MEDem has been included in the ESFRI Roadmap 2026! Big News: MEDem has been selected for inclusion in the ESFRI Roadmap 2026! Following a rigorous evaluation by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), MEDem is one of only six proposals approved for inclusion in the ESFRI Roadmap 2026 and the only new infrastructure […]
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Explore the MEDem Training Database: Training Resources for Democracy Research in One Place We are excited to announce that the MEDem Training Database is now live! It brings together an overview of more than 100 courses, tutorials, video materials, and seasonal schools related to democracy research, research methods, data analysis, programming, computational approaches, elections, public
MEDem Welcomes the DFG’s Statement on Resilient Research Data Infrastructures © DFG / Adobe Stock The DFG’s (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Foundation) statement on the resilience of research data infrastructures sends an important and timely message: when it comes to research data, openness alone is no longer enough. If data is to remain accessible, usable,
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MEDEM DATA NETWORK FOCUS: THE MANIFESTO PROJECT What can election manifestos tell us about party competition across democracies? For decades, the Manifesto Project has provided a systematic way to trace party positions, issue salience, and programmatic change across countries and over time. As part of the MEDem Data Network introduction series, Pola Lehmann (WZB) and
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MEDem & GGP Hosted the CSDI Workshop 2026 From 23 to 25 March, the CSDI Workshop 2026 took place at the “Aula am Campus” of the University of Vienna, hosted by MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy) and the GGP (Generations & Gender Programme). Bringing together over 70 researchers and practitioners in comparative survey design and implementation
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MEDEM DATA NETWORK FOCUS: CONSORTIUM OF NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES (CNES) How can national election studies from different countries be connected to enable meaningful comparative research? The Consortium of National Election Studies (CNES) was created to address exactly this challenge. As part of the first MEDem Data Network introduction, a series highlighting key datasets and networks
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