Expert Commissions in the Coalition Contract

BySTS 2025-05-112025-09-17

The coalition contract of CDU, CSU and SPD includes agreements to set up 15 expert commissions, a very high number compared to previous years. On the public radio station MDR, Sven T. Siefken talked about the different uses and reasons for this particular instrument of policy advice, varying from substantial advice to symbolism. The article and audio newscast are available here https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/kommissionen-bundesregierung-koalition-rente-wahlrecht-100.html

Coalitions | Publications | Research

On the Formalization of Coalition Building
BySTS 2024-07-132024-09-08

An edited volume, published in 2024, brings together analyses made at the outset of the new traffic light coalition in Germany. Most of the contributions have previously been published in the Journal German Politics and Society. Sven T. Siefken wrote a chapter on the continuing formalization of coalition formation. Details about the new book can…

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Coalitions | Parliaments | Publications | Research

In the Depths of Coalition Negotiations
BySTS 2023-10-272024-09-08

Coalition negotiations play a key role in government formation, but they have not been analyzed much in detail. In Germany, the past decades have seen an ongoing differentiation of their organization, leading to a complex multi-level negotiation structure with a policy-oriented division of labor. Studying the working group on health policy in the coalition negotiations…

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Coalitions | USA

Making the Traffic Light Work – The State of Coalition Negotiations
BySTS 2021-11-182024-09-09

In this AICGS webinar, Tom Nuttall, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Sven Siefken discuss the state of the German coalition negotiations, how these negotiations differ from others, and what challenges the new government will face.

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Coalitions | Conferences | Legislation

Compromise in a Time of Conflicts
BySTS 2025-06-212025-07-03

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,…

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Advice | Cartography | Legislation

Bringing Scientific Evidence into Policy-Making
BySTS 2025-09-192025-09-19

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…

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Advice | Cartography | Legislation

Checking Early Phases of Bill-Drafting
BySTS 2025-05-07

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…

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