Hi, Would it be possibile to circulate the email below? Thank you! Bruno ----- Dear Colleagues, I hope this email finds you well. I'm writing to invite you to submit a proposal for the 2025 SISP Conference, which will be held in Naples (4-6 September 2025). Below, you'll find a list of panels within Section 8 (Parties, Leaders, Public Opinion, Elections). The deadline for submissions is 25 May. Panel 8.1: The comparative study of political parties: advances, continuity and change (10th Edition) Chairs: Giorgia Bulli (giorgia.bulli@unifi.it <mailto:giorgia.bulli@unifi.it>), Enrico Calossi (enrico.calossi@unipi.it <mailto:enrico.calossi@unipi.it>), Eugenio Pizzimenti (eugenio.pizzimenti@unipi.it <mailto:eugenio.pizzimenti@unipi.it>) Panel 8.2: Citizens and Democracy in Flux: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Systemic Resilience Chairs: Francesco Piacentini (francesco.piacentini@unimi.it <mailto:francesco.piacentini@unimi.it>), Carolina Plescia (carolina.plescia@univie.ac.at <mailto:carolina.plescia@univie.ac.at>) Panel 8.3: Italian Political Parties in "Public Office". Resilience or Retreat? Chairs: Luca Verzichelli (luca.verzichelli@unisi.it <mailto:luca.verzichelli@unisi.it>), Giulia Vicentini (giulia.vicentini19@gmail.com <mailto:giulia.vicentini19@gmail.com>) Panel 8.4: Patterns of Peripheralisation and Political Behaviour Chairs: Rosanna De Rosa (rderosa@unina.it <mailto:rderosa@unina.it>), Stefano Rombi (srombi@unica.it <mailto:srombi@unica.it>) Panel 8.5: Evolving Dynamics of Party Organization: Internal Divisions, Competition, and Policy Change Chairs: Fabio Angiolillo (fabio.angiolillo@gu.se <mailto:fabio.angiolillo@gu.se>), Sofia Marini (sofia.marini@ps.au.dk <mailto:sofia.marini@ps.au.dk>), Jana Schwenk (jana.schwenk@gu.se <mailto:jana.schwenk@gu.se>) Panel 8.6: Conflicts, Group Identities, Inequalities and their Consequences on Contemporary Party Systems Chairs: Mirko Crulli (mcrulli@luiss.it <mailto:mcrulli@luiss.it>), Vincenzo Emanuele (vincenzoemanuele@hotmail.it <mailto:vincenzoemanuele@hotmail.it>) Panel 8.9: New Directions in Populism Research Chairs: Andrej Zaslove (andrej.zaslove@ru.nl <mailto:andrej.zaslove@ru.nl>), Mattia Zulianello (mattia.zulianello@dispes.units.it <mailto:mattia.zulianello@dispes.units.it>) Panel 8.10: Youth and politics: understanding the role of conflict in shaping values and participation Chairs: Asia Leofreddi (alessia.leofreddi2@unibo.it <mailto:alessia.leofreddi2@unibo.it>), Dario Tuorto (dario.tuorto@unibo.it <mailto:dario.tuorto@unibo.it>) Panel 8.12: From Surveys to Artificial Intelligence: New Frontiers for the Study of Public Opinion in the Digital Age. Chairs: Claudio Cozzi Fucile (c.cozzifucile@student.unisi.it <mailto:c.cozzifucile@student.unisi.it>), Luciana Fazio (luciana.fazio@unisi.it <mailto:luciana.fazio@unisi.it>) Panel 8.13: Mapping Radical and Far Right political models in Contemporary Europe Chairs: Valerio Alfonso Bruno (ValerioAlfonso.Bruno@unicatt.it <mailto:ValerioAlfonso.Bruno@unicatt.it>), Alessio Scopelliti (alessio.scopelliti@unimi.it <mailto:alessio.scopelliti@unimi.it>) Panel 8.15: Understanding Generational Dynamics in the Digital Political Landscape: Insights from the POSTGEN Project Chairs: Matteo Boldrini (mboldrini@luiss.it <mailto:mboldrini@luiss.it>), Lorenzo De Sio (ldesio@luiss.it <mailto:ldesio@luiss.it>) Panel 8.17: Tracking Electoral Change: Studying the Transformation of the Italian Electoral Landscape through the Lens of the ITANES Survey Series Chairs: Franca Roncarolo (franca.roncarolo@unito.it <mailto:franca.roncarolo@unito.it>), Cristiano Vezzoni (cristiano.vezzoni@unimi.it <mailto:cristiano.vezzoni@unimi.it>) Panel 8.18: Political parties and (digital) democratic innovations: between resistance and change Chairs: Marco Meloni (m.meloni@soton.ac.uk <mailto:m.meloni@soton.ac.uk>), Sorina Cristina Soare (sorinacristina.soare@unifi.it <mailto:sorinacristina.soare@unifi.it>), Valeria Tarditi (valeria.tarditi@unical.it <mailto:valeria.tarditi@unical.it>) Panel 8.20: Where Have Left-Wing Voters Gone? Trajectories of Political Disaffection, Class Dealignment, and the Future of Progressive Representation Chairs: Jacopo Custodi (jacopo.custodi@sns.it <mailto:jacopo.custodi@sns.it>), Luciano Mario Fasano (luciano.fasano@unimi.it <mailto:luciano.fasano@unimi.it>), Walter Haeusl (walter.haeusl@ucm.es <mailto:walter.haeusl@ucm.es>), Paolo Natale (paolo.natale@unimi.it <mailto:paolo.natale@unimi.it>) Panel 8.22: Direct democracy, political parties and representative institutions Chair: Davide Morisi (morisi@sam.sdu.dk <mailto:morisi@sam.sdu.dk>) To submit a proposal, please follow the instructions here: https://www.sisp.it/en/conference-2025/call-for-papers-2025 <https://www.sisp.it/en/conference-2025/call-for-papers-2025> Best, Bruno Marino