[cfp] The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology will take place July 16–18, 2026 at MSU.
🗓Proposal deadline: 3/26/2026
📄Decisions: Late April
📝Submit: tinyurl.com/mpcr5be9
✨Bonus: VIM pre-conf workshop (July 15) — apply by 3/26
Join us for the PolNet Online Colloquium, Mon 16 Feb at 11am ET for Jiwon Kim's paper, “Does Issue Domain Matter? A Reassessment of Interstate Shaming at the UN Human Rights Council.” Discussants: [X: @YooneuiK & @michal_ovadek]. Sign up at uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
📣 Call for Nominations!
The APSA PolNet Section is accepting nominations for its 2026 awards:
• John Sprague Award (grad conference paper)
• Best Conference Paper Award (faculty)
• Political Ties Award (best article)
⏰ Due: April 4, 2026
🔗 forms.gle/cDC8Z3pdS6bmTg…
📢 Call for Papers!
We're pleased to share an opportunity to contribute to the Network Science Special Collection, “Political Networks: New Trends & Directions."
👉Deadline: October 15, 2025
👉 Submission site: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nws
👉More info: tinyurl.com/32t4rn84
📢 Call for Papers!
We’re inviting submissions for the Political Networks Online Colloquium (2025–26).
🔹 Monthly, 1-hr sessions
🔹 Read-ahead format (no presentations)
🔹 Open to scholars in poli sci & related fields
🔹 Deadline: 17 Oct 2025
👉 submit: sites.google.com/view/confpolin…
📷 The #PolNetPaCSS 2025 program is live! Join us Aug 11–14 at Harvard & Northeastern for workshops + cutting-edge research on political networks & comp soc sci.
📷 Program: tinyurl.com/5n8dwjaj
📷 RSVP for mentoring + meetups: forms.gle/iurRZFVk9S9AQy…
📢 CFP: Political Networks: New Trends and Directions
A call for a special collection of articles on how #network#analysis can illuminate fundamental questions across #politicalscience.
ℹ️ Info: bit.ly/45YXMtt
🗓️ 15 Oct 2025
Collaboration with #PolNet-PaCSS2025
🏆 Congratulations to Noah L. Nathan (@noahlnathan) for winning the Political Ties Award for "Do Grids Demobilize? How Street Networks, Social Networks, and Political Networks Intersect," published in @AJPS_Editor
🏆 Congratulations to Charlie Carter (@LSEGovernment) for winning the 2025 John Sprague Award for "The Co-Evolution of Conflict Aid and Terrorism Rhetoric"!
Honorable mention to Haoming Xiong (@OhioState) for his paper on the US-China 5G competition.
🏆 Congratulations to Weidong Zhang (@weidong_Bond ) for winning the 2025 Best Conference Paper Award for "The Importance of Money and Connections: Explaining International Status from UNGA Draft Sponsorship Networks," published in International Interactions (@II_journal).
📚 Announcing the 2025 PolNet Best Book Award winners!
🏆 Winner: "The Patriarchal Political Order" by Soledad Artiz Prillaman (@Stanford)
Honorable Mention for Pedagogy: "Designing Empirical Networks Research" by Jennifer M. Larson (@VanderbiltU)
Congratulations!
🌟 We are pleased to recognize David Lazer (@davidlazer ) as the recipient of the 2025 Career Achievement Award!
A foundational figure who co-founded the Political Networks Section. An exceptionally deserving recipient of this honor!
Friendly reminder! @PolNetworks award nomination deadlines approaching:
Four awards due April 4: John Sprague, Best Conference Paper, Political Ties & Career Achievement
Best Book Award due April 11 Don't miss your chance to nominate! Details: apsanet.org/section41
Join us for the PolNet Online Colloquium, Thur, Apr 17 at 12pm ET for Elizabeth K. Parker-Magyar's paper,
"Workplace Networks and Civil Society Organizations in Autocracies: Evidence from Jordan"
Discussants: Consuelo Amat and Jenn Larson
Join us for the 2025 Political Networks & Computational Social Science Conference (sites.google.com/view/confpolin…), Aug 11-14 at Harvard & Northeastern, with Duncan Watts delivering the keynote. Workshops: Aug 11-12; panels: Aug 13-14. Submit by March 28: