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Chinese Politics Research in Progress (CPRP) is a virtual workshop with the following objectives: 1) promoting intellectual exchanges of ideas on frontier research of Chinese politics, and 2) building a dialogue between China scholars and the broader political science community. To this end, this workshop encourages presentation of question-driven research on fundamental issues in political science and Chinese politics.

We welcome presentations by scholars at all career stages (e.g., graduate students, post-docs, junior and senior faculty) in comparative politics and international relations and with different methodological approaches (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, formal modeling).

The CPRP virtual workshop will be held between 12:00-1:00 PM (Central Standard Time) on Fridays every two or three weeks during the regular academic year. The workshop typically lasts for 1 hour. After a brief presentation by the author(s), two discussants – a China scholar and a non-China expert – will provide comments and suggestions. We then open the floor for further questions and comments from the audience.

Call for paper

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We hope this email finds you well as the spring semester (almost) comes to an end. Many thanks to your support, the CPRP online workshop continued to flourish in the 2025-2026 academic year.

To build on our success and expand our reach to a broader audience, we are delighted to welcome a new co-organizer, Professor Jessica Teets from Middlebury College. Professor Teets is an expert on governance in authoritarian regimes, with a focus on the role of civic participation in China and beyond.

As we look ahead to the 2026-27 academic year, we are excited to invite you to submit papers for presentation at Chinese Politics Research in Progress. We welcome working papers by scholars at various stages of their careers (e.g., advanced ABDs, post-docs, junior and senior faculty members) in the fields of comparative politics and international relations. We also encourage submissions employing diverse methodological approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and formal modeling. Each presentation will be discussed by one scholar of Chinese politics and one non-China specialist, respectively.

The online workshop will be held on Fridays at 1-2 PM (EST) / 12-1 PM (CST) / 10-11 AM (PST). For more information regarding the presentation guidelines, please see here.

If you are interested in presenting in CPRP in AY 2026-2027, please fill out this form by May. 10, 2026.

Best,

Xiaobo Lü, Jessica Teets, and Yuhua Wang

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