Our colloquium meetings are primarily conceived as a forum for the exchange of ideas and serve to discuss ongoing and completed research projects on topics of parliamentarism and "related" areas such as party or electoral research.

Researchers as well as people with an interest in parliamentarianism are cordially invited to present their research projects or results, scientific qualification theses or project ideas with practical relevance and to discuss them with us. Master's students and doctoral candidates are also expressly invited. The presentations can be given in German or English.

The colloquium takes place on Thursdays from 10:30 to 12:30 in the IParl and on request also hybrid. If you are interested, please write an e-mail with a few words about your topic to kolloquium@iparl.de.

IParl research colloquium

Research colloquium

Upcoming colloquia

Thursday, 21 May 2026, 10:30-12:30
Political groups in the German Bundestag, 1949 to 2005

Presentation of the edition programme by Dr. Sven Jüngerkes (KGParl) at the IParl Colloquium, 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 (Bertelsmann Stiftung) at the IParl Colloquium, Berlin.

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.

Previous colloquia

Thursday, 12.2.2026, 10:30-12:30
Municipal umbrella organisations in legislative processes

Presentation of the dissertation by Martin Klausch (Helmut-Schmidt University) at the IParl Research Colloquium, Berlin.

Thursday, 29 January 2026, 10:30-12:30
"Good leadership" in political parties

Presentation of the dissertation by Marius Minas (University of Trier) at the IParl Research Colloquium, Berlin.

Thursday, 11.12.2025; 10:30-12:30
Humility. On a parliamentary virtue.

Presentation of a book project by Dr Burkhard Conrad (lecturer at the University of Hamburg) at the IParl Research Colloquium, Berlin.

Thursday, 20 November 2025, 10:30-12:30
Opposition behaviour in German Bundestag

Presentation of the dissertation project by Michael Bannert (Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern) at the IParl Research Colloquium, Berlin.

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