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IPSA Newsletter - December 2020

IPSA Newsletter - December 2020
IPSA NEWSLETTER - December 2020
 
 
SEASON'S GREETINGS
 
The IPSA Executive Committee and the Secretariat wishes you, your family, and your friends Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year!
 
Please note that the IPSA Secretariat will be closed from 24 December 2020 to 8 January 2021.
 
 
IPSA WELCOMES THE ASSOCIATION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF PARAGUAY
 
It’s a great pleasure to announce that the Association of Political Science of Paraguay (ACIPP) has joined IPSA as a collective member organization.
 
The Committee on Participation and Membership recommended the ACIPP’s candidacy at the last IPSA Executive Committee meeting (No. 134), which was held virtually on 20-21 November 2020. The Executive Committee went on to formally accept ACIPP’s candidacy.
 
The Association of Political Science of Paraguay thus becomes the 60th collective member of IPSA, and it will be a voting member at the next IPSA Council, to be held in conjunction with the 2021 World Congress of Political Science in Lisbon, Portugal.
 
IPSA warmly welcomes ACIPP and extends its best wishes for success to political scientists in Paraguay.
 
THE UN AT 75 CONFERENCE VIDEOS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
 
If you missed The UN at 75: Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Multilateralism conference, you can still read a summary of each session and view the videos on the conference page.
 
IPSA held its first online conference, on the Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Multilateralism to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The event was organized with support from the Government of Québec and presented in partnership with Concordia University and in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) and the Greater-Montreal and Québec branches of the United Nations Association in Canada.
 
The three-day conference, hosted on the Zoom platform, saw some 35 leading experts, diplomats and academics discuss a range of current themes in international politics.
 
 
THE 2021 IPSA WORLD CONGRESS TO FEATURE ITS MOST AMBITIOUS PROGRAM TO DATE
REGISTER TODAY!
 
The 2021 IPSA World Congress of Political Science is approaching fast, and registration is OPEN! Register now for the Congress and enjoy an early-bird discount. The early-bird registration deadline is March 18, 2021.
 
We currently have 5,870 accepted papers and 1,190 panels, making this the largest program ever assembled in IPSA’s history!
 
NOVA University is slated to host the WC2021, and no online/remote presentations are anticipated for the time being. Congress participation procedures and guidelines may be subject to change in the coming months, however, depending on the status of the pandemic. Updates will be announced on the congress website, and participants will receive notifications by email.
 
IPSAMOOCs GO LIVE:
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR WEBINAR SERIES
 
IPSAMOOCs, a joint project from Federica Web Learning and IPSA, launched a new webinar series called MEET the Instructor. The webinar series gives participants the opportunity to gain fresh insights, receive updates on MOOCs, and speak directly with instructors during the question-and-answer session.
 
The joint venture between Federica Web Learning (Centre for Digital Learning at the University of Naples Federico II) and IPSA led to the first MOOC portfolio in political science. Since its launch, over 62,000 international students have benefited from the research and teaching excellence provided by IPSAMOOCs.
 
The series will start in January 2021. To receive information on the upcoming sessions, click on the following button.
 
 
THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF IPSR PUBLISHED 
 
The latest issue of the International Political Science Review (IPSR) for November 2020 has been published. IPSA members can access the full IPSR archive from 1980 to the present through their My IPSA menu.
 
To read full articles, become a member of IPSA or subscribe to this publication.
 
Articles Featured in the November 2020 Issue
 
by Guy Lachapelle and Matt Qvortrup
 
Special Issue Articles
by Uriel Abulof
 
by Matt Qvortrup
 
 
 
 
Articles
by Andreas Nordang Uhr
 
by Daniel Stockemer and Steffen Kailitz
 
 
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Events, Jobs, Call for Proposals
 
Events
11-15 January 2021
Online
 
4-5 February 2021
Bern, Switzerland
 
Jobs/Grants
Deadline: 31 January 2021
 
Awards
Deadline: 19 February 2021
 
 
MEMBERS' BOOKS
IPSA Members' Latest Releases
 
By Leonardo Morlino 
 
By David A. Baldwin
and Ethan Kapstein
 
By Maurice Satineau 
 
By Maurice Satineau 
 
By Hatem M'rad 
 
Edited by Mustafa Yagci 
 
BECOME AN IPSA MEMBER FOR 2021
 
Explore the many advantages and services of becoming an IPSA member and renew your membership for 2021 now. Your involvement with IPSA is crucial to furthering our mission to promote the advancement of political science throughout the world.
 
IPSA Membership Benefits
 
1. Register for IPSA World Congress 2021 in Lisbon
2. Connect with the IPSA Community
3. Promote your Work
4. Take part in IPSA Research Committees
5. Access to Online Publications
6. Past Conferences Proceedings Library
 
 
1. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate the political and research agenda, as countries work to control the spread of the disease and roll out a safe vaccine. The Pew Research Centre’s new section on Coronavirus Disease (COVID 19) aims to inform the public about the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic. One of the latest articles reports on a July 2020 Pew survey intended to assess the readiness of adult Americans to participate in contact tracing by observing three steps: speaking, sharing and quarantining. Although 93% of people said they would quarantine if told they had coronavirus, 41% stated that they would be unlikely to speak to a health official by phone if contacted, and 27% stated that they would not be comfortable providing the names of people they had contact with, nor would they be comfortable providing the names of the places they had been. The article also triangulates the results with education level and political loyalty (Research Institute on the IPSAPortal).
 
2. New Maps are published by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) every Thursday. The country overview maps provide detailed and downloadable data on the latest pandemic developments in EU countries and the UK. The surveillance report presents epidemiological characteristics of reported Covid cases and accesses data, including on testing rates, duration of contagion peaks, affected age groups, hospitalizations as well as ICU occupancy rates and cases. The report also covers coronavirus-related issues in Europe and looks at how different countries are affected (Institutions on the IPSAPortal).
 
3. The EUR-lex website is a well-organized site with a straightforward search engine that offers access to key documents detailing pan-European efforts to fight COVID-19, including health protocols, roadmaps for the resumption of travel and tourism, and a common EU toolbox for the use of technology and mobile data. An automatic search launch on COVID-19 related documents is also available, based on year, collection, type of act, author and type of procedure (Official Records on IPSAPortal).
 
4. Discord came onto the scene in 2015 as a chat app for video gamers and quickly became one of the hottest startups in Silicon Valley, with 45 million members. It has privacy and anonymity, invitation-only features that attracted white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups, which used the platform to plot strategy and organize events. Mainstream tech platforms like Twitter and Facebook are often used by activist groups for recruiting and public broadcasting, and tech companies such as Discord question their responsibility for content posted in private groups-at least until Charlottesville highlighted the real issues behind the absence of platform control. Now banned from Discord, the alt-right, like other extremist groups, will find another space: “Moderation on the Internet is an endless cat-and-mouse game” (Media Sources on the IPSAPortal).