Learn more about #APSA2026 Short Course: Connecting Campaign Finance Scholars and Reformers: Building a Research Agenda!
Connecting Campaign Finance Scholars and Reformers: Building a Research Agenda Half Day Short Course | Register here 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition -- Boston, MA 9:00 am – 1:00 pm One of the original rationales for the organization of the Campaign Finance Research Group (CFRG) was to bring together campaign finance scholars, reform advocates, and policy makers “in order to inform the policy debates on campaign finance issues.” As the authors of CFRG’s 2001 application for Related Group status wrote, “the CFRG will help shrink the often wide gap between the work of scholars and that of policy makers and help make the results of research done by political scientists more relevant for lawmakers, government officials and citizens.” With this purpose in mind, we propose here a short course that brings together scholars, policy makers, and reform advocates to discuss public funding programs and proposals for small-dollar financing of American political campaigns.
