International Association for Political Science Students
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The International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) is an international organisation which represents and links students of political science, international relations and related fields.
Following the 2003 General Assembly of IAPSS the association has maintained a permanent seat in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
IAPSS represents some 10,000 students of political science worldwide and works in partnership with the International Political Science Association(IPSA) and other international bodies to develop the study of political science worldwide.
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[edit] History
In 1996 political science students from Leiden, The Netherlands visited colleagues in Rome, Italy. At this meeting the idea of an international association for students in political science was discussed. In 1998 the first General Assembly of what would come to be known as IAPSS was held in Leiden, The Netherlands and the association was incorporated under Dutch law in that year.
By the end of 1999 IAPSS had grown to encompass 20 member associations from 15 countries across Europe and Africa. By 2001 IAPSS had gained member associations from most European states as well as South Africa, Tanzania, Russia and Puerto Rico. Today IAPSS has member associations from more than 40 countries worldwide and individual members from even more.
[edit] IAPSS General Assembly
The IAPSS General Assembly is the main decision making body of the association. The General Assembly meets annually to decide on the future direction of IAPSS and to elect students to act as members of the various IAPSS committees.
The location of the General Assembly varies each year. The cities that have hosted a General Assembly so far are:
- 1998 Leiden (The Netherlands)
- 1999 Oslo (Norway)
- 2000 Debrecen (Hungary)
- 2001 Rome (Italy)
- 2002 Bucharest (Romania)
- 2003 Ljubljana (Slovenia)
- 2004 Marburg (Germany)
- 2005 Moscow (Russian Federation)
- 2006 Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
[edit] ExCom 2006/07
At the 2006 General Assembly in Amsterdam, The Netherlands the Executive Committee (ExCom) of IAPSS for the 2006/07 mandate was elected. The following delegates took their place in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the Permanent Seat of IAPSS in October 2006:
- Vice-Chairperson: Iana Stantieru
- Member: George Appiah-Kumi
- Member: Iona-Alexandra Belascu
- EVS Volunteer: Andrea Amici
[edit] Publications
IAPSS produces three regular publications:
- The IAPSS Newsletter is an occasional communication to all members of IAPSS which includes news from the Executive Committee about IAPSS events, future plans of the Association and reports from IAPSS Officers around the world, including its representative to the Council of Europe. The IAPSS Newsletter is distributed via email to IAPSS members.
- A Different View is the monthly magazine of IAPSS. It includes news and opinion articles written by both members and non-members of IAPSS from around the world. It is published as a PDF document on the IAPSS website on the 1st of each month.
- Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science is a fully peer reviewed academic journal. Managed by an international Editorial Board (which, in 2006/07, includes representatives from Argentina, Australia, Denmark and Romania) and drawing on internationally recognised reviewers, the journal is published twice annually. One issue is exclusively published online while the other is published online and in hard copy.
IAPSS also maintains a blog: The IAPSS Telegraph.
