Challenges in Parliamentary Representation

BySTS 2025-03-282026-02-12

Discussing deficits, challenges and solutions in parliamentary representation by the Bundestag – with MP Hanna Steinmüller and Konstantin Kuhle. Broadcast on the German public radio station on March 28 in Deutschlandfunk Kultur and also available online https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/programm?drsearch:date=2025-03-28 – tune in! And read more here: https://doi.org/10.3224/gwp.v70i2.11

A recording is available below

Parliaments

Meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Korea
BySTS 2025-07-172025-09-21

The Research Committee of Legislative Specialists met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Korea, Woo Won-shik, to discuss current affairs and the role of parliament in the recent coup attempt in the country.

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Media

Corruption Scandal in the EP – Consequences for MPs
BySTS 2023-02-032023-02-03

Sven Siefken discussed the consequences of the recent corruption scandal in the European Parliament for its members and their ways of information gathering. You can hear parts of the interview here at Deutschlandfunk „Europa heute“ (8:30)

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Parliaments

At the Assemblée nationale in Paris
BySTS 2022-11-222024-06-28

Visiting the Assemblée nationale on the occasion of the price awarded to colleague Calixte Bloquet for their dissertation “On the outskirts of the French Parliament: The Delegation for Women’s Rights”. A grand ceremony, talks with policy makers and parliamentary administrators and the opportunity to watch question time in parliament. More about the prize here.

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After the Bundestag Election – Veto Options for Die Linke and AfD
BySTS 2025-02-252025-04-01

After the 2025 Bundestag election, the right-populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and the socialist “Die Linke” jointly will have 34 percent of the seats in the Bundestag. This gives them the opportunity to block certain activities that require a 2/3 majority: Changes to the constitution, the election of constitutional court judges. In an interview…

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Re•De•Re

Redesigning Democratic Representation
BySTS 2024-11-292025-01-17

In a new interdisciplinary research project, professors Friedrich von Borries and Sven T. Siefken and their team will study approaches to redesigning democratic representation (ReDeRe). Following MPs through time and spaces, ReDeRe will experiment and try, based on design theory and practice as well as political science knowledge. The project is funded by the Volkswagen…

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A Global Perspective on Committee Hearings
BySTS 2023-09-062024-09-08

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…

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