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Schedule

The 2025 Political Parties Summer School will be hosted by the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Duisburg-Essen , the Institute for Political Science , and the NRW School of Governance website .

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 22 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

Organisation or personalisation? Politics is still a team sport
Richard Katz, Johns Hopkins University
Discussion and readings
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch break
14:15 – 15:15 Paper / project discussion
Discussant: Richard Katz
15:15 – 15:45 Tea and coffee break
15:45 – 16:45 Paper / project discussion
Discussant: Richard Katz
17:00 Welcome reception
Thomas Poguntke, Representative ECPR
Representatives Department of Social Sciences/ Institute for Political Science
Andreas Blätte and Kristina Weissenbach, NRW School of Governance
Tuesday 23 September
09:30 – 13:00
Workshop

Research design & methods: data collection – analysis – management in party politics research

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?

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 Paper / project discussion
Discussant: Simon Franzmann/ Richard Katz
16:00 – 19:15 Social activity: Visit the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord "Tour de Ruhr" –
Coordinator: Anna Augusto Ezequiel dos Santos, University of Duisburg-Essen
 Wednesday 24 September
10:00 – 12:00
Lecture

Parties and party systems at 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
Discussant: Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci/ Richard Katz
15:00 – 15:30 Tea and coffee break
15:30 – 16:30 Paper / project discussion
Discussant: Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci/ Richard Katz
17:00 – 18:00 Panel discussion on undue influence? Corruption in party financing and its impact on democratic trust
Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci, University of Bonn
Richard Katz, Johns Hopkins University
Host: Lilian Fiala, University of Duisburg-Essen
18:00 – 19:00 Light dinner and networking, NRW School of Governance
Coordinator: Anna Augusto Ezequiel dos Santos, NRW School of Governance
Thursday 25 September
10:00 – 12:00
Lecture

Political parties, intra-party democracy and democracy
Thomas Poguntke, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
Discussion and readings
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 15:00 Paper / project discussion
Discussant: Thomas Poguntke/ Kristina Weissenbach
15:00 – 15:30 Tea and coffee break
15:30 – 17:30 Paper / project discussion
Discussant: Thomas Poguntke/ Kristina Weissenbach
Friday 26 September
10:00 – 12:00
Lecture

Party organisation in the context of party digitalisation
Patricia Correa Vila, Aston University
Discussion and readings
12:00 – 14:00 Paper / project discussion
Discussant: Patricia Correa Vila
14:30 Joint Summer School lunch and Peter Mair Award for Best Paper, held at König-Pilsener Wirtshaus restaurant website
Coordinator: Anna Augusto Ezequiel dos Santos, University of Duisburg-Essen
Address: Am Innenhafen 8-10, 47059 Duisburg, Germany