‌The annual conference of the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) specialist group will be held at Newcastle University from 1-3 September 2022. The conference is hosted by the Department of Politics. 

Key Dates

• Registration is now open and will close on 31 August, 2022. Please note, there is no on-site registration.
  
• Conference begins - 1st September 2022

 Academic programme (final) is now available. Please double check for any changes in your schedule.

Conference format:

• EPOP2022 will be held as an in-person event.
• EPOP does not have formal discussants, only panel chairs. As such, you do not have to upload your paper ahead of the conference but you should feel free to circulate it to other panellists via email. 
• Please keep your presentation to 12-15 minutes, unless your panel chair has given more specific guidance.
• All rooms in the conference venue have full AV equipment and PCs. You can upload your presentation to the PC from an external drive.

We have also put together a brief social guide, listing the conference and dinner venues, and the best spots for coffee, small bites, drinks, dance floors and more:

• Here is the Strava map for Friday morning's run with Maarja (starting at 8:30 am from Bigg Market).