University of Antwerp Summer School on Interest Group Politics

The Summer School on Interest Group Politics ><<http://www.ua.ac.be/sgig/summerschool>http://www.ua.ac.be/sgig/summer>school> is a new initiative of the ECPR Standing Group on Interest >Groups. Three schools, to be organized in 2010-2011-2012, aim to >provide students of political science and public administration sound >knowledge about these organized interests and their impact on public >policy making.>>The Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political and Social >Sciences of the University of Antwerp will host the first summer school >in 2010, from 30 June – 8 July.>It focuses on the population ecology of interest representation as well >as the professionalization of interest groups. The proximity to an >important international venue when it comes to interest groups – >Brussels - enables to include practitioners and to bring a visit to the >EU institutions in Brussels.>>The course includes lectures and discussions led by well-known scholars >in the field. Examples are drawn from both national and European >politics. Furthermore, attendees receive constructive feedback on their >own research on aspects of interest groups politics. Invited scholars >for the 2010 school include David Lowery, William Maloney, Dirk De >Bièvre, Arlo Poletti, Anne Rasmussen, Caelesta Poppelaars and Jan >Beyers.>>More information on the 2010 summer school can be found on the website ><http://www.ua.ac.be/sgig/summerschool>http://www.ua.ac.be/sgig/summers>chool <http://www.ua.ac.be/sgig/summerschool> . Online registration is >open till March 31.>>You can also contact the Summer School organizing committee directly at ><sgig.ecpr@ua.ac.htm>sgig.ecpr@ua.ac.be <mailto:sgig.ecpr@ua.ac.be>>>If you know MA or PhD students who might be interested, we would be >delighted if you could inform them on this event.>>Kind regards,>Jan Beyers