2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Democracy Under Threat: How to Understand, Protect, and Rebuild

The 2026 APSA meeting, organized under the theme, “Democracy under Threat: How to Understand, Protect, and Rebuild,” invites scholars in all areas of political science to explore the crisis of democracy by focusing on three fundamental questions: How do we understand the global crisis of democracy we face today? How do societies claw back democratic rights and practices when these come under assault? And how should we rebuild democratic institutions, norms, and practices?