27 / March / 2025

The XII Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) took place between March 6 and 8, 2025, at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. The event was attended by around 467 people over the three days.

28 / February / 2025

The General Assembly Board received, within the stipulated deadline, an application for the APCP governing bodies for the 2025-2027 biennium. After analysis, it was found that the application fully meets the admissibility requirements.

25 / February / 2025

Manuel de Lucena (Lisbon, February 7, 1938 - February 7, 2015) was a social scientist, political actor and writer.

25 / February / 2025

Video testimonials: Hermann Schmitt (University of Manchester) and José Ramón Montero (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

25 / February / 2025

This round table, part of the XII Congress of the Portuguese Association of Political Science, will discuss the historical essays by Tiago Fernandes (ISCTE-IUL) and Victor Pereira (NOVA - FCH).

26 / January / 2025

ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon) March 6|7|8, 2025

23 / January / 2025

The jury awarded Mariana Carmo Duarte the Special Commendation of the Portuguese Political Science Association Prize 2025.

16 / January / 2025

Catarina Leão is the winner of the 2025 Portuguese Political Science Association Prize for best PhD dissertation!

8 / January / 2025

To the members of the Portuguese Association of Political Science:

14 / November / 2024

On the 21st and 22nd of November, the Section on International Relations of the Portuguese Political Science Association Science will organize the 1st International Relations Conference with the aim of collecting testimonials and experiences from professors and researchers in the field, and thus mapping the main trends that can be expected in the short and medium term in different application domains.

3 / November / 2024

The Portuguese Political Science Association pays tribute to André Freire, one of the protagonists in the consolidation of Political Science as an autonomous and independent field of research in Portugal.

2 / October / 2024

XII Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon) March 6|7|8, 2025 Researchers interested in submitting proposals for panels and papers to the XI Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association should submit their proposal by 28 October via the following link: https://congresso-apcp.eventqualia.net/pt/2025/inicio/

11 / August / 2024

As part of the 14th ABCP Meeting (Brazilian Political Science Association ), held from August 1 to 8 (2024), with the theme: Inequalities and Climate Justice: challenges of Political Science in the Global South, the Portuguese Political Science Association participated by organizing a round table.

11 / June / 2024

The Executive Board of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) is pleased to inform that applications for the Prize for the best doctoral thesis are open until the 31st of July 2024.

1 / June / 2024

Graduate Conference of the African Studies Section of the Portuguese Political Science Association, 23 October 2024, Lisbon Call for proposals: The African Studies Section of the Portuguese Political Science Association organises its first Graduate Conference on October 23, 2024 at Institute of Social Sciences-University of Lisbon & Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon.

1 / June / 2024

XII Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon) March 6|7|8, 2025 Researchers interested in submitting proposals for panels and papers to the XI Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association should submit their proposal by 28 October via the following link: https://congresso-apcp.eventqualia.net/pt/2025/inicio/

30 / April / 2024

Workshop ‘Political Parties, Change in the Party System and Evolution of Portuguese Democracy’

2 / March / 2024

To celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2024, IPSA is organizing an international conference in Lisbon with the support of the Gulbenkian Foundation and in partnership with the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) on the theme Democratization and Autocratization from 11-13 September 2024. This three-day conference holds particular significance as it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, which Samuel Huntington identified as the starting point of the “third wave” of democratization.

17 / February / 2024

Call for Proposals | 27 February to 10 April 2024 Submit your proposals and join us in shaping the discourse on the challenges and prospects of democracy and autocracy in the contemporary world. There are two submission options:

16 / February / 2024

We are delighted to invite submissions for the APCP I PhD Peer exchange, dedicated to the advancement of political science research.

27 / October / 2023

From September 11th to 13th, 2024, the conference "Democratization and Autocratization" of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) will take place in Lisbon, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, as part of the celebration of its 75th anniversary.

27 / October / 2023

The APCP section on Parties and Party Systems invites the submission of proposals for the Workshop Parties, Party System Change and the Evolution of Portuguese Democracy. We invite papers that deal with the empirical study of Portuguese political parties and the party system during the democratic period (1974-2024). The thematic and methodological approaches of the papers are deliberately broad, but priority will be given to papers that focus on the long-term transformation of Portuguese political parties and/or the party system and their impact on the evolution of Portuguese democracy. We also welcome comparative papers (which include Portugal) and encourage young scholars to apply.

15 / October / 2023

During the IPSA Council on July 19, 2023, the last day of the 27th IPSA congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Prof. Madalena Meyer Resende, President of APCP, was elected to the 27th Executive Committee of IPSA and was re-elected Vice-President of this association, in her second term (2023-2025).

15 / October / 2023

The 27th IPSA congress took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 15 to 19 July 2023, under the theme "Politics in the Age of Transnational Crises: Vulnerability and Resilience".

25 / May / 2023

The APCP congratulates Bruno Rocha, winner of the FLAD Political Science Prize that rewards the best master's thesis in the areas of Political Science and International Relations.

8 / May / 2023

At the XI APCP Congress, which took place from March 30 to April 1, 2023, at the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Beira Interior, in Covilhã, the prize referring to the 8th edition of the APCP Prize was awarded.

