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The 2024 Political Parties Summer School will be hosted by the Department of Social Sciences, the Institute for Political Science, and the NRW School of Governance at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Please note this schedule is subject to change and should not be treated as final until notified otherwise. Times are indicated in Central European Summer Time (CEST).
| Monday 2 September | |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Registration and welcome breakfast First get-together with croissants and coffee |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Welcome and introductions Kristina Weissenbach, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 11:15 – 13:15 | Lecture on party organisation and party decision processes Thomas Poguntke, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Discussion and readings |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch break |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Paper / project discussion |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Tea and coffee break |
| 15:45 – 16:45 | Paper / project discussion |
| 17:00 | Welcome reception Representative from Department of Social Sciences Representative from Institute for Political Science Representative from NRW School of Governance |
| Tuesday 3 September | |
| 09:30 – 12:00 | Research design and methods: data collection, analysis and management in party politics research workshop
Simon Franzmann, University of Göttingen: Working with party manifesto data: party systems and party competition in Western Europe Andreas Blätte, University of Duisburg-Essen: Text as data in party research: how parties debate migration in parliament Kristina Weissenbach, University of Duisburg-Essen: Working with concepts and focus group data: when do citizens trust political parties? |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Paper / project discussion |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Tea and coffee break |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Paper / project discussion |
| 16:15 – 19:15 | Social activity: Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord 'Tour de Ruhr' Coordinator: Anna Augusto Ezequiel dos Santos, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Wednesday 4 September | |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Lecture on party system institutionalisation and government alliances in Europe and beyond Fernando Casal-Bertoa, University of Nottingham Discussion and readings |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Paper / project discussion |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Tea and coffee break |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Paper / project discussion |
| Thursday 5 September | |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Lecture on political parties and democratic backsliding moments Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci, University of Bonn Discussion and readings |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Paper / project discussion |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Tea and coffee break |
| 15:30 – 17:30 | Paper / project discussion |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Light dinner and networking, NRW School of Governance Coordinator: Anna Augusto Ezequiel dos Santos, NRW School of Governance |
| 18:30 – 19:30 | Open practitioners’ panel on political parties and populism |
| Friday 6 September | |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Lecture on party membership and affiliation: realising linkage in the twenty-first century Anika Gauja, University of Sydney Kristina Weissenbach, University of Duisburg-Essen Discussion and readings |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Paper / project discussion |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Tea and coffee break |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Paper / project discussion |
| 18:00 | Joint Summer School dinner and Peter Mair Award for Best Paper, König-Pilsener Wirtshaus Coordinator: Anna Augusto Ezequiel dos Santos, University of Duisburg-Essen Address: Am Innenhafen 8-10, 47059 Duisburg, Germany |