Bidding Process for IPSA World Congresses of Political Science
Cities interested in hosting the IPSA World Congress of Political Science will be asked to respond to a specially prepared Request for Proposal (RFP) taking into account the requirements necessary for ensuring a successful event. The application must be submitted by an IPSA Collective member (National Association of Political Science) or by another body recognized by IPSA as an appropriate host organization. View the list of IPSA Collective members. A Convention and Visitor Bureau (CVB) can support our members in preparing their bids. If a bid comes from a CVB from a region/country where there is no national or regional political science association that is a collective member of IPSA, IPSA reserves the right to accept the bid.
A Bid Committee will review each bid in detail, and a shortlist of candidates will be produced. Each short-listed city will receive a site visit/inspection. The Bid Committee will present a report to the IPSA Executive Committee (EC), featuring the results of the site visits. The 2029 host city will be selected by the IPSA Executive Committee based on the recommendation of the Bid Committee and announced in October 2026.
Any questions should be directed to callforbids@ipsa.org.
The Call for Bids to Host the WC2029 is Open!
The International Political Science Association (IPSA) invites the Collective Members of IPSA to submit a bid to host the 30th IPSA World Congress of Political Science in July 2029 (WC2029).
The call for bids to host the WC2029 is open from 8 December 2025 until 1 March 2026.
Once cities are shortlisted by the Bid Committee, site inspections will be organized will be organized from May to July 2026. The 2029 host city will be selected by the IPSA Executive Committee based on the recommendation of the Bid Committee and announced in October 2026.
Please visit the Call for Bids - WC2029 page to obtain detailed information and download the Request for Proposal (RFP).
Any questions regarding the WC2029 bid should be directed to callforbids@ipsa.org.
Hosting an Inter-Congress International Conference
IPSA invites its collective members (national and regional associations) to host an international conference between congress years. Past examples are Montreal 2008, Luxembourg 2010, Sao Paulo 2011, Hannover 2017, Paris 2019, Montreal 2022/2024 and Lisbon 2024.
A representative of the interested member association (e.g. President or Executive Director) should contact IPSA at callforbids@ipsa.org.
