On July 3, 2024, GESIS and the University of Cologne jointly organized a workshop on "Multi-data perspectives on democracy". Researchers from all over the world presented a total of 19 studies that combine different types of data to draw conclusions about the development of democracy. The workshop was organized by Chitralekha Basu, Michael Bechtel (both University of Cologne), Alexia Katsanidou and Sebastian Ziaja (both GESIS).
The workshop took place one day before the annual conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), which was held at the Mediapark in Cologne from July 4 to 6. GESIS was also actively involved in the EPSA conference. 17 papers with GESIS co-authors were presented, primarily in the sections on political behavior, political representation and political methodology. GESIS staff member Sebastian Ziaja acted as program co-chair for the conference. At the GESIS-Kölsch reception on Friday evening, European political scientists came together to discuss new data sources, the future of democracy and the quarter-final between Germany and Spain in the European Men's Football Championship.