Dear Colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to two panels I am organising at this year’s Italian Political Science Association Conference (Naples, 4-6 September 2025). * Panel 1.7: Inequalities and Political Regimes * Panel 10.5: Measurement in Political Research You can find here<https://www.sisp.it/en/conference-2025/call-for-papers-2025> more information on how to submit your abstract (deadline: 25 May). Feel free to contact me (andrea.vaccaro@bsg.ox.ac.uk<mailto:andrea.vaccaro@bsg.ox.ac.uk>) for any questions. I am sharing below more details on these two panels—both will be held in English. If you are working on these themes, I warmly invite you to submit your abstract and join us in Naples! With best wishes, Andrea Vaccaro ************************************** Panel 1.7:<https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions> Inequalities and Political Regimes (co-chaired with Angelo Vito Panaro) This panel seeks to investigate the interplay between political regimes and different forms of inequalities (e.g. economic, social, ethnic, gender, environmental, territorial) within and across countries. We encourage the submission of proposals addressing questions such as: * How do different forms of inequality vary across political regimes? * To what extent current trends in inequality threaten regime stability or drive regime transformations? * What institutional factors influence trends in socio-economic inequality within countries and across groups? * Which mechanisms explain variation in inequality across regime types? We welcome both empirical and theoretical contributions. For empirical work, we are open to various methodological approaches, including case studies, comparative case studies, and large-N designs. ************************************** Panel 10.5:<https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=methods-for-political-science> Measurement in Political Research (co-chaired with Silvia Keeling) This panel welcomes submissions that contribute to the advancement of better measurement practices in political science and related fields like political sociology, for example by: * Developing new measures of theoretically relevant concepts; * Evaluating the quality (e.g. validity, reliability) of existing measures; * Assessing and improving existing data evaluation methods; * Examining challenges in data collection, harmonisation, and aggregation; * Investigating the consequences of inaccurate measurement. We are particularly interested in studies that focus on the use, development, and evaluation of survey data. ************************************** ------ Andrea Vaccaro, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Blavatnik School of Government University of Oxford www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/andrea-vaccaro<https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/andrea-vaccaro> www.vaccaroandrea.com<http://www.vaccaroandrea.com>