This section is dedicated to the announcement of events, awards, seminars, and scientific meetings on topics related to political science.
2026
CONGRESSES
4th International Congress on Political Science and International Relations 2026
On April 20, 2026, the 4th International Congress on Political Science and International Relations: “Geopolitics and the New World Order” will be held at Fernando Pessoa University in Porto, Portugal.
The Proceedings Books of the 2nd and 3rd International Congresses on Political Science and International Relations have already been published and are available as Open Access in the Fernando Pessoa University Repository.
Proceedings Book of the 3rd International Congress on Political Science and International Relations (III CICPRI2025) – Corruption, Democracy, and Human Rights, Fernando Pessoa University / I3ID/CEPESE, Porto, Portugal. ISBN 978-989-643-196-9. Available in the UFP Repository (Open Access) http://hdl.handle.net/10284/15096
Proceedings Book 2nd International Congress on Political Science and International Relations II CICPRI2024 – Economic Diplomacy, Fernando Pessoa University / I3ID/CEPESE Porto, Portugal. ISBN 978-989-643-191-4. Available in the UFP Repository (Open Access) http://hdl.handle.net/10284/1513
This information does not replace consulting the official website.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Second Doctoral Conference APCP
The Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) will hold the second edition of its Doctoral Conference on 29–30 May 2026 at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, with institutional support from the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (CES-UC).
Abstract submissions must be made by March 2, 2026.
For more information visit the official website.
XI IDN Youth Seminar
The National Defense Institute (IDN), in a joint organization with several Political Science and International Relations Student Groups from Portuguese Higher Education Institutions, will hold the XI IDN Youth Seminar on April 14 and 15, 2026, at the University of Aveiro, aimed at all higher education students who wish to participate.
At each university, undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, or postgraduate students, either individually or in groups (no more than five members), are encouraged to prepare papers on security and defense topics to be submitted to the IDN by March 27, 2026.
For more information visit the official website.
AWARD
FLAD Political Science Award
The award will distinguish students who have completed a master’s degree at a Portuguese university in the field of Political Science and International Relations and whose dissertation reveals potential for academic research in their area of study. Two master’s theses in the areas of Political Science and International Relations will be rewarded with participation in the next annual congress of the American Political Science Association (APSA), which will take place in Boston, Massachusetts, from September 3 to 6, 2026.
Applications are open until March 1, 2026.
For more information, please visit the official website and the notice of this contest.
