Michael Oswald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Passau, Germany, Research Associate at the John F. Kennedy Institute, Free University of Berlin, Germany, Faculty at the Institute of European and International Studies (CIFE), France, and the author of The Palgrave Handbook of Populism (2021).

John Robertson is Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, USA. He is the author and co-author of numerous articles dealing with European affairs and comparative politics published in leading political science journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Comparative Politics, German Politics, International Political Science Review, and International Studies Quarterly.

I Parties and Leadership

1. Sarah Wiliarty (Wesleyan University): Merkel's leadership and the evolution of the German executive branch

2. Thomas Saalfeld (University of Bamberg): Main Changes to the German Party System

3. Patrick Horst (University of Bonn): The Decline of the Social Democrats during the First Two Decades of the Berlin Republic, 1998 - 2020

4. Florian Hartleb: The right-wing populist disruption in the Berlin Republic. Opportunity structures and success of the Alternative for Germany (AfD)

5. Eckard Jesse (TU Chemnitz): Left-wing politics

6. Michael Weigl (University of Passau): Fighting against the decline. Concepts of Modernization of the conservative "Volksparteien" in Germany

7. Niko Switek (University of Washington): Alliance 90/The Greens - a left party with a centrist appeal in coalition politics

II Society

1. Sabine Lang (University of Washington): The State of Gender Equality and its Policies 30 Years after Unification

2. Roland Sturm (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Economic Changes in Germany

3. Felix Philipp Lutz (sophisticated knowledge LLC): The Götterdämmerung of the Nation Brand: German Identity after 30 years of Unification

4. Daniela Wawra (University of Passau): "Germany is a disaster now": US perspectives on the Berlin Republic in the change of time

III International Relations

1. Stefan A. Schirm (Ruhr University Bochum): "Comparing Germany in Global Economic Governance: The Societal Foundations of German, French, and Italian Preferences in the G20"

2. Meimeth, Michael / Schmidt, Peter (University of Mannheim) - France, Germany and European Security: Building Castles in the Sky?

3. Bernhard Stahl (University of Passau): German-US-relations in the Time of Trump