IPSA President Pablo Oñate will chair the IPSA President’s Plenary session at the 2025 IPSA World Congress on 15 July 2025 at 13:45. The plenary, titled Populism, Polarization and the Consequences on Democracy, will feature the following distinguished scholars who will explore the challenges posed by populism and polarization:
- Chair: Pablo Oñate (IPSA President, University of Valencia, Spain)
- Azul Aguiar Aguilar (IPSA EC member & WC2025 Program Co-Chair, and ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara, México)
- Carlos de la Torre (University of Florida, United States)
- Magdalena Musiał-Karg (IPSA EC member, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland)
- Murat Somer (Koç University, Türkiye)
- Kurt Weyland (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
- Ji Yeon Hong (University of Michigan, United States).