How does political science matter? The impact and relevance of the discipline

How does political science matter? The impact and relevance of the discipline

University of Lausanne, Aula IDHEAP building, Friday 30th September 2022

Organized by Prof. Diego Garzia and Prof. Yannis Papadopoulos, under the auspices of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) of the University of Lausanne and the Swiss Political Science Association (SPSA)

10:30  Welcome: Karin Ingold (co-chair SPSA), Andre Mach (Head of IEP), the organizers

Perspectives from International Political Science

Reflection

11:00  Keynote by Matthew Flinders (University of Sheffield): “The politics of political science: How increasing impact may risk fueling irrelevance”

11:30   Roundtable discussion with the keynote speaker

Moderator: Karin Ingold (co-chair SPSA, University of Bern)

• Laura Bernardi (University of Lausanne and President SNSF Division Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Stefanie Walter (University of Zurich and SNSF Foundation Council)

12:30    Lunch for the invited participants

Testimony

14:00     Keynote by Mark Bovens (Utrecht School of Governance and The Netherlands Scientific Council for Governmental Policy): “The craft and science of strategic policy advice”

14:30      Roundtable discussion with the keynote speaker

Moderator: Alexander Trechsel (Vice Rector for research, University of Lucerne)

• Giuliano Bonoli (IDHEAP University of Lausanne)
• Céline Mavrot (University of Lausanne)

15:30   Coffee break

16:00  The Swiss experience: roundtable

Moderator: Michael Ochsner (President of the European Network for Research Evaluation in the SSH)

• Anina Hanimann (Interface)
• Daniel Kübler (Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau-University of Zurich)
• Dana Landau (Swisspeace and University of Basel)
• Georg Lutz (FORS University of Lausanne/DeFacto)
• Anke Tresch (Selects-FORS University of Lausanne)

17:15  Wrap-up and conclusions