Membership Benefits

The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is an institutional membership organisation open to any university, college, or department of any scholarly institution engaged in teaching and research in political science and its related disciplines worldwide.

The ECPR operates two types of membership, dependent on the location of the member: Full Membership is open to all institutions based in Europe and Associate Membership to all other non-European countries. Both Full and Associate Members receive the same extensive range of benefits, with the key difference being that Associate Members cannot stand for, or vote, in an Executive Committee election and may not direct a workshop at the ECPR’s Joint Sessions of Workshops. Associate Members with six consecutive years’ membership can now, however, apply to become Full Members and thus enjoy those additional benefits.

Although it is the university that becomes the member of the ECPR, every scholar (from post graduate level and above) within (and affiliated to) that institution can benefit from membership to the organisation. This is not restricted to the political science department; individuals in related fields such as sociology, economics and history can also benefit.

At present the ECPR has some 400 institutional members, which translates into approximately 10,000 individuals who are part of the ECPR network. Being part of this network is the key benefit of membership to the ECPR. Other, more tangible benefits available to all include:

Events
Funding
  • Grants for attending the Joint Sessions.
  • Travel and Accommodation Grants for graduate students attending ECPR events.
  • Scholarships available for participants at the Graduate Conference, ECPR Methods Schools and supported spring and summer schools.
Publications
  • FREE online access and print copies of the EPS journal (European Political Science, published in association with Palgrave Macmillan).
  • FREE print copies of the EJPR journal (European Journal of Political Research, published in association with Wiley Blackwell).
  • FREE print copies of the EPSR journal (European Political Science Review, published in association with Cambridge University Press).
  • SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS on all ECPR Press titles.
  • 30% DISCOUNT on all Comparative Politics Series books (published in association with Oxford University Press).
Networking
  • Being part of a large network of academics with related research interests.
  • Join a Standing Group or Network.

All information about ECPR activities is available on the ECPR website. It is also channelled through an "official representative" (OR) who is nominated by his/her institution. The OR is sent all correspondence about the ECPR and all publications (for distribution within the member institution).

Full and associate members benefit fully from the special activities which the ECPR organises from time to time, such as conferences, round tables, special offers for publications, etc.