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The organisation hosts the bi-annual conference to bring together academics and students in the field who are producing cutting-edge research on politics in South Africa, Africa, and the rest of the world. The conference covers a wide range of topics within the discipline of politics and international relations. Watch the space for regional colloquia coming up in 2022.
Links and contact details to departmental websites in various universities.
We have leading & emerging scholars researching key topics which can help stakeholders.
A journal dedicated to publishing the scholarship of leading political scientists in the country & continent.
Get involved by serving in research committees focusing on crucial topics.
We are affiliated to the African Association of Political Studies & the International Association of Political Science.
Check out past conferences and regional colloquia.
An elected Council and an Executive Committee govern the affairs of SAAPS. The latter consists of the president, vice-president and secretary, and treasurer.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer