Current dates

Thursday, 11.06.2026, 10:00-12:00

Candidate studies in exchange

Networking meeting with presentation of the IParl research projects: Project on candidate positioning for the Bundestag election 2017 (Anastasia Pyschny); Project on candidate positioning for the Bundestag election 2025 (Maura Kratz); CandiData (Daniel Hellmann), Berlin.

Tuesday, 16.06.2026, 10:50-12:00

How MPs understand representation: Reasoning, emotion, and responsiveness in the German Bundestag

Presentation by Christian Ignorek and Alexander Kühne at the Day of Parliamentary Research of the Austrian National Council, Vienna.

Tuesday, 16.06.2026, 11:00-12:30

Challenges of the political profession from the perspective of the population

Lecture by Dr Danny Schindler at the Hertie Foundation, Berlin.

Thursday, 25 June 2026, 10:30-12:30

Squaring the constituencies - options for a sustainable reform of federal electoral law

Presentation of a research project by Prof Dr Robert Vehrkamp (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) at the IParl Colloquium, Berlin.

Monday, 6 July 2026, 14:00-17:00

Electoral Meltdown? Applying Perrow's normal accident theorem to the 2021 Berlin elections

Paper presentation by Daniel Hellmann in the panel „Electoral Integrity at the Polls“ as part of the Annual Virtual Elections Conference, online.

Thursday, 9 July 2026, 10:30-12:30

The Urban-Rural Divide in Youth Representation: Where Parties Nominate Young Candidates

Presentation of a research project by Julius Diener (University of Mannheim) at the IParl Colloquium, Berlin.