The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is a scholarly association that supports and encourages the training, research and cross-national cooperation of many thousands of academics and graduate students specialising in political science and all its sub-disciplines. ECPR membership is institutional rather than individual and, at its inception in 1970,^[1] comprised eight members (Bergen, Gothenburg, Essex, Leiden, Mannheim, Nuffield College (Oxford), Strathclyde and Paris (FNSP)). Membership has now grown to encompass more than 350 institutions throughout Europe, with associate members spread around the world.

ECPR activities include

• Organising workshops, roundtables, conferences and a biannual Methods School
• Publishing journals, books, articles and newsletters
• Providing a comprehensive European information source for political scientists through its website, electronic bulletin and online searchable databases
• Promoting teaching and training and the discipline in general through the professional journal European Political Science (EPS) and its Methods School.
• Offering a range of funding schemes^[2] to help progress individual careers and to support the wider development of the discipline.

The ECPR has close links with similar organisations, such as the American Political Science Association (APSA), European national associations and the International Political Science Association (IPSA).

Events

• General conference^[3]
• Joint Sessions of Workshops^[4]
• Methods School^[5]
• Futures Lab^[6]
• House Lectures^[7]

Prizes and awards

• Cora Maas Award^[8]
• Dirk-Berg-Schlosser Award^[9]
• Hans Daalder Prize^[10]
• Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations^[11]
• Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize^[12]
• Jean Blondel PhD Prize^[13]
• Joni Lovenduski PhD Prize in Gender and Politics^[14]
• Lifetime Achievement Award^[15]
• Mattei Dogan Foundation Prize^[16]
• Political Theory Prize^[17]
• Rising Star Award^[18]
• Rudolf Wildenmann Prize^[19]
• Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research

Publications

The following academic journals and book series are published by ECPR, in conjunction with other academic publishers:

• Comparative Politics Series,^[20] with Oxford University Press
• European Journal of International Relations (EJIR), with Sage
• European Journal of Political Research (EJPR), with Wiley-Blackwell
• European Political Science (EPS), with Palgrave Macmillan
• European Political Science Review (EPSR), with Cambridge University Press
• Political Research Exchange^[21] (PRX), with Routledge Taylor & Francis
• The Loop,^[22] ECPR's in-house political science blog

ECPR Press

ECPR Press^[23] publishes original research across all fields of political science, international relations and political thought, without restriction in approach or regional focus. It is also open to interdisciplinary work with a predominant political dimension.

Standing Groups and Research Networks

ECPR Standing Groups^[24] encourage collaboration between scholars specialising in the same area of research. Their informal structure allows closer exchange of ideas.

Standing groups are open to individuals in ECPR member institutions as well as those from non-ECPR institutions.