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Hosted by the School of Politics and International Relations and the Data and Methods Institute, University of Nottingham

8-10 September 2006

EPOP is the largest specialist group of the Political Studies Association of the UK, bringing together people interested in the study of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. It has over 200 members, including media commentators, leading opinion pollsters and national party officials as well as academics. The group convenor is Justin Fisher (Brunel University).


The School of Politics and International Relations is one of the largest, liveliest and most welcoming Schools of Politics and International Relations in the UK. Ranked in the top ten of UK departments in the most recent Guardian Education guide, Nottingham is a centre of excellence in both teaching and research. Research strengths include Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory. The school also houses the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and the Centre for the Study of European Governance, and is a part of the Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society. The Methods and Data Institute was established in 2004, and seeks to enhance and build International excellence in empirical social science research at the University of Nottingham, and to promote collaboration in interdisciplinary research.


Booking forms are now available, as is the provisional programme. The conference programme is currently full and we cannot at this point take any further papers. However, we have a reserve list of papers, to fill any gaps that might be caused by people dropping out, and anyone with a paper suggestion – which need take the form only of a rough title and details of authors – for this list is welcome to contact the convenors, although at this stage we cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate them in the programme. As at any EPOP conference, we are interested in quality research on any aspect of elections, public opinion or parties, and we have no methodological biases or prejudices above the wish to see rigorous research, properly presented. We welcome papers on elections, public opinion or parties in any country, but we would particularly welcome papers which dealt with contemporary developments in the British party system, either the changes in the three main parties or the rise of the assorted other parties.


Convenors:
Philip Cowley (School of Politics)
Cees van der Eijk (Data and Methods Institute)


EPOP 2006
School of Politics and International Relations
Nottingham University
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
United Kingdon

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