14 July 2011
Call for Papers for 1st European Conference on Comparative Electoral Research "The State of the Art in Comparative Electoral Research"  Sofia (Bulgaria), December 1-3 2011

The focus of the conference is on comparative electoral research, and we seek to recruit original papers that exploit systematic empirical research across one or more of the following dimensions of comparison: across systems (such as countries, or sub-national units), across time (short term, as when studying campaign dynamics, or long term, spanning multiple electoral cycles), across levels of government (local, regional, national and transnational). We also welcome empirical contributions that link the electoral process to representation, accountability, and legitimacy, or any other original contributions to comparative electoral research. Paper proposals (using the submission form) should be sent by September 8th.
go to extensive CfP [external link]

13 May 2011
Call for Papers for ISPA Research Committee on Elections, Citizens and Parties  Barcelona, 7 July 2012

To launch the new IPSA- Research Committee on Elections, Citizens and Parties (ECP), a special one-day workshop on the Challenges of Electoral Integrity will be held in Madrid on Saturday 7 July 2012 immediately prior to the World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). Deadline for submission of paper proposals: 1 July 2011.
go to IPSA ECP [external link]

18 March 2011
2009 European Election Candidate Study - Methodological Annex  

This report gives additional information on methodological and related issues for the 2009 European Election Candidate Study. Various aspects are covered in this document, ranging from sampling and data collection to things like post-processing and response rates. The report is available in the PIREDEU Data Centre (registration required)
access the Data Centre
register for the Data Centre

29 November 2010
Successful Final User Community Conference  Brussels, 18-19 November 2010

The Final User Conference of the PIREDEU Design Study evaluated the PIREDEU pilot study and its added value for the European social science community and other stakeholders. Experts from the PIREDEU community were invited to employ the data collected in the pilot studies. Apart from 37 paper presentations in ten different thematic panels, the conference also offered training sessions on the PIREDEU integrated database. The conference was held in parallel with the annual dissemination conference of the European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO). More than 150 experts from the PIREDEU community, representatives of each of the EUDO Observatories and other experts, policy-makers, civil-society representatives and media exponents took part in the two events.
go to Final Conference
go to conference paper download page

26 November 2010
PIREDEU Brochure on project results published  

The PIREDEU Design Study has published an 8-pages summary of its achievements so far. The brochure provides information on the data collection results and its aim to assess the feasibility of an upgrade to the European Election Studies that will provide an infrastructure for research into citizenship, political participation, and electoral democracy in the European Union (EU).
download brochure [1.6MB]