[Commlist] 2nd International Hellenic Conference on Political Sciences: Communicating in Politics?

The 2nd International Hellenic Conference on Political Sciences: 
Communicating in Politics? (HEPO2021), 1-5 August 
2021(https://coming.gr/hepo2021-call-for-papers/), hybrid conference 
(both face to face and remotely), Athens, Greece

The Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG)

invites you to its
2nd International Hellenic Conference on Political Sciences: 
Communicating in Politics?
1-5 August 2021, to be held both face-to-face (in Athens , Greece) and 
remotely (for the participants that might still face travel restrictions)



After the organization of seven successful annual international 
conferences (look Previous Conferences of COMinG), the 2nd International 
Hellenic Conference on Political Sciences: Communicating in Politics? 
(HEPO2021), aims to provide an opportunity for academics, professionals 
and industry experts from the field of political science, with 
cross-disciplinary interests, to discuss the future directives and 
innovations in their discipline.

This year, apart from our face-to-face conference, we also propose and 
promote online participation, as some countries/participants might still 
face travel restrictions. Even if remote participation will only require 
half the normal registration fee, we will do our best to provide 
participants with equal opportunities to exchange, share, and 
communicate, as with F2F participants.

We propose a new interdisciplinary platform for the presentation of 
empirical and theoretical work that is reflective of a highly dynamic 
political arena both domestically and internationally. The conference 
seeks to receive contributions from scholars who recognize that 
political science needs to vindicate its relevance by tackling today’s 
challenges while predicting future themes.

We aim to establish a hub for academics that engage with peers over the 
latest advances and research results in any sub-field of political 
science, international relations, and especially political 
communication, both in the shape of empirical and theoretical work. The 
theme of the conference is meant to inspire and bring together academic 
leaders, researchers, and scholars who like to think outside the box and 
transcend their disciplinary domain. While offering a forum to 
established academics we also like to see proposals from a new 
generation of researchers as well as outstanding research students who 
like to share their work, receive feedback and exchange ideas with 
faculty from all around the world. The unique aspect is that this 
conference will take place in parallel with the 6th Annual International 
Conference on Communication and Management, with the purpose to help 
experts from different disciplines communicate and exchange.

Conference Leaders
*Dr Margarita Kefalaki, President and Founder of COMinG.
*Dr Christ`l De Landtsheer, Professor, director of Political 
Communication Research Unit,  University of Antwerp, Belgium.
*Dr Helen Shestopal, Professor, Chair of Psychology and Sociology of 
Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
*Dr Song Yingfa, Professor, University of Mining and Technology, China.
*Dr Christian Schnee, Lecturer in Politics, IES – Institute for the 
International Education of Students, United Kingdom.

This year, participants can propose either a traditional paper 
presentation, or an alternative presentation format, such as a 
laboratory, workshop, or roundtable discussion. Please find here all the 
different presentation formats.

For paper presentations, please submit your abstract by email to 
(registration /at/ coming.gr) , as a .doc or .docx file using our 
Abstract_template. Decisions are reached within two weeks of the 
abstract submission. The deadline to register and to submit full papers 
will be specified in your acceptance letter.

In case you would like to participate in the conference without 
presenting a paper, i.e. organize a panel (session, mini-conference), 
chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference 
proceedings or books to be published, contribute to the editing of a 
book, or any other contribution, please send an email to  Dr. Margarita 
Kefalaki, President, Communication Institute of Greece & Adjunct 
Professor, Hellenic Open University at (kefalaki.margarita /at/ ac.eap.gr).

Submissions deadline for ALL formats proposals: Tuesday 16 March 2021

Please take a look at the provisional conference program

The themes of this conference include, but are not limited to politics 
and mass media, political rhetoric, political psychology, political 
socialization, methods in political psychology, and political communication.

We invite papers that address the interface between communication and 
politics, examine the use of (social) media, visuals, and rhetoric in 
political campaigns and the presentation, performance and personality of 
leaders. Cordially welcome are also investigations into communication 
and political socialization, public opinion formation, and political 
participation. We also hope to see papers that address the interactions 
between the (social) media and intermediary organizations such as 
interest groups and political parties. Last but not least, we welcome 
scholars with an interest in political marketing and PR processes in 
government and the role the (social) media play in local and informal 
forms of governance.

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to, 
themes on political science, international relations, and political 
communication:

Political communication
Media and politics, internet and politics, political use of (social) 
media, political visuals, political metaphor, political rhetoric, 
deliberative democracy, political campaigns, political image, studies in 
perception, political impression management, presentation performance 
and personality of leaders, communication and political socialization, 
public opinion formation, political participation, communication of 
interest groups and political parties, political marketing, PR processes 
in government, communication in local and informal forms of governance, 
methods in political communication, political discourse analysis.

Political science
Political theory, political philosophy, political systems, policy 
analysis, policy studies, public policy, public administration, 
ideology, game theory, political economy, geopolitics and political 
geography, policy studies and public policy analysis, comparative 
politics, national systems, courts and judicial politics, democratic 
innovations, green politics, cross-national political analysis, 
supranational and intergovernmental politics, political development, 
foreign policy analysis, analytical politics, intelligence governance, 
peace studies, conflict analysis, international law and politics, public 
administration and local government studies, political psychology, 
bureaucratic administrative and judicial behavior, legislative processes 
and public law, political methodology, interdisciplinary perspective on 
violence and politics.

International relations
Globalization, global governance, international political economy, state 
sovereignty, ecological sustainability, nuclear proliferation, 
nationalism, economic development, global finance, crisis and global 
change, change and order in world politics, managing global capitalism, 
international terrorism, territorial conflicts, international security, 
international law, political theory and international justice, 
principles and practice of international ethics, new trends in foreign 
policy analysis, diplomacy and international negotiations, European studies.

Publication
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings 
online with ISBN (abstract book of the conference proceedings).

Selected papers, after the peer review process, will have the 
possibility to be published in one of the following journals:

*Journal of Education, Innovation and Communication (JEICOM)
*Journal Politics, Culture and Socialization
*Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching (JALT)
*Cambridge Scholars
*Strategy and Development Review
*Journal of Media Critiques [JMC]

Fees
For the fees policy, please take a look at Fee transfer details

Conference Venue & Hotel
Special arrangements are made with a local luxurious hotel for a limited 
number of rooms at a special conference rate. The conference hotel will 
also be our conference venue, which is conveniently located for our 
participants.

The Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG) was established in 2003 
in France. Based in Greece since 2013, it is an independent academic 
association that has for mission to become a forum, where academics, 
researchers, professionals, and friends – from all over the world – can 
meet in Greece to exchange ideas on their research and to discuss future 
developments in their disciplines.

For more information/proposal, etc. please send us an email at 
(info /at/ coming.gr)

(with the endorsement of IPSA RC21, and IPSA RC29: Research Committee 21 
on Political Socialization and Education, and Research Committee 29 on 
Political Psychology, of the International Political Science Association)


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