The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research projects that use the comparative method to study the causes and effects of social, political and economic processes. We specifically welcome presenters, discussants, and participants from other social science fields to share their work with us. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Center for Emerging Democracies, and others.
In other words: All are welcome.
Time & Location:
Workshops meet from 1:30 – 3:00 pm on Fridays in the Pre-Function Room on the 5th floor of Haven Hall. Our first meeting for the semester will be Friday, September 13th, the week after APSA.
Joining the IWCP listserv:
If you would like to join the IWCP listserv, you can do so via the following link with your umich email: IWCP listserv – MCommunity. If you encounter any problems, feels free top reach out to iwcp-listserv-requests (add the usual suffix). Your email will reach all organizers.
2024-2025 First Call for Presenters and Discussants:
If interested in presenting your work, serving as a discussant, or recommending an external speaker, please kindly fill out the following form: 2024–2025 IWCP Form for Participants.
We are making some changes to IWCP this year. One of which is that we will now send two calls for presenters each semester. The second call will be sent on October 25. Although you can already indicate your preferences for the second half of the Fall semester, we will schedule and confirm presentations for after November 1 only after the second call, giving preference to those who have been regular attendees in the first half of the semester. This is intended to give first-year students a better chance at presenting, as well as to encourage active participation. If you cannot participate regularly during the first half but want to present in the second half (e.g., because you are a job market candidate), you are welcome to reach out to us, and we will do our best to accommodate you.
