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Theme: Challenges to Democracy and the Role of Political Science

Karlstad: 4 - 6 October 2017

Welcome to the Swedish Political Science Association's annual conference 2017. This year we convene in Karlstad and at this website you will find information concerning important dates, accommodation and other practical details relating to your stay. In addition to hosting workshops we plan for a keynote and panel discussion related to the overarching theme for this year's conference. This is:

Challenges to democracy and the role of political science

In recent years, the development in world politics has been dominated by events and processes often described as serious challenges for the foundations of liberal democracy. Not only are liberal democracies trying to handle a persistent financial crisis, a growing climate threat, an international political arena in transformation, terror attacks and large numbers of refugees. They are also dealing with a systemic critique of the contemporary political institutional capacity and future, manifested in Great Britain’s exit from the European Union, the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, and a broad, growing support for extreme right wing parties throughout Europe. These pressing challenges also share the common trait that they do not easily fit in to established dichotomies such as global-local, internal-external, right-left and market-society, so often reiterated in public discourses. Rather, the present situations seem to call for new forms of political analysis as well as political practice.

It is crucial, in such times of dramatic events and uncertainty, to reflect upon the significance and role of political analysis. The discipline of political science has a complex relationship to its object of study where challenging issues of critique, relevance, independence and public benefit are in constant negotiation. Our hope is that the conference in Karlstad can function as a forum to discuss and reflect on our role, and our identity, as political scientist in a time where the principles of liberal democracy are shaken in its foundations. 

Author: Andreas Öjehag
Last update: 2017-10-03

Information and news

Program is now set

You can now find the conference program by navigating to the page Program and Facilities. More detailed information regarding workshop rooms will be provided later and later on you will also be able to download the program as a pdf. 

Registration is open

The conference registration is now open. You can register and find more information by following this link: Registration

Extended deadline for abstract submission

The deadline for submitting abstracts for the conference workshops has been extended. The new date is June 16. 

Keynote: Birgit Sauer, University of Vienna

Professor Birgit Sauer from University of Vienna will hold the keynote lecture at the conference under the title: Challenges to political studies in post-political times. More information about professor Sauer is available via her presentation at the University of Vienna: About Birgit Sauer

Important dates

  • Registration opens: in May
  • Abstract deadline: June 16
  • Registration closes: August 24

Links

  • Workshops and abstract submission
  • Conference registration

Contact details

If you have any questions, please contact:

Tomas Mitander
tomas.mitander@kau.se
054-7001980

Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson
andreas.ojehag@kau.se
054-7002259

Malin Rönnblom
malin.ronnblom@kau.se
054-7001597

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