Chair
Daniel Stockemer, University of Ottawa
daniel.stockemer@uottawa.ca
120 University
Ottawa K1N 6G2
Canada
Co-Chair
Dr. Theresa Reidy, University College Cork
t.reidy@ucc.ie
Secretary
Prof. Kate McMillan, Victoria University of Wellington
Kate.McMillan@vuw.ac.nz
Board Members
Mr. Jean Nicolas Bordeleau, University of Ottawa, Canada, Webmaster, jean-nicolas.bordeleau@uottawa.ca
Ms. Viktoria Zlomanova, Yale University, USA, Graduate Student Representative, vzlomanova@aya.yale.edu
Background
Recognized as a research committee in 2011.
Objectives
IPSA-ECP focuses on the analysis of elections, citizen activism, and political parties, within and across nation-states, using multiple methods. Elections include the role of electoral systems and electoral management, electoral reform, political representation, gender quotas, and the regulation of campaign and party funding. Parties are the key actors on the ‘supply-side’ of electoral competition, structuring voting choices, selecting candidates, offering policy platforms, campaigning, and organizing the allocation of legislative and executive offices. Lastly citizen activism includes research on political participation and voting behavior, the ‘demand-side’ of electoral competition determining party performance.
