We invite applications for the 2025 SekMethoden Annual Meeting, branded as the MZES-DVPW Conference “Methods of Political Science”. The two-day conference will be held at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, from Thursday, March 27, 2025, 09:00 AM, until Friday, March 28, 2025, 01:00 PM.
Submissions
We welcome all contributions with a clear focus on political research methods, including on topics of:
While we welcome submissions with a substantive focus, we ask applicants to stress the methodological aspects of their submission in the abstract. We provide an inspiring and friendly atmosphere to discuss early-stage research projects, pre-registrations/registered reports, other work in progress, or polished contributions. Please have a look at last year’s program to get a feeling for the wide range of topics we welcome.
We value and seek to foster diversity within the discipline. Hence, we especially encourage applications from early-career researchers, women, ethnic minority colleagues, researchers with disabilities, and members of other structurally underrepresented groups.
Please submit your proposal via the application portal by December 16, 2024. We will send you our decisions in early January.
Submission tracks
To accommodate both early stage and advanced work, we offer two submission tracks:
Contact
Please share this call widely. Do not hesitate to contact us at methods-conferencemzes.uni-mannheimde with any questions you may have. We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you in Mannheim.
