The IPSA Indigenous Politics Committee (RC53) invites proposals for individual papers, closed panels, and roundtables for the IPSA World Congress of Political Science, taking place at Luiss University in Rome from 24–28 July 2027.

We encourage you to submit your paper proposals (submit a paper) to the RC53 Indigenous Politics track by 4 November 2026.

IPSA membership is not required to submit a paper or panel proposal, but it is required to participate in and attend the World Congress. Before submitting, please review the membership and registration fees.

Open Panels

  • Governing Indigenous Futures: Political Agency, Democratic Inclusion and Institutional Change in the Global South
    Chair: Dr. Eswarappa Kasi
  • Indigenous Electoral Politics, Representation, and Identity
  • Indigenous Governance, Self-governance, and Self-determination
  • Indigenous Mobilization, Organization, and Political Participation
  • Methods and Knowledge in the Study of Indigenous Politics
  • Rethinking Democracy and Development in Africa: Making Room for Indigenous Governance
  • Temporalities in Indigenous Politics and Collective Action: Disputed Pasts, Presents and Futures
    Chair: Dr. Valentin Clavé-Mercier
  • The Political Economy of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in a Changing Global Order