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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A Shared Step Forward for MEDem: ESFRI Hearings Completed In February 2026, MEDem participated in the hearings of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), marking an important milestone on our path toward becoming a sustainable European research infrastructure. This moment represents not only a formal step in the ESFRI process but also
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MEDem welcomes the European Democracy Shield © Picture Alliance by Robin Utrecht The European Commission’s newly presented European Democracy Shield sets a clear agenda for strengthening democratic resilience across the EU. Its emphasis on safeguarding the integrity of the information environment, supporting free and fair elections, and enabling evidence-based policymaking resonates strongly with the
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From Data to Impact: MEDEM CONFERENCE 2025 The 3rd MEDem Conference took place at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Cologne. Over the course of two days, researchers, policymakers, and data experts came together to exchange insights on the needs of data-driven democracy research. The event brought together inspiring keynotes, lively discussions,
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