The steering group has – after receiving various workshop proposals - decided to endorse the following three workshop applications for the Joint Sessions in Mainz during 2013:

Electoral Competitiveness in Cross-National Research: Challenges and New Directions for Research (accepted)
Workshop directors: Susan Banducci, Sylvia Kritzinger and Heiko Giebler

Innovations in the Study of Campaigns and their Effects
Workshop directors: Thorsten Faas and Hajo Boomgaarden

The Design and Effects of Voting Advice Applications
Workshop directors: Martin Rosema and Jonas Lefevere