Call for Papers: APSA 2025 Annual Meeting & Exhibition

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.
Theme: Reimagining Politics, Power, and Peoplehood in Crisis Times
Meeting Dates: September 11-14, 2025
Location: Vancouver, Canada

The American Political Science Association (APSA) invites proposals for its 2025 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, centered on the theme “Reimagining Politics, Power, and Peoplehood in Crisis Times.” Scholars and practitioners are encouraged to contribute to a critical conversation on how political science can illuminate the roots of contemporary crises and offer pathways to reimagine a more just and inclusive political landscape.

About the Theme

As divisions based on race, partisanship, ethnicity, gender, religion, and other cleavages deepen across the globe, the urgency to understand and address the systemic challenges facing our societies has never been greater. From the persistence of misinformation to the erosion of trust in institutions, authoritarianism, and nativism, democracies worldwide are grappling with immense crises. Simultaneously, global challenges such as climate change, wealth inequality, migration, and pandemics demand robust collective action.

This conference invites explorations of how shifts in technology, society, and economics are reshaping politics, the role of narratives of power and peoplehood in countering division, and how political science tools and theories can inspire solutions to address these crises.

Program Co-Chairs

• Tatishe Nteta, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Christian Dyogi Phillips, University of Southern California

Call for Proposals

This conference welcome submissions that critically examine the following questions:

• What can political science reveal about the causes of polarization and division?
• How are global shifts in technology, economics, and society influencing politics?
• What new narratives of peoplehood and power can counteract division and disorder?
• How can political science tools and methods help reimagine the possibilities of politics in crisis times?

This meeting will take place in Vancouver, Canada, on the traditional territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, at a critical juncture that demands innovative thinking and collaborative solutions.

How to Submit

The submission portal will open soon. Detailed guidelines for proposals will be made available on the APSA website.

For more information, visit the APSA Annual Meeting webpage.