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Photo (left to right): Joohyung Kim (Seoul National University), Emilia Palonen (¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø Executive Committee member), Theresa Reidy (Former IPSR Co-Chair), Euiyoung Kim (WC2025 LOC Co-Chair), Hyeon Su Seo (Korea National University of Education). 

As part of our ongoing collaboration with the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø was present at the , held in Dublin, Ireland, from 12-15 August 2024.

¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø Panel
Chaired by Theresa Reidy, with Emilia Palonen as discussant, the ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø panel Democratic Innovations in South Korea: Experiments and Prospects, was held on 14 August. The panel included three papers dealing with different aspects of democratic innovations in South Korea. The first paper, presented by Euiyoung Kim, explores community-based learning as a pedagogy for democratic innovation. The second paper, presented by Joohyung Kim, evaluates deliberative mini-publics in South Korea. The third paper, presented by Hyeon Su Seo, proposes the concept of "dynamic democracy" and reviews democratic innovations around the world.

¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø’s Virtual Booth
¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø held a virtual exhibition booth. Participants had the opportunity to explore ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø’s wide range of activities, educational programs, recent publications, and gain insights into the upcoming 2025 ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø World Congress of Political Science, to be held in Seoul, South Korea. 

¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø World Congress Information Session
The ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø World Congress team also hosted a virtual Zoom session for ECPR General Conference participants on Wednesday, 14 August. The session focused on several aspects of the upcoming ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø World Congress, including the paper and panel submission process, ¶¡Ïã³ÉÈËÉçÇø travel grants, awards, deadlines, and sessions available to participants.