Local Party Politics (LoPaPol) Workshop at the Ghent University

Within the Local Party Politics (LoPaPol) workshop at Ghent University on 4 & 5 April 2024, PD Dr. Martin Gross presented two co-authored papers on local coalition formation in Belgium and on geographical representation in German local councils.

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New DFB-funded Research Project from PD Dr. Martin Gross: Independent Local Lists between Challenger and Mainstream Actors in Local Politics

This project analyzes the influence of Independent Local Lists (ILL) on party competition, coalition formation and political representation in German municipalities. While ILL have become important non-partisan actors in local elections, limited knowledge exists with regard to their ideological positions and their elites’ attitudes towards democratic representation. The aim of this project is twofold. OnContinue reading “New DFB-funded Research Project from PD Dr. Martin Gross: Independent Local Lists between Challenger and Mainstream Actors in Local Politics”

19.-21. June 2024: 12th ECPR Standing Group on European Union Conference

Within a panel on “Temporal coordination in European policy-making. Governing the short- and long-term under time pressure”, five papers will explore concepts of urgency, synchronization, and long-termism. This will include closer insights on temporal orderings within the Council of the EU presented by Dr. Radu-Mihai Triculescu and Prof. Dr Klaus Goetz, as well empirical measurementsContinue reading “19.-21. June 2024: 12th ECPR Standing Group on European Union Conference”

25.-28. March 2024: Joint Sessions of Workshops at the ECPR Standing Group on European Union

Under the title of “Time and Power in the European Union”, Prof. Klaus Goetz and Prof. Brigid Laffan will be convening a Workshop Session focused on the temporal constitution of the EU, aiming to encourage in-depth exchanges around temporal politics and politics in exceptional times. Initial findings of the SYNCPOL project will be discussed byContinue reading “25.-28. March 2024: Joint Sessions of Workshops at the ECPR Standing Group on European Union”