Dear Colleagues, The call for papers for the Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP in Italian), which will be held in Naples from September 4–6, 2025, opened last week. Paper proposals can be submitted until* May 25*, exclusively through the reserved MySISP area. In the *Political Regimes and Transitions* section, you will find 11 panels on the following topics: - *Panel 1.2 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Rethinking Regime and Regime Change in the Middle East and North Africa <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Gianni Del Panta (jofplant@gmail.com) - *Panel 1.3 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* The international dimension of autocratization and democratic resistance <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Antonino Castaldo (antonino.castaldo@gmail.com), Tiziana Corda ( tiziana.corda@unimi.it) - *Panel 1.4 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* The performance consequences of autocratization <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Andrea Cassani (andrea.cassani@unimi.it), Angelo Vito Panaro ( angelo.panaro@fau.de) - *Panel 1.5 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Democratic Innovations and Their Integration into Governance Systems to Foster Resilience <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Andrea Felicetti (andrea.felicetti@unipd.it), Francesco Veri ( francesco.veri@zda.uzh.ch) - *Panel 1.6 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Dynamic autocracies: origins and transformations of twenty-first century autocracies <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Andrea Cassani (andrea.cassani@unimi.it), Luca Tomini ( luca.tomini@ulb.be) - *Panel 1.7 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Inequalities and Political Regimes <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Angelo Vito Panaro (angelo.panaro@fau.de), Andrea Vaccaro ( andrea.vaccaro@bsg.ox.ac.uk) - *Panel 1.9 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Going Too Far? Exploring the Limits of Resistance Against Autocratization <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Luca Tomini (luca.tomini@ulb.be) - *Panel 1.10 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Understanding the authoritarian drift in the MENA region between local and global dynamics <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Giulia Cimini (gc.giuliacimini@gmail.com), Clara Della Valle ( clara.dellavalle@unibo.it), Ester Sigillò (ester.sigillo@unibo.it) - *Panel 1.11 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Perspectives on Italian democracy: looking back, around, and ahead <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Guido Panzano (gpanzano@politik.uni-kiel.de) - *Panel 1.12 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Environmental Politics between autocratization, democratization and beyond <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Giulia Cimini (gc.giuliacimini@gmail.com), Eugenio Pizzimenti ( eugenio.pizzimenti@unipi.it) - *Panel 1.13 <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#>* Potentials and Challenges in the Balkans: Between Current and Future Landscapes <https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions#> Chairs: Carlotta Mingardi (carlotta.mingardi3@unibo.it), Angelica Vascotto (angelica.vascotto@gmail.com) More info on the conference, panels, and papers are available here: – https://www.sisp.it/convegno-2025/call-for-papers – https://www.sisp.it/convegno2025/?pagename=cms&name=sessiontracks&trackname=political-regimes-and-transitions Best wishes, Gianni Del Panta and Tiziana Corda