News Highlights
Prolonged negotiations - Study by Dr. Alejandro Ecker on the duration of coalition bargaining (ORF)
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Professor Marc Debus: Germany’s social democrats likely to face further trouble (newspaper interview in German)
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More seats for women, but no equality: PD Dr. Christian Stecker critically examines the gender equality law of the state of Brandenburg (newspaper article and study in German)
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Dr. Christian Stecker and Dr. Thomas Däubler on the upcoming states' elections and flexible majorities (Tagesspiegel)
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Julian Bernauer and Adrian Vatter (2019): Power Diffusion and Democracy: Institutions, Deliberation and Outcomes
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Herzing, Jessica M. E. and Annelies G. Blom (2019): The Influence of a Person’s Digital Affinity on Unit Nonresponse and Attrition in an Online Panel. Social Science Computer Review: 37, issue 3, pp. 404-424.
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Jäger, Kai (2019): Von Jamaika zur Groko: Die Ergebnisse der Befragung unter Funktionären und Anhängern zu den Koalitionsverhandlungen nach der Bundestagswahl 2017. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 174]
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