26 / April / 2023

The XI APCP Congress took place from March 30 to April 1, 2023, at the Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Universidade da Beira Interior, in Covilhã. The Congress had around 350 participants who presented their papers, comprising the following thematic areas: Portuguese Society and Politics, European Studies, Comparative Politics, Governance and Local Politics, Administration and Public Policies, International Relations and Political Theory.

5 / April / 2023

On March 30 our General Assembly took place at the Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã.

25 / November / 2022

FLAD will award the best MA dissertation in the areas of Political Science and International Relations, with participation in the next IPSA congress, to be held in 2023.

24 / October / 2022

The Portuguese Political Science Association mourns the death of Professor Adriano Moreira, a founding member of this Association and President of the General Assembly from 1998 to 2021.

14 / July / 2022

Call for Papers and Panels XI Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, University of Beira Interior (Covilhã) March 30 - April 01, 2023 Researchers interested in submitting proposals for panels and papers to the XI Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association should submit their proposal by 2 December via the following link: https://congresso-apcp.eventqualia.net/pt/2023/inicio/

18 / June / 2022

Dear APCP members, Dear colleagues, The Executive Board of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) is pleased to announce that the APCP's XI Congress will take place between March 30 and April 01, 2023.

27 / March / 2022

On the 25th of March took place, at Livraria Almedina, the presentation of the book "Ciência Política à Portuguesa".

16 / March / 2022

On March 25th, at 6 pm, will take place the presentation of the 2021 APCP Prize and the book "Ciência Política à Portuguesa", by António Costa Pinto, João Cardoso Rosas, Madalena Resende and organizers of the book.

9 / August / 2021

On July 20 our General Assembly took place at the NOVA-FCSH, in a hybrid regime. About 40 people participated in the General Assembly. The protocol of the previous assembly, the activity report of the outgoing Executive Board, the accounting report and the new candidate list for the APCP Executive Board for the biennium 2021-2023 and respective program were approved unanimously.

1 / July / 2021

Roundtables organized by the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP), within the scope of the 26th IPSA World Congress of Political Science taking place, in online format, from 10 to 15 July 2021:

7 / May / 2021

It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the death of Professor Nuno Monteiro, from Yale University and a member of our Association.

13 / March / 2021

Due to the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IPSA Executive Committee (EC) took the difficult decision to transition to a fully Virtual Congress in 2021.

17 / September / 2020

Dear colleagues, Due to the evolution of the situation of COVID-19, the IPSA Executive Committee, in consultation with the Local Organizing Committee in Portugal and the Program Co-chairs, has therefore decided to postpone the 2020 IPSA World Congress to July 2021 (10-14 July). We are pleased to announce the opening of an Additional Call for Proposals.

2 / April / 2020

Dear colleagues, Due to the evolution of the situation of COVID-19, the IPSA Executive Committee, in consultation with the Local Organizing Committee in Portugal and the Program Co-chairs, has therefore decided to postpone the 2020 IPSA World Congress to July 2021.

23 / January / 2020

STATUTES AND INFORMATION The Portuguese Political Science Association Prize is meant to stimulate creativity and thoroughness in Political Science and International Relations research. The Prize will be given to the best PhD thesis in these areas.

7 / December / 2019

APCP President and Vice-President, Professors Carlos Jalali and Madalena Resende, participated in the 70th anniversary celebration IPSA

23 / September / 2019

Call for Papers -ECPR General Conference 2020 Section: Continuity and Change in Southern European Politics Proposed Panel: Protest in ‘post-crisis’ Southern Europe: Sustained Activism or Demobilization and Disengagement?

23 / May / 2019

Dear colleague, The International Political Science Association (IPSA) will hold its 26th World Congress in Lisbon (Portugal) under the theme “New Nationalisms in an Open World” from July 25 to 29, 2020. We, therefore, invite you to share your research on issues to which political science can bring important insights.

26 / February / 2019

The Portuguese Association of Political Science is pleased to inform you that The 26th World Political Science Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) will take place in Lisbon, at the NOVA University, Campolide Campus.

25 / February / 2019

The ECPSA Annual General Assembly was held on the 22nd and 23rd of February, in Lisbon, with Prof. Pablo Oñate (ECPSA President) and Prof. Krisztina Arató (ECPSA Treasurer).

24 / February / 2019

You can read here the study about Political Science and International Relations in Portugal, carried out by the authors Mariana Carmo Duarte (CIES-IUL) and Joana Calado Mendes (IPRI-NOVA).

26 / October / 2018

Last July (July 21-25, 2018), the 25th World Political Science Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) was held in Brisbane, Australia.

26 / October / 2018

The Portuguese Political Science Association is pleased to announce that the "Prize for the Best Doctoral Dissertation", (6th Edition) was attributed to Jovana Ranito.

26 / October / 2018

It happened the IX APCP Congress from 18 to 20 April, at the University of Minho (Campus of Gualtar - Braga).

4 / March / 2018

The Portuguese Political Science Association is pleased to announce that the "Prize for the Best Doctoral Dissertation" was attributed to Edalina Rodrigues Sanches.

18 / November / 2016

The Portuguese Political Science Association is pleased to announce that the "Prize for the Best Paper presented to the VIII Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association" was attributed to António Vasconcelos Dias.

7 / March / 2016

Prize Best Paper VIII Conference Portuguese Political Science Association

24 / February / 2015

The Jury of the 4th Edition of the APCP Prize.

18 / January / 2014

With the goal of contributing to the autonomy and development of Political Science in Portugal.