17th European Graduate Network Conference
The 17th European Graduate Network Conference, organized by Scuola Normale Superiore, is funded by the PNRR through the MERITA, the network for talent project*.
Date: March 26 – 27, 2026
Location: Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence
Total hours: 15
Max participants: 40, only belonging to one of the EGN network’s participating institutions
Language: English
Application: Max 300 words including -Title -3-5 Keywords -Abstract
Important dates: Application deadline: 15 December 2025; Acceptance notification: 9 January 2026; Paper submission: 8 March 2026
Target audience: PhD students in Political and Social Sciences, preferably from the second year onwards, belonging to one of the EGN network’s participating institutions
EGN member institutions: Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS); Central European University (CEU), Wien, Österreich; European University Institute (EUI), Firenze, Italia; Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Firenze, Italia; Institut d’Études Politiques (SciencesPo), Paris, France; London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom; Department of Political Science (IPZ), Universität Zürich, Schweiz; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, España.
Description
The European Graduate Network (EGN) Conference aims to provide opportunities for doctoral researchers to present their research projects, discuss methodologies, and practice presenting and discussing academic work. It encourages collaborative research among PhD students from participating universities and aims to establish academic linkages and cooperation across European institutions. invites PhD researchers in political science and sociology from the network’s universities –preferably from the second year onwards– to share their work in progress in a space where ideas meet, take shape, and evolve through dialogue. The conference is hosted by the Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), which will provide accommodation and meals for accepted presenters. Travel costs are expected to be covered by the participants’ home institutions.
Paper submissions on a wide range of topics in political science and sociology are welcome. Themes may include, but are not limited to:
- Social Movements
- Democracy
- Comparative politics
- Political economy
- Gender studies
- Sociology
- Political theory
- European Union
- Political behaviour
- Methodology
- Political Communication and Media
- Public policy
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* MERITA, the network for talent project is the result of a collaboration between five Italian academic institutions: the Scuola Normale Superiore, the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, the Collegio Superiore dell’Università di Bologna, the Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori dell’Università di Padova and the Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati della Sapienza Università di Roma.
The MERITA project is funded within the Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR), Missione 4 – Istruzione e Ricerca, Componente 1, Investimento 3.4 "Didattica e competenze universitarie avanzate"- "Rafforzamento delle Scuole universitarie superiori". (National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 – Education and Research, Component 1, Investment 3.4 "Advanced university teaching and competences" - "Enhancement of the institutions for higher education").