The German Association for Political Science (DVPW), founded on 10 February 1951, includes currently more than 1,700 regular members. The following statutes are the people who "... teaching, researching, publishing or otherwise in the public life for the political science ..." act. In addition, the activity of several DVPW by supporting members support.
The DVPW is a charitable organization. It sees its task in the research and teaching in political science and their application in practice to promote the development. For this purpose it organizes symposia, public lectures and symposia of its sections, working groups and national groups. Of particular importance is the Congress to be held every three years. The last Congress was DVPW of 21 to 25 September 2009 at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel on "Politics in a changing climate. No power for fair solutions? "Carried out.
For the purposes of its statutory objectives of promoting the unification of scientific communication through the publication of the journal "Political quarterly" and the publication of the congress and symposium contributions. In addition, the members' journal "Politics" in a regular manner on the results of the Sections and working groups reported using.
Another main task for the union is the experience and views with foreign colleagues. The DVPW is a member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and the European Political Science Network (epsNet). In addition, the conference organized DVPW every two to three years a joint operation with the Austrian Society for Political Science (ÖGPW) and the Swiss Association for Political Science (SVPW). The DVPW is also responsible in the merger of the European trade associations, the European Confederation of Political Science Associations (ECPSA).
