The Conference for Interdisciplinary Approaches to Politics (CIAP) is an annual conference that concentrates on the study of political issues that transcend disciplinary boundaries. Previous conferences have been dedicated to the hotly debated issues of political cooperation and emotions. The conference will provide a working-group setting focused on an in-depth discussion of the papers, alongside a roundtable with practitioners.

Conference Theme

The adage ‘that’s politics’, or ‘I don’t do politics’, encapsulates a widespread sense of growing despair and disillusionment with the status of democratic politics and its practitioners – sentiments which manifest themselves in political disengagement, withdrawal, and apathy. The disagreements on the magnitude and precise symptoms of disenchantment aside, scholars and pubic pundits of all stripes agree on this much: democratic politics is in crisis and in need of renewal. 

For further information please contact Demetris Tillyris at: Demetris.Tillyris@canterbury.ac.uk.