cold War Europe
2001	Bucharest	IAPSS Regional Conference	The Bridges Network
2002	Ljubljana	IAPSS Regional Conference	Good Morning Terrorism
2003	Reykjavik	IAPSS Regional Conference	Globalization and National Identity
2004	Helsinki	IAPSS Nordic Conference	The Role of Nordic Cooperation in Enlarging Europe
	Cluj-Napoca	IAPSS Summer school	Reinforcing IAPSS Team
	Leiden	IAPSS Regional Conference for Northern Europe	European Integration
2005	Bern/Zurich	IAPSS Regional Conference	Neutrality in International Context: Good, Bad or just Making Rich?
2006	Rome	"Old, New and Future Europe" Conferences	Europe – Plurality of the Identities
	Ljubljana	"Old, New and Future Europe" Conferences	Europe in the World
	Bucharest	"Old, New and Future Europe" Conferences	Further European Enlargement
2007	Ljubljana	IAPSS International seminar	Youth Bridging the Gap: Reaching out to the Roma
2008	Ljubljana	IAPSS Going Green	Confronting Energy and Climate Change Policies

IAPSS reviews

Politikon

See also: Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science

Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science (also Politikon) is the principal academic review of the Association. Founded in 2001, it is published twice a year.

Politikon publishes undergraduate and graduate student scholarship from around the world. The peer-review and refereeing process involves academic experts from across the world and abstracts from Politikon are included in the International Political Science Association’s (IPSA) Annual International Political Science Abstracts.

A Different View

See also: A Different View

A Different View (also ADV) is the Association's monthly. Founded in 2005, ADV deals with a wide range of topics including political, social, cultural, economic affairs.

The magazine is published online each month on the IAPSS website in PDF format, and through the World Student Press Agency syndacation.

It gives undergraduate and graduate students from around the world the opportunity to shed light on the issues that their country faces through the publication of original op-ed articles.

IAPSS Chairpersons

2006-2007 IAPSS ExCom.

2010-2011 IAPSS ExCom.

From 1999 to 2004, the Chairperson of the Association Member intended to organize the AC/GA was also the Chairperson of IAPSS. From October 1, 2004, a stable Board has been established.

Year	Chairperson
1998	Matthijs Luijke
1999	Halvard Leira
2000	Ferenc Pénzes
2001	Alessio Sanguinetti
2002	Claudiu Craciun
2003	Blaž Gorjup
2004	Stefan Cibian Cornelia Schöler
2004-2005	Matija Kovač
2005-2006	Yvon Braam
2006-2007	Iana Stantieru
2007-2008	Alexandros Samaras
2008-2009	Alejandro Delmar Inioque
2009-2010	Yoana Balchova
2010-2011	Luca Martinelli
2011-2012	Pedro Manuel Costa

See also

IAPSS partners

• University of Ljubljana
• International Political Science Association
• International Studies Association
• European Consortium for Political Research
• American Political Science Association
• Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe
• UNESCO
• Council of Europe

External links

• Official site
• IAPSS Regional Center for Latin America
• Politikon
• A Different View