André Broome has been elected as Chair of the International Political Economy (IPE) section of the International Studies Association for 2016-17, the largest professional association of International Studies and International Political Economy scholars in the world.

With over 800 members from around the world, the IPE Section is one of the largest sections within the ISA, and organizes a number of prestigious awards to be presented at each year's annual convention, including the IPE Distinguished Scholar Award, the Society of Women in International Political Economy (SWIPE) Award, and the Outstanding Activist Scholar (OAS) Award. For this year's ISA annual convention in Atlanta the IPE section organized 91 panels.

The deadline for submitting proposals for ISA 2017 in Baltimore is 1st June 2016. Further information about the IPE Section of ISA is available at: www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections/IPE

To join the IPE section mailing list please visit: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/isa-ipe.