Faculty Talk on “Hot or Cold Politics?”
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Faculty Talk on “Hot or Cold Politics?”

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…

Elections in the United States – a Done Deal?
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Elections in the United States – a Done Deal?

On August 7, the new format of the “Wissenschaftsforum” at the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences held its first public panel discussion. Dr. Michael Kolkmann (University of Halle) and Dr. Philipp Adorf (University of Bonn) shared their insights from years of research on U.S. politics about the upcoming elections in the fall of 2024….

Georgetown Class on Activism, Campaigning, Governing in Europe
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Georgetown Class on Activism, Campaigning, Governing in Europe

For the Master’s Program of American Government at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, Sven T. Siefken is co-teaching a Comparative Politics class. Students learn about the entire process: From becoming active in politics, to party work, candidate nomination, election and governing. Going broad comparatively and going deep in the formalities and informalities of the German…

German Politics in Colorado
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German Politics in Colorado

The 2022 class by Sven T. Siefken at Colorado College takes an in-depth look at how people can make a difference in parliamentary politics. In a comparative perspective on the European parliamentary democracies, we study civic culture and political activism, look at candidate nomination and the electoral system and at how to run an election…