New Issue of Participation: Spotlight on the 2025 ��World Congress

Publication date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024

��released the latest issue of Participation (Vol.44 no.1, August 2024) on the , held from 12-16 July 2025.

The new edition provides detailed information about the 2025 Congress theme, plenary speakers Ban Ki-moon and Donatella Della Porta, the Congress program and venue, and the Local Organizing Committee, along with practical information on travelling to Seoul. The special issue also features messages from ��President Pablo Oñate, Executive Director Kim Fontaine-Skronski, Co-Chairs of the Local Organizing Committee Euiyoung Kim, Ajin Choi, Sunghack Lim, and Bumsoo Kim, Program Co-Chairs Azul A. Aguiar-Aguilar and Irasema Coronado, as well articles on the Congress theme.

Additionally, the latest Participation issue includes information on IPSA’s 75th anniversary conference in Montreal and Lisbon and news from National Associations, Research Committees, and Summer Schools.

28th World Congress of Political Science Features

Message from the President
Message from the Executive Director
Letter from the Chairs of the Local Organizing Committee
Local Members & Organization Committee
Letter from the Program Chairs
Congress Theme: Resisting Autocratization in Polarized Societies
Program Structure
General Tracks
Plenary Speaker - Ban Ki-Moon
Reflection on the Congress Theme: Resilience of Authoritarianism in North Africa and Governance of Opponents' Lives (Abdelhamid Benkhattab)
Plenary Speaker - Donatella della Porta
Reflection on the Congress Theme: Can Judicial Branches Resist Autocratization? Can Courts Be Saved from it? (Sylvia Inclan)
A History of the Korean Political Science Association
Seoul Welcomes You
Practical Information for Traveling to Seoul
Venue and Transportation