Austrian Society for Political Science
The Austrian Society for Political Science (ÖGPW) is a political science professional association founded in 1970 , which is organized as an association and has its headquarters in Vienna . It has around 500 members and is currently headed by Monika Mühlböck.
Tasks and activities
The Austrian Society for Political Science wants to promote political science work, internationalize the Austrian discipline and address the public. It sees itself as an interest group of its members (students, graduates, university professors and researchers) and participates in debates and reform processes.
To this end, it organizes, among other things, conferences, lectures and discussion events. The ÖGPW is also the publisher of the Austrian Journal for Political Science (ÖZP), which has been published since 1972 .
The association is a cooperation partner at Wahlkabine.at .
Sections
- Political Didactics
- Politics and administration
- Politics of the past
- European research
- International Relations
- Political Leadership
Honorary members
- 2003: Gerhard Lehmbruch
- 2005: Heinrich Schneider
- 2010: Anton Pelinka
- 2010: Heinrich Neisser
Networking
The society is a member of the Central European Political Science Association , the European Confederation of Political Science Associations and the International Political Science Association .