Come see the latest Political Science & International Relations books—and talk to the editors that published them. This is your chance—if you’re attending ECPR General Conference 2025—to talk one-on-one with Springer Nature editors, to look through and buy new and essential books, and more.
When you visit the Springer Nature booth, you can talk to some of the most experienced editors working in scholarly publishing. These experts can answer any questions you might have and can explain the ins and outs of today’s publishing landscape, including open access (OA), what’s involved in writing and publishing a book, and more.
And you can see the full range of Political Science & International Relations publications at Springer and Palgrave Macmillan here. On these pages, you’ll find more detailed information about the books, journals, and services you’ll see highlighted especially for ECPR General Conference 2025.
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- publishes the latest peer-reviewed research from all sub-disciplines of political science, including:
- political theory, history of ideas, analysis and comparison of political systems, policy analysis, international relations and foreign policy, empirical social research and methodology, political sociology and the didactics of political science.
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Get answers from expert editors—here’s who you will meet at our booth
You’re attending ECPR General Conference 2025 because you have results to share. But what’s the best way to reach the widest appropriate audience? The Springer Nature editors who are here can help answer that question. You can take the opportunity to meet with Niko, Ambra, Jan, Anna and Michaela. If you haven’t written a book before, they can give you a quick introduction to the process. And if you have, they can show you how publishing a book with Springer and Palgrave Macmillan would be different from other publishers. They can also help answer any questions you might have about Springer and Palgrave Macmillan journals.
Niko Chtouris
Senior Editor, Books
Business, Economics, Finance, OR and Applied Statistics
Springer, Heidelberg, DE
Ambra Finotello
Executive Editor, Books
Business, Economics & Politics
Palgrave Macmillan, London, GB
Jan Treibel
Senior Editor Politics, Books
Social Sciences, Springer VS & Research Publications
Springer VS, Wiesbaden, DE
Anna Lisa Pfeiffer
Associate Publisher, Journals
Business, Economics and Statistics
Springer, Heidelberg, DE
Michaela Belejkanicova
Locum Associate Editor,
HSS Communications Journal
Springer Nature, London, GB
Publishing with Springer Nature
Every kind of article or book you might write can find its home here, including in fully OA books and journals. So you can see for yourself, Niko, Ambra, Jan, Anna and Michaela have hand-chosen examples that demonstrate the quality, breadth, and depth of what we publish; and also how your research might find its place here. If you already have a book idea in mind, you can discuss it directly with an experienced Publishing Editor. Find out what makes publishing your book with Springer Nature different.
The books and journals below illustrate the scope and quality of the research published here.
Books
M. Kaeding, J. Pollak, P. Schmidt
The United States and the Future of Europe
Views from the Capitals
- Presents insights from over 60 experts in more than 40 countries in the EU and its neighbourhood
F. Mathieu, D. Guénette, A. Gagnon
Comparative Federalism
A Pluralist Exploration
- Feeds into the growing interest for federal studies in academic and government circles
C. May, D. Mertens, A. Nölke, M. Schedelik
Political Economy
Comparative, International, and Historical Perspectives
- Offers an accessible introduction to political economy grounded in the social sciences
J. A. Sanahuja, R. Domínguez
The Palgrave Handbook of EU-Latin American Relations
- Takes a geographical perspective encompassing processes and interactions beyond the scope of EU-Latin American relations
G. Sensales
Political Psychology Perspectives on Populism
- Offers an interpretation of psycho-social processes (cognitive, motivational, emotional, representational) of populism
J. L. Sumner
R for Political Science Research
An Introduction for Absolute Beginners
- Provides an introduction to using R for political science research
Journals
Comparative European Politics
EiC Colin Hay, Martin A. Schain, Ben Rosamond
- Assesses the position of Europe and European states in international politics and economics
- Analyses the processes of European integration and enlargement
- Encourages deeper dialogue among the sub-disciplines of European political analysis
European Political Science
EiC Linda Basile, Stella Ladi, Luis Ramiro
- Written by and for the political science community
- Offers research articles, debates and opinion pieces about the political science profession
- A journal of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
French Politics
EiC Amy Mazur
- Explores contemporary and comparative French politics, policy and society
- Focuses on political institutions, behavior, public policy, and public law as they relate to France
- Publishes work that incorporates the French case into broad, cross-national analysis
Politische Vierteljahresschrift
EiC Eric Linhart
German Political Science Quarterly
- publiziert die neueste, von Experten begutachtete Forschung aus allen Teildisziplinen der Politikwissenschaft
Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft
EiC Manuela Glaab, Karl-Rudolf Korte, Stefan A. Schirm
Journal of Political Science
- bietet ein Forum für alle Teildisziplinen und Felder sowie für alle Ansätze und Richtungen der Politikwissenschaft
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
EiC Matthijs Bogaards, Stefan Wurster; Stefan Wurster
German Journal of Comparative Politics
- publiziert bilinguale, innovative Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Bereich der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft und bildet dabei die ganze Bandbreite komparativer Forschung ab
Open access
Serving the global research community with openness, rigor, quality, and transparency
Open access (OA) refers to the free, immediate, online availability of research outputs such as journal articles or books, combined with the rights to use these outputs fully in the digital environment. Publishing OA expands the reach of your research, fostering greater impact, visibility and usage of your work. Studies indicate that gold OA articles achieve significantly more downloads, citations, and Altmetric attention than non-OA articles.
You may be able to publish OA, with your fees covered, through one of Springer Nature’s many OA agreements. Alternatively, you can use our free OA funding and support service to find and apply for funding to cover your article processing charges (APCs) and/or book processing charges (BPCs).
Ultimately, serving the research community means research that’s open to all. And the only way to achieve full, immediate, and sustainable OA is by prioritising gold OA.
Below you’ll find a selection of OA books that our editors have chosen as of particular interest for ECPR General Conference 2025.
Books
Open Access
C. Johnson
The Politics of Gender Equality
Australian Lessons in an Uncertain World
- Provides innovative political/policy insights from a country often neglected in the international feminist literature
Open Access
S. Nate
Ukraine's Journey to Recovery, Reform and Post-War Reconstruction
A Blueprint for Security, Resilience and Development
- Offers a comprehensive presentation of Ukraine's post-war challenges
Open Access
S. Newman, M. Conrad
Post-Truth Populism
A New Political Paradigm
- Develops a strong, coherent and empirically informed theoretical framework for understanding post-truth populism
Open Access
S. Papathanassopoulos, A. Miconi
The Media Systems in Europe
Continuities and Discontinuities
- Presents the evolution of media systems in Europe
Open Access
A. Ribeiro Hoffmann, P. Sandrin, Y. E. Doukas
Climate Change in Regional Perspective
European Union and Latin American Initiatives, Challenges, and Solutions
- Addresses climate change from a comparative regionalism studies perspective
- Contributes to the public debate on environmental and climate change issues
- Provides policy-oriented solutions
Open Access
C. Wiesner, M. Knodt
The War Against Ukraine and the EU
Facing New Realities
- Studies what the War against Ukraine means for the EU