EPOP Conference 2024

The 2024 Elections, Public Opinion and Parties conference will be hosted by the University of Manchester in September. The main conference panels are all day on Thursday, 12 and Friday, 13 September, with pre-EPOP events on Wednesday, 11 September.

EPOP brings together people interested in the study of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. It has its own journal, The Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, which publishes the latest, highest quality research on elections, public opinion and participation, and political parties.

EPOP members qualify for a discount on conference registration. If you would like to become a member of EPOP, you can register here.

Please address any questions to the organisers Marta Cantijoch and Nicole Martin.

Programme

11 September 2024

Pre-EPOP Early Career event lead by Professor Rob Ford
Keynote open to EPOP attendees (speaker to be confirmed)
‘Meet the Profession’ drinks reception

12 September 2024

Main conference panels
Roundtable 1 Polling the 2024 UK general election
Drinks reception and conference dinner

13 September 2024

Main conference panels
Roundtable 2 What just happened? Understanding the 2024 UK general election
Curry and the EPOP quiz

Download the final conference programme.

Registration

Please register using the University of Manchester webshop.

Prices

EPOP members qualify for a discount on conference registration. If you would like to become a member of EPOP, you can register here.

Early Bird prices:

Early Bird – EPOP member registration - £280
Early Bird – non-member registration - £305
Early Bird – PhD student registration - £180
Early Bird – single day pass - £200

Early Bird registration ends on Monday, 12 August.

Standard prices:

Standard – EPOP member registration - £305
Standard – non-member registration - £330
Standard –PhD student registration - £200
Standard – single day pass - £225

Standard registration ends Tuesday, 27 August.

Information for PhD students

If you are a PhD student and would like to register for the conference, you may be eligible for a fee waiver. Please email Marta Cantijoch before registering with a short description of the funding available to you to attend the conference from your institution.

The deadline for this is Monday, 5 August. Successful applicants will be notified by Wednesday, 7 August.

Priority will be given to EPOP members. Information on membership, which costs £3 a year for students, can be found here.