18th European Graduate Network Conference

The LSE European Institute is organising the 18th European Graduate Network Conference, which will be held in person on the 22nd of April and 23rd of April 2027 on the London School of Economics and Political Science campus in London.

The conference is open to PhD students in the social and political sciences including sociology and adjacent disciplines. Applicants must be enrolled at one of the participating universities (BGSS, CEU, EUI, SNS, Sciences Po, LSE, IPZ, UPF).

• Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS);
• Central European University (CEU), Vienna, Austria;
• European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy;
• Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Florence, Italy;
• Institut d’Études Politiques (SciencesPo), Paris, France;
• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, United Kingdom;
• Department of Political Science (IPZ) at the University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland;
• Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.

The conference is meant to give PhD students, preferably from year 2 onward, an opportunity to present their projects and get in-depth feedback from peers and faculty from other institutions. To apply, PhD students should submit an abstract of their project including title and key words on the conference website. Themes may include, but are not limited to: Social Movements, Democracy, Comparative politics, Political economy, International Political Economy, International Relations, Gender studies, Sociology, Political theory, European Union, Political behaviour, Methodology, Public policy.

The application deadline is the 4^th of January 2027. We will notify applicants of the outcome by the end of January.

You can apply using the online application form.