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For anyone interested, UCR SPP and Political Science are hosting this year's Polmeth meeting. If you have a methods contribution, please consider submitting to present or to give a poster. You do not need to be in political science to present your work. </div>
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We are planning to waive the registration fees for UCR graduate students but for that we will require you to put some time into staffing the registration table or other activities. </div>
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At this stage, you only need to apply if you wish to present something. You can decide later if you want to apply only to attend. We are planning to have a number of conference activities in addition to the paper and poster presentations, including a keynote
speaker, and programming, training and networking events for survey research methods, spatial methods, and reproducible science. We will update the conference website as our planning proceeds.</div>
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See the announcement below. Please write to me directly if you have any questions. </div>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 41st annual meeting of the Society for
Political Methodology will take place July 18-20, 2024, at the <a href="https://www.missioninn.com/" id="OWA31969c59-e4f0-b919-b518-19ea0fe45a37" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Mission Inn Hotel and Spa</a> in Riverside, CA. The meeting is hosted by the UC Riverside School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please see the conference website
<a href="https://polmeth.ucr.edu/" id="OWAba71a4f5-d83f-94fe-f3f5-d1e5c4d3fd64" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
https://polmeth.ucr.edu/</a> for more details and how to apply.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Applications are now being accepted for paper proposals, posters, and attendance. The application is available
on the conference website using the “Apply” tab. If you would like to present either a paper or poster, please submit a proposal by March 15, 2024. This is a firm deadline. We plan to have acceptance notifications sent out by May 1st. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Polmeth is the premier venue to showcase and receive feedback on recent work in the field of political methodology
as well as empirical applications of quantitative methods to substantive questions in political science and beyond. It is also an excellent opportunity for building professional networks and meeting the next generation of political scientists. If you would
like to join our community, we encourage you to apply.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Society for Political Methodology and UCR are committed to diversity and inclusion, and the society actively
works to increase the diversity of our subfield and reach out to people from under-represented groups. We welcome applicants of all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage our members to spread the word about the conference throughout their network
so we can ensure an enriching meeting. And if you are reading this announcement and wondering if *you* are invited -- you are.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the coming months, we will provide additional information about the keynote speaker, our plans for the sponsorship
tracks mentioned on the website, networking events, and more. Please visit the conference website
<a href="https://polmeth.ucr.edu/" id="OWA5fa5d960-dbb4-22f7-43c3-691f02d441d2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
https://polmeth.ucr.edu/</a> for updates.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">CODE OF CONDUCT: The Society requires that all participants acknowledge and follow the Code of Conduct at SPM
Events to ensure a harassment-free environment at the meeting. If you are invited to participate, you will be asked to confirm your agreement in the registration form. You can read the Code of Conduct on the SPM's website:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For more information or if you have questions, please email
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polmeth2024@gmail.com</a>. That email forwards to the conference leadership so it is constantly monitored. Please put “Polmeth2024” in the subject line.</span></p>
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