05 August - 07 August 2025

The Global Political Marketing and Management Network 2025 Conference will host four special panels, called ‘Keynote Conversations’.

Keynote conversations will be an interactive and engaging form of keynote speakers where multiple international experts share their thoughts on recent and future trends in political marketing and management and the overall implications.

The Chair will lead the conversation, enabling conference delegates to hear wisdom from multiple keynotes in a more engaged format, and also invite conference delegates to contribute to the conversations by sharing their perspectives and experiences.

• Standard Fee £150 (closing date Friday 25 July 2025 - 5pm UK Local Time)

All costings including 20% VAT.  Fee includes light refreshments on a daily basis.

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The Global Political Marketing and Management Network was created by Professor Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Professor Jamie Gillies, and Professor Vincent Raynauld in 2024 to stimulate and support research into how marketing and management are used in politics, in government, and in democracies around the world. It seeks to support scholars and students to further their knowledge and understanding of this complex and profoundly influential area of activity. It also welcomes interested practitioners to join in the conversation about Political Marketing and Political Management. Professors Lees-Marshment, Gillies, and Raynauld work at universities in the UK, Canada, and the United States respectively and edit books on political marketing and management in UK, US, Canadian and New Zealand elections.

The event will be organised to support connections and conversations, with longer than typical breaks for lunch/coffee enabling much-needed face-to-face interactions and networking. The emphasis will be on short presentations, with a focus on lessons from and for research and practice. The conference is designed to stimulate constructive comments and discussion.

We will hold Keynote Conversations (as opposed to lectures). Plenary panels will focus on recent key events, research books and future developments, such as the 2024 UK election and 2024 US Presidential Election, the forthcoming Canadian 2025 election, recently published book on Political Management, and the management of political advisors and politicians. We will also organise a practitioner panel.

We welcome contributions and participants from multiple diverse disciplines, fields and organisations and roles as long as it is relevant to Political Marketing and Political Management.

This includes political marketing, political management, political communication, political science, public administration, political leadership, political history, public relations, branding, and political psychology.

And by political, we mean political organisations such as government, parties, campaigns, political offices, political movements, at federal, national, devolved or local level, and political practitioners including party staff, campaign staff, political consultants, political staff, political advisors, politicians, ministers, and candidates.

By marketing, we mean all activities and concepts normally included in marketing courses and research and carried out by marketing companies and consultants, such as market research, market intelligence, market segmentation, big data, targeting, market-orientation, product design, strategy, branding, marketing communications and delivery.

By management, we mean all activities and concepts normally included in university management courses and research and carried out by management companies and consultants, such as human resource management (including wellbeing), strategic management and planning, campaign, party, people and policy management, organisational behaviour, organisational structure, organisational communication, control & power, leadership, reviewing and renewal.

The conference will be held at the Carnegie Building, University of Dundee Main Campus, Dundee DD1 4HN.

Dundee is a vibrant and easy-to-get-around city, just east of the Scottish capital, Edinburgh.

The conference will be held across three days, Tuesday 5th, Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th August 2025. We suggest you plan to arrive the day before, on Monday 4th as it will be starting at 9am on the 5th to maximise the time for a blether (the Scottish term for ‘chat’!).

We encourage you to use the trip as an opportunity to explore the north-east of Scotland, if you can. This time of year, it is very pleasant summer temperatures, that avoid the extreme heat of other places in North America and Europe. Dundee, Angus, and Aberdeenshire are easy to get around, and there are also the Highlands in easy reach.

UK Visa

Visit the UK for tourism, business or a short stay (up to 6 months), airport transit visas. Visit the UK - GOV.UK website for more information.

Check if you need a UK visa by completing a short questionnaire on GOV.UK website.

Applying for an ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation)?

Everyone wishing to travel to the UK – except British and Irish citizens – everyone (including children) will need permission to travel in advance of coming here. This means if you were previously eligible to visit the UK without a visa you will need an ETA.

Please watch the two videos provided for more information.

What is an ETA?

ETAs are digitally linked to a traveller’s passport and ensure more robust security checks are carried out before people begin their journey to the UK.

From 9 April 2025, it will cost £16 to apply for an ETA.

What an ETA is, who can get one and how to apply before coming to the UK (hyperlink).

How long it takes

You will usually get a decision within 3 working days, but you may get a quicker decision. Occasionally, it may take longer than 3 working days.

Information correct at the time of writing (31 March 2025) courtesy of GOV.UK website

Loganair is offering up to 30% off flights to delegates travelling to/from Dundee from London Heathrow (LHR), Sumburgh (LSI) and Kirkwall (KOI) Airports for this conference. 

Please book at Loganair.co.uk before 11 August 2025, quoting promotional code GPMMN25 at the time of booking, for travel between 2 August 2025 – 11 August 2025. 

Visit Loganair to book (link opens in new window) 

Launched in 2021, GreenSkies is Loganair’s sustainability initiative, which sets out how the company will achieve its ambitious target of becoming net zero by 2040. One part of the initiative is a small mandatory charge as part of every fare; with funds then invested in internationally accredited carbon offset schemes to take the same amount of carbon out of the atmosphere that each flight produces. While the carbon offsetting programme is the first step, Loganair have also been engaging with leading aerospace and technology companies to ensure we can have the systems we need to achieve our carbon-neutral goal.

All information in the travel guides correct at the time of filming (filmed 2024).

Read our Travel Made Easy Guide (link opens in new window) on how to get to Dundee from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Airport, including coach travel to Dundee.

DACBRES is the official accommodation booking site for delegates attending the GPMMN 2025 conference.

Dundee City Region Convention Bureau is working with the organising committee to manage accommodation for this event.

An allocation of rooms at guaranteed rates and terms have been secured with a variety of providers close to the conference and social venues.

Visit the official accommodation portal and book your accommodation (link opens in new window)

• Guaranteed Rates & Availability - Rates are fixed & subject to availability & individual hotel terms and conditions – True room availability – only rooms available to book are displayed.
• Breakfast* & VAT Included - No hidden extras – the price you see is the price you pay. *subject to individual hotel amenities. (Please note that Dundee Backpackers does not provide breakfast). Changes up to 24 hours before your arrival (subject to individual hotel Terms & Conditions).
• Nothing To Pay Upfront - Details of your valid credit card are only used to guarantee your reservation. Pay on check-in (subject to individual hotel Terms & Conditions).

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Engage with the online community during the conference in the following ways:

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The GPMMN2025 conference aims to minimise the environmental impact of the meeting.  Read our Sustainability Pledge

Getting around Dundee

Get active out and about in Dundee city. A compact city bursting with places of interest, history, and things to see, it is so easy to get around.

Dundee’s active travel routes in and around the city have been developed over the last few years with a key objective to encourage active travel through walking, cycling and public transport, and deploy sustainable alternatives to decarbonise transport. Visit Dundee.com website and find out more about Our Walkable City.

MixMap is a friendly, easy to use, locally produced Dundee map for tourists showcasing the colourful range of independent businesses, attractions and places of interest in Dundee and Broughty Ferry.

We want to help you make the most of your time in our city. Discover great little shops, welcoming restaurants, immersive attractions with MixMap The Dundee Tourist Map.

This is your voyage of discovery – uncover a location that offers the perfect combination of inspiration and innovation.

Our heritage and its people are the culture of a city, town or village and they are the basis of the stories we tell our children today. Dundee City Region is filled with many pioneering individuals who have pushed the boundaries of their professions to achieve memorable contributions, not just to our location, but indeed to the world.  Explore more ...

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