About us
Who we are
The ECPR is an independent, scholarly Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), established in 1970. The ECPR supports and encourages the training, research and cross-national cooperation of political scientists throughout Europe and beyond, via its highly-regarded programme of conferences, standing groups, funding opportunities and prestigious publishing portfolio.
The ECPR's membership is composed of higher education institutions; with 340 university member institutions and over 40,000 individual affiliate members across the world, it is Europe's leading political science scholarly association.