Uli Grötsch, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Federal Police Authorities came to the Federal University. After an introduction to the university and a dedicated workshop, Uli Grötsch and Sven T. Siefken held a podium discussion on the role of his recently established office, the experience within it and current reform challenges.
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The international collaboration on Parliaments in the Pandemic (PiP) started to gather information on how the Covid-19 pandemic influenced parliaments around the globe. On March 13, it is holding its fourth Academic Workshop, continuing to analyze the data – this time with a special focus on oversight, legislation and parliamentary performance. Sven T. Siefken is…
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…
Faszinierend klingt der Gedanke: Weise Frauen und Männer mit breiter Erfahrung in allen Bereichen der Gesellschaft werden vom Bundeskanzler zusammengerufen, um gemeinsam die Antwort auf eine drängende politische Frage zu finden – und das jenseits von parteilichen Machtkämpfen und allein nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen, der guten Sache, dem Land, dem Gemeinwohl verpflichtet. Doch halt!…
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…
In May 2022, the Academy of Sciences organized a workshop Revisiting Parliaments in Pandemics. Keynote speaker Sven T. Siefken presented first findings of the second wave of a global expert survey ‘Parliaments in Pandemics’. Conducted in 2020, 2021, and 2022, the survey focused on how the pandemic changed the legislatures’ roles and, in particular, electoral, legislative, oversight, communication and representation…
A glimpse behind the curtains of power politics: Peter Altmaier, the former Federal Minister of the Economy and former Head of the Chancellery will join Sven T. Siefken at the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences to discuss his experience in government leadership. The event is open to the public, more details are available in…