Theme Section from Tartu - Cyberpolitics - papers on e-governance, internet politics, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare
Area Studies – panels focusing on specific regional areas (African studies, Asian studies, Latin American studies, the Middle East etc.)
Comparative Politics (including African Politics, Asian Politics, American Politics, European Politics & Latin American Politics) – comparative papers within or across area studies, on any aspect of the political system
Critical Approaches – panels focusing on critical theory, Marxism, feminism, post-structuralism, post-modernism, and other similar approaches
Democracy and Democratisation – theoretical and empirical papers on democracy (and the quality of democracy) and the process of democratisation
Development Studies – papers on the formation of political systems and on the political aspects on economic development
Electoral Politics – papers on electoral systems and reforms at whichever level of government
Environmental Politics – panels focusing on green politics, green public policy and green parties
EU Politics – papers on EU integration, institutionalisation, governance, widening, deepening, etc.
Foreign Policy Analysis – panels on foreign policy and foreign policy behaviour of nations and institutions, hereunder the EU
Gender Politics – papers on the gendered aspect of politics and on gender policy
Globalisation, Citizenship and Migration – papers on the impact of globalisation on migration flows, citizenship policies, both at a theoretical and an empirical level
International Relations – theoretical and applied papers in the field of IR
Law and Politics - papers on the relationship between law and politics and on more substantive issues, such as on human rights protection and promotion
Media and Politics - papers on the impact of public opinion and the media on the political process
Open Section
Party Politics – papers on political parties
Peace and Conflict Studies – papers on processes of conflict resolution and peace-building
Political Economy – theoretical and empirical papers on the governing of the economy
Political Methodology – theoretical and applied papers with a clear methodological drive
Political Psychology – panels addressing the interrelationships between psychological and political processes
Political Sociology – papers on social movements, advocacy coalitions, contentious politics, the social roots of political parties, etc.
Political Theory – papers on empirically grounded political theorising and on political philosophy
Politics and Human Rights – panels on the politics of personal integrity rights, cultural, economic and social rights
Public Administration – papers on public administration and various forms of governance
Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour - panels dealing with survey research and electoral behaviour in a comparative and national perspective
Public Policy – all fields of public policy except economic and gender policies
Regionalism & Federalism – papers on micro- (or sub-state) regionalism, decentralisation, devolution, local politics as well as papers on federalism and inter-governmental relations at a theoretical and empirical level
Religion & Politics – the impact of religion on politics and the of politics of religion
