Experience Southern’s Hospitality at the 2026 SPSA Conference in New Orleans!
The Conference will take place January 14-17, 2026. Please stay tuned to this page for updated information on the conference, including conference registration and lodging. For information on the 2025 SPSA Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, please click HERE.
Call for Proposals
The SPSA is pleased to announce that it will hold its 2026 Annual Conference from January 14-17 at the Riverside Hilton in New Orleans, Louisiana!
We are excited to invite political scientists and other interested scholars from across the U.S. and around the world to participate in our 97th Annual Meeting. The annual meeting will provide a forum for sharing ideas, research results, and professional insights in a collegial setting.
This year’s Program Committee is made up of terrific, energetic scholars who will be working on ways to make this conference a meaningful experience for scholars from across all fields of study. Please consider presenting your work by submitting a proposal for a paper or a whole panel.
You can submit your proposals using this year’s SPSA AllAcademic web site. Even if you have presented at a previous conference, you will need to create a new username and password for this year’s system.
http://convention2.
Proposals are due September 1. Please contact the SPSA at info@spsa.net if you have any questions.
Conference Within a Conference Opportunities
Every year the SPSA hosts a number of Conference Within a Conference meetings that take place during the January annual meeting. CwCs are an opportunity to discuss a shared research agenda, create a beginning or mid-point meeting to advance work for an edited volume, or to highlight interesting developments in a field of study. 2025’s SPSA meeting included CWCs on “Election Administration,” “Courts in Context,” “Racial Justice and Resistance,” and “Disasters in Polarized Times,” among other topics. CwCs are submitted directly to spsa.conference@spsa.net rather than through the AllAcademic system, so please reach out if you are interested in organizing one.
Volunteer to be a Panel Chair/Discussant
The SPSA relies on the expertise of our members to put on a successful conference every year. Attendees who are interested in serving as a panel chair or discussant should email spsa.conference@spsa.net to volunteer, including a description of their areas of expertise so we can match you to an appropriate panel.
