German Electoral Law 2024

BySTS 2024-08-152024-08-15

On July 30, the Constitutional Court of Germany made a decision on the contested reform of electoral law. Sven T. Siefken explains the new law and discusses the reform process in his analysis on the end of a never-ending story. This is the electoral law that will be applied in the upcoming 2025 Bundestag election. Read the analysis here: https://americangerman.institute/2024/08/electoral-reform-in-germany/

This graph from the article gives an overview of the system of personalized proportional representation.

Understanding the Electoral Reform

BySTS 2023-05-022024-09-09

The American-German Institute (formerly AICGS) hosted a webinar on the ongoing reform of the electoral law in Germany. Boris Herrmann (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and Sven Siefken discussed the details, background and perspectives with Eric Langenbacher (AGI). More here …

Cartography | Parliaments | Research

Legislative Cartography in the Research Seminar

BySTS 2024-04-032024-04-03

An ongoing cooperation of political scientists and designers is mapping the legislative process, from first ideas to the promulgation of laws. The special focus is on integrating both formal and informal components. Sven T. Siefken presented and discussed findings of this ongoing research project at the brown bag seminar of the University of Applied Administrative…

Parliaments | Research

Making Sense of the Elections in France

BySTS 2024-06-282024-06-29

In a surprise move, French President Emmanuel Macron has called new parliamentary elections. Join us for a discussion with expert Dr. Calixte Bloquet about reasons, dynamics and possible consequences. Hosted by IPSA’s Research Committee of Legislative Specialist (RC08), moderated by Sven T. Siefken, June 28 (9 AM New York, 3 PM Paris). Here is a…

Cartography | Parliaments | Research

Knowledge on Knowledge in Parliaments

BySTS 2024-10-15

Starting a new research project „Studying Parliaments and the Role of Knowledge“, Marc Geddes and his team brought together international experts working on the topic. Sven T. Siefken gave a presentation on how the entire legislative process – from idea to law – must be understood for analyzing the avenues of knowledge influence and creation….

Conferences | Crises | PiP | Research

Wrocław: Democracy in Times of Crises

BySTS 2022-06-272024-09-08

What impact did the pandemic and other crises have on the work of parliaments, both at the member state and the European level? First findings on the topic from various ongoing research projects were brought together in an outreach workshop in Wrocław, Poland, by Professor Aleksandra Maatsch, The Jean Monnet Chair at the Centre for…

Conferences | Research

Erosion of the State?

BySTS 2023-09-302023-09-30

Are democratic institutions and bureaucracy losing their functionality? This were key topics of a conference held at the Akademie für politische Bildung in Tutzing. Sven T. Siefken gave a talk on informality in politics, analyzing coalition negotiations, expert advisory commissions and coalition management. More about the conference can be found here https://www.apb-tutzing.de/Tagungsprogramme/2023/39-4-23-programm.pdf

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