Crash Course on Parliamentary Democracy for Colorado students

BySTS 2025-12-072025-12-08

It was a memorable day in the Berlin politics, because following long political discussions, two central bills were passed by the coalition: changes to the pension system and the military draft. Students of Colorado College visited the German Bundestag. After an academic introduction to parliamentary government in Germany by Sven T. Siefken, the group had a detailed discussion with an MP and an MP staffer. The group then moved on for a tour of the Chancellery.

Parliaments | Teaching

Meeting Bundestag interns from Arabic countries
BySTS 2023-09-042023-09-06

The Bundestag has been been running the international scholarship program for young professionals from various parts of the world. Sven T. Siefken delivered an opening presentation on „politics in a parliamentary democracy“ and led the discussion for the 2023 class of participants from various Arabic countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Tunisia, Bahrain, Algeria, Iraqi. More…

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Teaching | USA

„Politics in Europe“ taught in Colorado
BySTS 2024-08-282024-09-09

In a deep-dive, Sven T. Siefken is teaching a class on politics in Europe as visiting professor at Colorado College. The goal of this comparative politics course is for students to get a deep understanding of how parliamentary democracies work and compare this to the presidential system of the US. In conversations with practitioners ans…

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Irish Parliament: What to learn from the crisis?
BySTS 2023-01-202023-01-20

In its 2023 workshop, the leadership of the parliamentary administration of the Houses of the Oireachtas discussed with Sven T. Siefken what can be learned from the pandemic situation for their own work in future crises – and in „normal“ situations, too

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Teaching

Germany in the “Superwahljahr”
BySTS 2021-09-012024-09-08

Back at Colorado College, teaching a class in Comparative Politics on the Superwahljahr 2021. The election to the 20th German Parliament will be held on September 26, 2021. It will, very likely, bring an end to 16 years as chancellor of Angela Merkel, who is not running for reelection. With ongoing fragmentation of the German…

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Parliaments

The Heat is on in the Bundestag
BySTS 2025-01-312025-01-31

Culminating in contested plenary debates in late January 2025, conflict has become stronger and more visible in the German Bundestag. In a new article published in PS: Political Science & Politics, Sven T. Siefken tracks how the heat has gone up over the past years in the German Parliament. You can find the full text…

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Knowledge on Knowledge in Parliaments
BySTS 2024-10-152025-04-07

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….

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