Sven T. Siefken is a political scientist, political advisor and management consultant. His special research focus is on parliaments.
He is Professor of Political Science at the German Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Germany, and Visiting Lecturer at the Hertie School in Berlin. He is also a Visiting Professor at Colorado College, USA, and was Associated Lecturer at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. (2023). Siefken is Vice Chair of the Research Committee of Legislative Specialists (RC08) of the International Political Science Association and editor of the German Journal of Parliamentary Affairs (Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen). In 2024 / 2025 he was delegated for research to the Bundestag and the Federal Chancellery, Planning Department.
His current work investigates coalition politics, parliamentary committees, parliaments in the pandemic and the future of democratic representation.
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0651-987X
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