REDIRECT researchers Elisabetta Mannoni and Marco Improta are convening an open panel at the 2027 International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress in Rome, hosted at Luiss Guido Carli University.
The panel, entitled “Reconnecting Representation: Citizens, Elites, and Democratic Mediation in Contemporary Europe,” will explore political representation as a relational process connecting citizens and political elites.
The panel welcomes contributions examining how citizens understand and evaluate representation, how political elites conceive of their representative roles, and where and why gaps in democratic mediation emerge. These questions speak directly to REDIRECT’s broader research agenda on the changing relationship between citizens, representatives and democratic institutions in contemporary Europe.
Methodologically, the panel is deliberately pluralist and welcomes papers using survey and experimental methods, elite interviews, qualitative and observational approaches, comparative research designs and mixed-methods strategies.
Researchers working on political representation, citizen–elite relations, democratic mediation and related questions are warmly invited to submit a proposal.
Event: IPSA World Congress 2027
Location: Rome, Italy – Luiss Guido Carli University
Panel: Reconnecting Representation: Citizens, Elites, and Democratic Mediation in Contemporary Europe
Panel ID: PL-4363
Track: LOC03 – Transformation of Politics and Democratic Resilience Across Online and Offline Arenas in Europe
Submit a paper: https://lnkd.in/dxTpwrky
More information:
elisabetta.mannoni@unisi.it
marco.improta@unisi.it
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