The Swedish Political Science Association ("Swepsa"), founded in 1970, is the disciplinary organisation for political scientists in Sweden. Swepsa has both institutional members (approximately 17) from the 14 universities and 22 university colleges in Sweden and individual members from all over the country. Membership is open to everyone with an interest in political science and includes researchers, teachers, Ph.D. students and practitioners of various kinds. As a member, you are entitled to take part in the annual meetings and related conference. The annual conference rotates between the main universities and university colleges and includes both general sessions and a range of smaller workshops where papers are presented and discussed. Traditionally, there have been sections for international politics, public administration, comparative politics and political theory, while in recent years additional groups have been formed to cover, for instance, gender politics, EU research, constitutional politics and the politics of environment and sustainable development.

The purpose of Swepsa is fourfold: to promote critical debate of the aims and means of political science and its function in society at large; to inform about research in the field; to stimulate co-operation between political scientists from different departments in Sweden; and to represent Swedish political science in international co-operations, e.g. in NOPSA, ECPR and IPSA, i.e. the Nordic, European and international organisations. Swepsa has a close collaboration with the Swedish political science journal entitled "Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift", managed by a foundation at Lund University and published from 1964 and onwards, which contains both research articles and debates relating to political science. Since 2005, Swepsa has a special section for information and debate published in this journal. Swepsa members contribute regularly to the journal and enjoy a reduced subscription rate.

The chairmanship of Swepsa rotates biannually between the different university-based political science departments, while its steering board is comprised of approximately 17 representatives from all departments including those from university colleges, Ph.D. students and practitioners.

Current board

Chairman Magnus Jerneck, Lund

Secretary/treasurer Björn Badersten, Lund

Representatives
Hans Agné, Stockholm
Marie-Louise von Bergmann Winberg, Mittuniversitet
Gregg Bucken-Knapp, Högskolan Väst
Anne Haglund Morrisey, Växjö
Adolphe Lawson, Södertörn
Anders Lidström, Umeå
Susan Marton, Karlstad
Jan Olsson, Örebro
Carl Rova, Luleå
Mikael Rundqvist, Public Representative
Marika Sanne, Public Representative
Helena Stensöta, Göteborg
Pauline Stoltz, Malmö
Elin Wihlborg, Linköping
PerOla Öberg, Uppsala
Doktorandrepresentant - vakant

Membership

Collective Membership Fee is paid for those employed within Swedish Political Science Departments
Individual membership:

200 SEK for full-time employed
100 SEK for students
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