History
The idea of an international Political Science students' network was first discussed in 1996, when students from Leiden University visited colleagues in Rome, Italy. The first IAPSS General Assembly was held in Leiden, The Netherlands in 1998, where the Association was incorporated.
During years, IAPSS evolved from network to a real "umbrella-association": in 2003, a Permanent Seat was established in Ljubljana, Slovenia; in 2004, the first stable Executive Committee (ExCom) was elected, which would have coordinated projects and activities on various levels directly from the Slovenian capital; in 2005, was deliberated the incorporation of a new Association in Slovenia, which succeeded the Dutch one.
By the end of 2010, IAPSS has grown to 80 associations from 50 different countries from Europe, Asia and Latin America.
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