Redesigning Democratic Representation: Our exhibit is now showing @Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt. Food for thought about representation big and small. Ballot boxes, MP district work, the federal eagle and the Cross of Merit. Come think! Thanks to all contributors. More here: https://www.museumangewandtekunst.de/de/besuch/ausstellungen/adler-orden-wahlurne-redesigning-democratic-representation/
Expectations were high in 2025 that government formation would be different than in the past. Yet a detailed analysis of the coalition negotiations in 2025 shows that they were conducted mostly like before: they were not much faster, the coalition contract was not much shorter, and the rules on coalition cooperation were even more detailed….
December 1 to 4, the VolkswagenStiftung assembled for a fruitful exchange its current projects that gather Transformational Knowledge on Democracies under Change. The ongoing project Redesigning Democratic Representation (Re-De-Re) is jointly led by Friedrich von Borries and Sven T. Siefken. It develops ideas, implements and tests them to improve representation. More here https://redesign-democracy.hfbk.net/ Photos: Christian Burkert…
Renowned expert professor Masaki Kondo joined the Federal Unviersity of Administrative Sciences for a guest lecture during the brown bag seminar series. He spoke on the new party Sanseito, founded in 2020. Sven T. Siefken moderated the event. More on the lecture can be found in the announcement below.
Faszinierend klingt der Gedanke: Weise Frauen und Männer mit breiter Erfahrung in allen Bereichen der Gesellschaft werden vom Bundeskanzler zusammengerufen, um gemeinsam die Antwort auf eine drängende politische Frage zu finden – und das jenseits von parteilichen Machtkämpfen und allein nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen, der guten Sache, dem Land, dem Gemeinwohl verpflichtet. Doch halt!…
Exciting district dialogue in Frankfurt: 23 inhabitants of the city, drawn by lot, discussed their experience and wishes for successful democratic representation. MP Armand Zorn joined to hear and share his perspectives. This is part of the ongoing research project „Redesigning Democratic Representation“, run jointly with Friedrich von Borries and Demokratie Innovation. More here: https://redesign-democracy.hfbk.net/
Based on data compiled for the Global Parliamentary Report, Maya Kornberg and Sven T. Siefken study the role of committee hearings for public engagement by parliaments. They discuss how hearings have evolved and which mechanisms are in use and how new approaches change the practices, for example through digital hearings or field hearings. The article…