CPP-ASPIRE Conference: The Education Track and SoTL in Politics and IR

You are warmly invited to the CPP-ASPIRE Conference on 12 June 2026!

UCL’s Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics has teamed up with the ASPIRE Network to host an event taking place at a pivotal moment in the ongoing transformation and development of education in our discipline.

The conference will focus on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in Politics and International Relations, and in particular on the role and significance of the education track in the discipline. We will also explore student agency and research-led learning, creative pedagogies, the politics of teaching, AI in the Politics and IR classroom, inclusion, positionality, and the relational classroom.

UCL's Department of Political Science (home of the CPP) is turning the big three-oh this year. There will be an informal garden party in the evening to celebrate this momentous milestone - and, naturally, to celebrate the CPP's status as one of the biggest and most active education-focused clusters in the country. If you are external to the Department and would like to attend the party please let us know (using this link) by 21 May 2026.

Some specifics:

• The provisional programme is attached (see the pictures in the header of this event listing, and the 'agenda' section below)
• Venue details can be found on this interactive UCL campus map.
• If you're presenting / chairing a panel please also register.
• If you have any dietary requirements please drop us a line.
• For information and support at on the day, please get in touch with the UCL hosts at [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

UCL Main Campus, Gower Street, London, United Kingdom

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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