Challenges for comparative politics. Virtual conference of the DVPW-Section “Comparative Politics”, October 4th, 2021

Abstract

The 2021 conference of the research section “Comparative Politics” of the German Political Science Association was entitled “Challenges for Comparative Politics”. It took place digitally on the 4th of October, 2021 and was organized by Claudia Wiesner (Fulda University of Applied Sciences), Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann (Humboldt University Berlin) and Stefan Wurster (Technical University of Munich). In eight panels, the international participants presented their own research, received feedback on their projects and took part in lively discussions. They gathered input on how to overcome the challenges which come up in various topics of comparative politics such as formulating research questions after defining the focus of interest, finding the correct method of comparison, or developing the appropriate research design. Questions which were discussed ranged from the research process to methods in general to specific case studies and analyses. The daylong conference ended with a round table on the topic “Glossing over or zooming in? Beyond Western Monism in Political Science”.