Open AccessWhat next for the studies of political science as a discipline? A tentative research agenda
Author(s) -
Thibaud Boncourt
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
analele universităţii bucureşti. ştiinţe politice/analele universităţii din bucureşti. ştiinţe politice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2821-8078
pISSN - 1582-2486
DOI - 10.54885/rnde1739
Subject(s) - politics , political science , institutionalisation , comparative politics , international relations , discipline , corporate governance , conversation , public administration , sociology , media studies , law , management , economics , communication
This text is an edited version of the opening remarks that Thibaud Boncourt, Past President of the Research Committee 33 (The Study of Political Science as a Discipline) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and associate professor at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / Centre Européen de Sociologie et de Science Politique (CESSP), gave at the special panel “The Future of the Studies of Political Science as a Discipline” sponsored by IPSA-RC33 at the 7th international interdisciplinary conference of political research SCOPE: Science of Politics (University of Bucharest, 20-24 September 2021, www.scienceofpolitics.eu). The event was organized and hosted by the Centre for the International Cooperation and Development Studies (IDC) of the Department of Comparative Governance and European Studies, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest, and gathered participants from several countries on all continents, via a virtual meeting. The aim of the panel was to contribute to the global conversation on the current state of political science as a discipline, as well as to discuss the practical means through which IPSA-RC33 can contribute to it and to support the work of political scientists worldwide.