Letošnje konference Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), ki je potekala v New Orleansu, Louisiana, ZDA sta se udeležila prof. dr. Borut Rončević in izr. prof. dr. Simona Kukovič.

Poleg skupnega referata z naslovom “From Model Child to Troubled Teenager: The Political Path of Slovenia 1991–2023”, je dr. Rončević predstavil še referat “Local and Regional Development and Great Powers in Southeast Europe: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”; dr. Kukovič pa referat “Depoliticised Local Politics? The Peculiar Case of Slovenia”.