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Photo: ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø Executive Director Kim Fontaine-Skronski and IAPSS President Oleksii Zahreba at ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø Secretariat’s office space at Concordia University.

We are excited to announce that ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø and the signed an agreement to renew and expand their academic and institutional cooperation. Through Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs), ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø collaborates with major academic players, including the American Political Science Association (APSA), the International Studies Association (ISA), the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE), the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), and the International Public Policy Association (IPPA). The agreement with IAPSS creates an inclusive and global political science community since IAPSS is the only student association representing political science students worldwide. 

The Memorandum of Understanding extends a bilateral agreement between the two associations dating back to IAPSS’ foundation in 1998, allowing them to further their existing collaboration on several fronts. For example, the bilateral agreement allows members of ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø and IAPSS the possibility to subscribe to the membership of the partner association.

Since the foundation of IAPSS, ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø has facilitated the participation of IAPSS delegates in the ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø World Congresses by partially covering travel and registration expenses for IAPSS representatives. Moreover, IAPSS organizes numerous panels under the Partner Sessions at each ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø World Congress. It is also tradition that at each IAPSS World Congress, an ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø representative delivers a keynote speech called the ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø Lecture. 

Oleksii Zahreba, the association’s President, is a Master’s student in political science at the Université de ²Ñ´Ç²Ô³Ù°ùé²¹±ô and an employee at the ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø Secretariat. ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø and IAPSS share long-standing ties through academic cooperation and partnership, and now, with IAPSS president as an ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø team member, this has only enhanced the bonds between the two organizations.

About IAPSS 

The International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) was founded in 1998 as a network of student political science associations in Europe. Since then, the association has grown to become the democratic student government representing political science students at the global level recognized by the United Nations. The scope of the association’s work is wide as IAPSS organizes academic conferences, seasonal schools, study trips, and runs peer-reviewed journals. Through its advocacy work, IAPSS promotes improvements to political science education and student interests in general at the national, continental, and global levels.

For more information: https://iapss.org/