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Dear colleagues, We are inviting applications from early career researchers (PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, or untenured professors) to take part in a workshop on “Power Dynamics in Institutional Complexity.”The workshop will take place in Québec City on September 20-21, 2024.  The theme: In the field of international studies, “power” is arguably the most extensively discussed concept, while “institutional complexity” is probably the concept that has gained the most prominence in the last decade. The interplay between these two concepts, however, has not been thoroughly examined. Questions remain regarding whether institutional complexity benefits or hinders the most powerful actors, the strategies employed by…

Announcing the publication by Routlege of two books on power: Alternative Paths to Influence: Soft Power and International Politics (routledge.com) This book offers new and cutting-edge analyses of under-explored subjects and issues in the realm of soft power. It attempts to fill significant scholarly gaps in understanding the process by which soft power is created, as well as gaps in demonstrating its impact. Soft power is one of the most influential ideas in the study of international politics over the past thirty years. Can nations attain their most vital foreign policy objectives in agreeable ways? Advocates of the concept of…

I have compiled a list of the greatest works from a survey of the leading scholars studying power. It is available on this site at https://powerstudies.org/greatest-works-on-power/ GG

The Journal of Political Power has just published a special issue on Soft Power. Online link to the journal is: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpow21/current   Here is the Table of Contents   Journal of Politcal Power Volume 15 Number 3, October 2022   Special Issue: Esteem and Influence: Soft Power and International Politics. Guest Editor: Giulio M. Gallarotti Editorial383 Esteem and influence: soft power in international politicsGiulio M. Gallarotti Articles397 The crisis of American soft powerDavid W. Kearn 415 The Smithsonian’s soft power: how foreigners engage the US national museumIrene S. Wu 437 Soft power’s dark sideRenée Marlin-Bennett 456 From circulating liberalism to tech nationalism:…

Dear Power GroupPanel title: Power, Information and Disinformation We are seeking paper proposals on the theme of Power, Information and Disinformation for the meeting of APSA Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2023.   In the digital age when information and disinformation have impacted on the daily lives of billions across the globe, power over information has become a principal issue. We seek papers that explore the issue of power over information. Please email your queries to Giulio Gallarotti at ggallarotti@wesleyan.edu or Alina Vladimirova at alina.v.vladimirova@gmail.com

The power group of IPSA RC 36 is planning a VIRTUAL interim conference this year. It is planned for November 19,20 of this year. Please read the conference call below. If you are interest in attending or submitting a paper, please follow the instructions below. I look forward to hearing from you. Giulio Gallarotti Chair, IPSA RC 36 Theme for IPSA RC 36 Interim Conference, November 19-20, 2022 Power and Crisis Virtual Power has been studied in many contexts. One especially interesting context would be how power manifests itself in crisis. What power dynamics reveal themselves when people are faced…

Giulio M Gallarotti will be the new editor of the book series Social and Political Power published by Manchester University Press. We thank former editor Mark Haugaard for an exceptional job in producing a series of excellent manuscripts on the study of power. If you or a scholar you know is writing a promising manuscript on the study of power and would like us to consider it for the series, please contact Giulio at gmg2165@columbia.edu Here is a link to the series   https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/social-and-political-power/           h

The Journal of Political Power will be publishing a special issue on Soft Power, edited by Giulio Gallarotti and  scheduled for Fall of 2022

On Friday, February 4 we have concluded our first RC36 Political Power Group Research Discussion Zoom meeting. The participants reviewed two recent publications on soft power and talked about the conceptual and operational contribution of dark heritage sites and Chinese financial aid to Africa. We would like to thank everyone for coming including Giulio Gallarotti and Alexandre Bohas. We will announce the next RC36 Political Power Group Research Discussion meeting time soon.