Chair
Prof. Juan Rodriguez-Teruel, University of Valencia
jrteruel@uv.es
Universitat de València
Constitutional Law & Political Science
Av. Tarongers, s/n 46022
Valencia 46022
Spain
Vice-Chair
Prof. Luca Verzichelli, University of Siena
jrteruel@uv.es
Università degli Studi di Siena
Dipartimento Scienze sociali, politiche e cognitive
Polo Mattioli
studio 29 I piano
Siena 53100
Italy
Secretary
Particia Silva, University of Aveiro
patriciasilva@ua.pt
Board Members
Prof. Patrick Dumont, Australia National University, Australia, patrick.dumont@anu.edu.au
Prof Jagannath Ambagudia, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, jagannath.ambagudia@tiss.edu
Prof. José Real-Dato, University of Almería, Spain, jreal@ual.es
Prof. Julien Navarro, Université Catholique de Lille, France, Julien.NAVARRO@univ-catholille.fr
Prof. Ilkka Ruostetsaari, University of Tampere, Finland, Ilkka.Ruostetsaari@uta.fi,
Prof. Michelangelo Vercesi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, michelangelo.vercesi@unina.it
Prof. Marion Reiser, Univeesity of Jena, Gemany, marion.reiser@uni-jena.de
Prof. Marc van de Wardt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, m.p.vande.wardt@vu.nl,
Willy Jou, Waseda University, Japan, jouw2015@yahoo.com
Background
Recognized as research committee in 1972.
Objectives
Facilitates the research plans and scholarly communication of political scientists whose studies focus on the recruitment and performance of elites in political life; it seeks to undertake the gathering and interpretation of empirical evidence through a variety of research strategies and conceptual approaches. The Committee gives priority to comparative analysis.