World Design Capital

BySTS 2026-01-29

Parliamentary breakfast in the Bundestag on January 29: Introducing the World Design Capital Frankfurt and our project Redesigning Democratic Representation (ReDeRe) as partner of it. Excited about so many interesting initiatives bringing design competencies to resonate with politics. More about WDC here https://wdc2026.org/ and about ReDeRe here https://redesign-democracy.hfbk.net/ University of fine Arts Hamburg Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences ReDeRe is funded by VolkswagenStiftung.

Engagement | Parliaments | Research

Roundtable on Public Engagement
BySTS 2023-10-262024-09-08

Engaging the public in the work of parliament has been long practiced. To be in close exchange with the people is indeed a precondition for a successful parliament. In recent years, instruments and processes have been developed, tested and compared that institutionalize engagement. A special issues of the Journal of Legislative Studies looks at thoses…

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Conferences | Crises | PiP | Research

Wrocław: Democracy in Times of Crises
BySTS 2022-06-272024-09-08

What impact did the pandemic and other crises have on the work of parliaments, both at the member state and the European level? First findings on the topic from various ongoing research projects were brought together in an outreach workshop in Wrocław, Poland, by Professor Aleksandra Maatsch, The Jean Monnet Chair at the Centre for…

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Cartography | Legislation | Parliaments | Research

Practitioners’ Workshop on Legislative Cartography
BySTS 2024-05-062024-09-08

Having conducted a thorough literature review, analyzed legal documents and interviewed numerous parliamentary practitioners, the interdisciplinary team held a first workshop on the „Cartography of the Legislative Process“. Held in Berlin, the workshop brought together practitioners from the German Bundestag and the Ministry of Justice with academics and designers. The goal of the project is…

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Parliaments | Research

Making Sense of the Elections in France
BySTS 2024-06-282024-06-29

In a surprise move, French President Emmanuel Macron has called new parliamentary elections. Join us for a discussion with expert Dr. Calixte Bloquet about reasons, dynamics and possible consequences. Hosted by IPSA’s Research Committee of Legislative Specialist (RC08), moderated by Sven T. Siefken, June 28 (9 AM New York, 3 PM Paris). Here is a…

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Committees | Engagement | Parliaments | Publications | Research

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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Crises | Parliaments | PiP | Research

Parliaments in the Pandemic Workshop in Prague
BySTS 2023-12-022024-09-08

The international collaboration on Parliaments in the Pandemic (PiP) convened for its fifth academic workshop in Prague. It was the first in-person meeting since PiP was established in 2020 in the middle of the Covid pandemic. Based on a unique country expert panel study, PiP is a comprehensive study of what happened to parliaments around…

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