Home

2010 Teaching and Learning Conference February 5-7, 2010 | Philadelphia, PA The APSA Teaching and Learning Conference will take place in Philadelphia, PA, on February 5-7, 2010. Special Weather Note, 2/5/2010: The East Coast is expecting inclement weather over the weekend with the possibility of significant accumulation of snow. Please be prepared for travel delays and for traversing snow in the Philadelphia area. The conference is proceeding as scheduled. Featured: Online Program Opening session: Senator Bob Graham, "Salvaging Citizenship: A Partnership for Pols and Scholars?"[more] Pi Sigma Alpha Keynote Address: Rogers Smith, "Teaching as Redemption"[more] Plenary roundtable: facilitated by APSA President Henry Brady, "Teaching Political Science During Hard Times"[more] Remote Participation: With support from COTELCO and Professor Derrick Cogburn, we will offer remote live access to the keynote, opening, and plenary sessions. Please encourage your faculty and students to "tune" in individually or as a group. [More information] Follow the conference on Twitter (hastag: #TLC10): Follow "tweets" by attendees and conference organizers on Twitter. If you tweet, please use the official conference hashtag #TLC10. See the Twitter stream on the main conference webpage. [View #TLC10 Twitter feed]

2010 Annual Meeting Call for Proposals Closed More than 10,000 Submissions Received APSA is pleased to report that more than 10,000 proposals were submitted for the 2010 Annual Meeting. If you submitted a proposal, please review your submission in MyAPSA to confirm its accuracy. Submitters will be notified of their acceptance status in March. Questions about submissions can be directed to meeting@apsanet.org. The 106th Annual Meeting & Exhibition will be held September 2-5, 2010, in Washington, D.C. Program chairs Andrea Campbell, MIT, and Lisa Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, have developed a timely theme “The Politics of Hard Times: Citizens, Nations, and the International System under Economic Stress.” Registration and Housing will open in March. More on the 2010 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition

Elinor Ostrom Wins 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences named political scientist Elinor Ostrom (Indiana University) winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics for "her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." According to the Academy, "Elinor Ostrom has challenged the conventional wisdom that common property is poorly managed and should be either regulated by central authorities or privatized. . ." Dr. Ostrom shares the prize with co-winner Dr. Oliver Williamson (UC-Berkeley). Ostrom is the first woman to win the Nobel Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences since it was founded in 1968. Dr. Ostrom served as president of the American Political Science Association in 1996-97. More on the Nobel Prize: http://nobelprize.org. You can view Dr. Ostrom’s Nobel lecture, Beyond markets and states: polycentric governance of complex economic systems, at http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/ostrom-lecture.html.

Task Force on U.S. Standing in the World Report Available The task force report, U.S. Standing in the World: Causes, Consequences, and the Future, is now available. In the report, the task force concisely presents what political scientists know about the causes and consequences of U.S. standing in world politics. Short Report (.pdf) Long Report (.pdf)

The Profession Graduate Education Data & Trends Enrollment Ethics Human Subjects Research   Teaching Discussion Lists Journals Journal Articles Current Issues Grants & Fellowships Organizations Conferences Jobs & Career Development