Workshop

The workshop is taking place on July 10 (Friday) and 11 (Saturday). Every participant is expected to assist to ALL presentations. Presentations should be no longer than 15 minutes, followed by a 5 minutes discussion by one of your fellow students and a discussion with everyone else. You want to sent an outline to me at least a week ahead to enable your discussant to prepare her discussion. This should include the outline per se, as well as some substantial elements. 

Friday, July 10: Seminarraum 3 

10.15AM to 17.45PM (with a one hour lunch break)

German democracy in times of crisis

1. Joshua Breuer
   Why members matter - the case of the CDU
   (Discussant: Fabian Rohde)
2. Ruven Börger
   Party crisis in Germany? The upcoming Köln municipal election
   (Discussant: Daniela Leitinger)
3. Julian Oldenburger
   Reasons for low turnout in German elections
   (Discussant: Hanna Strauss)

European integration and political discontent

1. Hanna Strauss
   Euroskeptic parties in Spain, Poland, Germany
   (Discussant: Jan Zegel)
2. Peter Heumann
   The European Central Bank and democratic legitimacy
   (Discussant: Arman Bakhtiar)
3. Nina Niebergall
   Media framing and support for the EU
   (Discussant: Lena Bauer)
4. Fabian Rodriguez
   Pubic opinion on the EU in times of crisis
   (Discussant: Laura Prinz)
5. Alexander Holecek
   Are attitudes towards Russia representative of a new cleavage?
   (Discussant: Hanna Linden)
6. André PottebaumWays to reduce the EU’s democratic deficit(Discussant: Julian Oldenburger)

Trust and satisfaction

1. Dominik Riek
   Does direct democracy lead to higher satisfaction with democracy?
   (Discussant: Peter Heumann)
2. Oliver WolffVoting behavior in Germany - Just a question of age?(Discussant: Ruven Börger)

National sovereignty

1. Arman Bakhtiar
   How can democracy be saved in the age of globalization?
   (Discussant: Dominik Riek)
2. Fabian RohdeAnti-terror policy in Germany(Discussant: Nina Niebergall)
3. Jan Zegel
   Is mass surveillance objectively threatening democracy?
   (Discussant: Vivian Beaupoil)

Saturday, July 11, room S76, Philosophikum

10AM to 1PM

Terrorism and surveillance

1. Daniela LeitingerTerrorism and democracy in the UK(Discussant: Fabian Rodriguez)
2. Johannes Rheinschmitt
   TTIPs - another strap to the golden straightjacket ?
   (Discussant: Joshua Breuer)

New challenges

1. Laura Prinz
   Does increasing economic inequality threaten political equality?
   (Discussant: Alexander Holecek)
2. Vivian Beaupoil
   IRAs and democratic representation
   (Discussant: André Pottebaum)
3. Lena Bauer
   Media logic versus political logic? Mediatization as a challenge to democracy(Discussant: Johannes Rheinschmitt)
4. Hanna LindenEconomic development and democracy(Discussant: Oliver Wolff)