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BMBF approves VisArgue. In the project "VisArgue. Why and when do arguments win? – An analysis and visualization of political negotiations" at the University of Konstanz, an automated text analytical tool is being developed using methods from political science, linguistics and computer science that will provide new insights into the workings of deliberative political discourse. Under the heading "eHumanities", the project is being funded until 2015 by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with a total of 876,000 euros. The idea behind funding "eHumanities" is to support research in the humanities and social sciences with the help of yet to be developed new methods of modern information science.
The press release can be found here. DFG supports the Reinhard Koselleck project Traditionale Governance und moderne Staatlichkeit. Traditional social structures, such as indigenous tribal structures, have a decisive influence on the state and its development in many countries. Especially in Africa, traditional forms of collective decision-making, conflict resolution and jurisdiction often assume the tasks of the state. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is supporting systematic research into the effects that the interplay between state and traditional governance has on democracy and internal peace. The DFG has granted an award to the Konstanz political scientist Professor Katharina Holzinger for her Reinhart Koselleck Project: “Traditional Governance and modern Statehood – the Effects of its Integration on Democracy and internal Peace”. The five-year research project at the University of Konstanz is being supported by the DFG with funds amounting to 1.25 million euros plus a programme allowance of 250,000 euros. The press release can be found here. Presentations, impressions and media coverage of the conference „Bürgerbeteiligung bei öffentlichen Großprojekten: Direkte Demokratie und partizipative Verfahren in Deutschland und der Schweiz“ (29.03. - 31.03.2012,Stein am Rhein) can be found here. Current Publications | Osei, Anja, 2012: Party-voter linkage in Africa: Ghana and Senegal in Comparative Perspective. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. |  | | Müller, Aike, 2011: Die Finanzierung internationaler Umweltpolitik. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. |  | | Sommerer, Thomas, 2011: Können Staaten voneinander lernen? Eine vergleichende Analyse der Umweltpolitik in 24 Ländern. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. |  | | Holzinger, Katharina/ Knill, Christoph/ Heichel, Stephan/ Sommerer, Thomas, 2010: Theorie und Empirie Internationaler Politikkonvergenz. Leverkusen: Barbara Budrich Verlag. |  | | Haunss, Sebastian/Shadlen,Kenneth C., 2009: Politics of Intellectual Property. Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar Publishing. |  | | Holzinger, Katharina, 2008: Transnational Common Goods: Strategic Constellations, Collective Action Problems, and Multi-Level Provision. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan. |  | | Holzinger, Katharina/Knill, Christoph/Arts, Bas, 2008 (Hrsg.): Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe? The Impact of International Institutions and Trade. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |  | | Holzinger, Katharina/Jörgens, Helge/Knill, Christoph, 2007 (Hrsg.): Transfer, Diffusion und Konvergenz von Politiken, PVS Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderheft 38, Wiesbaden, VS Verlag. |  | | 2012 | | Haer R. (2012). The Organization of Political Violence by Insurgencies, in: Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 18,3: 1-11. | | Holzinger, K. (2012): Inequality in Collective Action Problems, in: Jan Grasnick & Katja Walter (ed.): Politik in Nordamerika und Europa. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 177 - 195. | | Holzinger, K. & Sommerer, T. (2012). Was verursacht die Aufwärtsspirale in der Umweltpolitik? Der Einfluss internationaler Harmonisierung auf nationale Umweltstandards, in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 41,1: 53-72. | | Reinhard, J. (2012). ‘Because we are all Europeans!’ When Do EU Member States Use Normative Arguments? Journal of European Public Policy (iFirst DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2012.662072). | | Haer, R. & Becher, I. (2012). A methodological note on quantitative field research in conflict zones: get your hands dirty, in: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 15,1: 1-13. | | Holzinger, K. & Schimmelfennig, F. (2012). Differentiated Integration in the European Union: Many Concepts, Sparse Theory, Few Data, in: Journal of European Public Policy 19,2: 292-305. | | 2011 | | Holzinger, K. & Sommerer, T. (2011). The Myth of the Downward Spiral in Environmental Policy Regulation, in: Perspectives on Europe 41,1: 21-27. | | Holzinger, K. & Sommerer, T. (2011). "Race to the Bottom" or "Race to Brussels"? Environmental Competition in Europe, in: Journal of Common Market Studies, 49, 315-339. | | Holzinger, K. (2011). Environmental Policy in the Joint-Decision Trap? The Critical Balance between "Market Making" and "Market correcting" in: The EU's Decision Trap - Comparing Policies. G. Falkner (ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, 110-127. | | Holzinger, K., Schneider, A. & Zimmermann, K. (2011). Minimizing the losers: Regime Satisfaction in Multi-level Systems, in: Constitutional Political Economy 22,4:303-324. | | Holzinger, K., Knill, C. & Sommerer T. (2011). Is There Convergence of National Environmental Policies? An Analysis of Policy Outputs in 24 OECD Countries, in: Environmental Politics, 20: 20-41. | | Biesenbender, J. (2011). The Dynamics of Treaty Change: Measuring the Distribution of Power in the European Union? in: European Integration online Papers (EIoP), Vol. 15, Article 5,[Link]. | | Gold, V. & Haer, R. (2011). The Diffusion of Atrocities: A Spatial Analysis on the Role of Refugees, in: NEPS Working Papers 5/2011. | | Haer, R., Maedl, A. & Odenwald, M. (2011). Using Micro-Level Data to Map State Failure: The Example of Somalia, in: Civil Wars 13,1: 61-79. | | Haer, R., Banholzer, L. & Ertl, V. (2011). Create Compliance and Cohesion – How Rebel Organizations Manage to Survive, in: Small Wars & Insurgencies 22,3: 415-434. | | Haer, R. (2011). Commitment among Fighters: A Research Note, in: Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 17,1: 1-6. | | Haunss, S. (2011). The Politicisation of Intellectual Property: IP Conflicts and Social Change, in: WIPO Journal 3,1: 129-138. | | Haunss, S. (2011). Kollektive Identität, soziale Bewegungen und Szenen, in: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen 24,4: 41-53. | | Haunss, S. & Leifeld, P. (2011). Political Discourse Networks and the Conflict over Software Patents in Europe, in: European Journal of Political Research, published online: 8 Jul 2011 [Link] | | 2010 | | Holzinger, K., Knill, C. & Sommerer, T. (2010). Umweltpolitik zwischen Annäherung und Aufholjagd, in: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht 1/2010: 1-31.[PDF] | | Holzinger, K. & Landwehr, C. (2010). Institutional Determinants of Deliberative Interaction, in: European Political Science Review2010,2: 373-400.
| | Schneider, G., Banholzer, L. & Haer, R. (2010). Cain’s Choice: Causes of One-Sided Violence against Civilians,in: War: An Introduction to theories and Research on Collective Violence, ed. Tor Georg Jakobsen. | | Haunss, S. & Kohlmorgen, L. (2010). Conflicts about intellectual property claims: the role and function of collective action networks, in: Journal of European Public Policy 17,2: 242-262. [Link] | | Reinhard, J. (2010). EU Democracy Promotion through Conditionality in its Neighbourhood: The Temptation of Membership Perspective or Flexible Integration? in: Caucasian Review of International Affairs 4,3: 196 – 213. | Legal Info Editor Universität Konstanz
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