How can scientific evidence be better used for policy-making? When to bring in knowledge, whom to talk to, how to build networks to practitioners in government and parliament … and what role the media play in all this. It was a fruitful discussion in the Behavioral Insights Connect network, where Sven T. Siefken led a…
Building on the cartography of legislation which has been developed in many workshops, observations and interviews over the past years, the interdisciplinary team of Gestaltungszentrale Politik and professor Sven T. Siefken will develop a digital atlas for political processes. It will show way of political engagement to the public, making them more accessible. More on…
Many approaches are currently debated on how the legislative process can be debated, among them are classic optimization, different forms of public engagement, digitalization, the use of articial engagement, increased transparency and the use of new policy tools. In an article published in the journal “Legislation and Policy Studies”, Sven T. Siefken argues that for…
The National Assembly Research Service of the Republic of Korea held a Workshop on modernizing legislation with a special focus on public engagement. It brought together practitioners and academics from the disciplines of law and political science. Sven T. Siefken gave the opening presentation and recommended to take a broader approach than is often applied:…
How can coalitions build compromise in times of conflict? In the 2025 annual conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft, held at the University of Freiburg, Sven T. Siefken was an invited speaker to present his current research on coordination in the policy making process, pointing at five important steps in the process: coalition negotiations,…
How are conflicts within coalitions coordinated in the German policy-making process? Sven T. Siefken discussed findings from current research on the processes in the German polity, formal and informal institutions and the relevance of political actor behavior. The presentation was given in the 2025 Conference of the DAAD Centers for German and European Studies. It…
At the German University of Public Administration in Speyer, Sven T. Siefken was invited as guest speaker in the graduate lecture on the “Foundations of Public Decision Making”. He presented and discussed the many steps in the legislative process and their implications: Veto points, coordination mechanisms, oversight and engagement.
The interministerial working group on the digitalcheck held an workshop at the German Ministry of the Interior. The goal: to discuss how various checks in the legislative process can be combined and consolidated. Sven T. Siefken provided an overview of the entire legislative process and put a special focus on coalition negotiations and the intersection…
In a Workshop organized by the Netzwerk Organisationsverfassung, Sven T. Siefken presented the the cartography of legislation; identifying veto points, discussing the numerous veto points and the role of the Chancellery in coordination and strategic management.
At the Helmut Schmidt University of the Armed Forces, Sven T. Siefken will present and discuss findings from the current research project „cartography of legislation“. The project aims to tracks the legislative process with a special focus on the pre-parliamentary bill drafting in the ministerial departments. It includes the informal phases of coordination and negotiation…
Philipp Cartier and Sven T. Siefken held a second workshop with practitioners in the Bundestag from the plenary services department. The goal was to check and complement the information that has been gathered so far about all steps in the complete legislative process, from idea to law.
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….
Faculty and staff are invited to attend Colorado College Visiting Professor of German & Political Science Sven Siefken’s Faculty Lunch talk on “Hot or Cold Politics? Political Decision Making in a Parliamentary Democracy”. How does an idea become a law? This fundamental question of political decision making will be analyzed for the parliamentary democracy of…
The academic journal „The Theory and Practice of Legislation“ has published a new special issue titled „How much legislating in a legislature? Democratisation, de-democratisation and beyond“. It compiles various case studies on recent development of democracy, among them Poland, Indonesia, India and Bolivia. They shine a light on how parliaments suffer from processes of de-democratization,…
Having conducted a thorough literature review, analyzed legal documents and interviewed numerous parliamentary practitioners, the interdisciplinary team held a first workshop on the „Cartography of the Legislative Process“. Held in Berlin, the workshop brought together practitioners from the German Bundestag and the Ministry of Justice with academics and designers. The goal of the project is…
Graphic descriptions of the legislative process usually focus on what is going on “in” parliament – while neglecting the preparliamentary phases of bill preparation. But there is a lot of coordination, negotiation and public engagement happening in this less formalized phase. Bringing together the special skills of designers (with an interest in politics) and political…