Research

Career Profiles and Prime Ministerial Performance in Central and Eastern European Democracies

 

More Democracy through Democratic Innovations? How New Forms of Participation Change Political Equality

 

Protectionism and right-wing Populism in European Democracies

 

Agenda-Setting or Agenda-Control? Citizen Preferences for Direct Democratic Institutions in Germany

 

Populism as an Attitude of Political Elites in West European Democracies: the AfD in Comparative Perspective

 

Bundeswahlkompass 2017

 

Reform of the German Electoral System. Evaluation Criteria and Reform Options

 

Reforms of Administrative Structures in the German Länder. The Evolution of Public Core Administrations in Comparative Perspective

 

The Politics of Electoral Inclusiveness in Comparative Perspective

 

The German Electoral System: A Model for Transforming States of Central and Eastern Europe?

 

Bundeswahlkompass 2013

 

Germany after the Grand Coalition. Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment

 

Prof. Dr. Florian Grotz, Prof. Dr. Roland Lhotta and Prof. Dr. Gary S. Schaal initiated a colloquium on Democracy Research in spring 2014. It encompasses the discussion of dissertations and other projects of HSU researchers as well as lectures by external researchers.