The ninth annual ECPR Summer School on Interest Group Politics

Students will present drafts of original research papers for critique from leading experts in the field. (The best of these will receive a prize.) This year's summer school will focus especially on interest groups’ representation of public preferences, as well as the representation of both the public and interest groups in setting the policy agendas of national governments.

Questions to be addressed at the Summer School include: How well is public opinion represented in governments across Europe and the world? How well or poorly do interest groups facilitate the communication of public preferences to policymakers in different branches and levels of government? How often and under what circumstances do interest groups succeed in achieving their policy objectives? How well do groups represent citizens across economic and social circumstances?

Students will benefit from the research and experience of scholars such as (but not necessarily including) Jan Beyers, Beth Leech, Anne Rasmussen, Joost Berkhout, Caelesta Braun, Heike Klüver, and Patrick Bernhagen, among others. As such the school provides a unique opportunity to become familiar with the individuals, project teams, methods and skills, and research that are at the cutting-edge of the study of interest groups, lobbying, and public policymaking.

Link to registration details to follow.