Prof Dr Melanie Walter-Rogg's research activities focus on the following areas:
- Analysing and comparing political systems
- Empirical research on democracy and autocracy
- Elite and responsiveness research
- Political culture and attitudes research
- Methods of empirical political and democracy research
- Local political research or metropolitan politics and governance
| 10/2024 | Participant and discussant at the academic conference "75 Years of Parliamentary Groups in the German Bundestag - Motor of Parliamentary Democracy" organised by the Institute for Parliamentary Research (IParl) and the German Association for Parliamentary Affairs (DVParl) at the Paul Löbe Haus of the German Bundestag, 17-18 October. |
| 07/2024 | Participant and discussant in the research colloquium at the Institute for Parliamentary Research (IParl) on Leonie Eckl's dissertation project "Zwischen Antifeminismus und dem Paradox weiblicher Parteivorsitzender: Parlamentarische Kommunikation rechtspopulistischer Parteien zu Gender- und Gleichstellungspolitik in Europa", 4 July. |
| 2019 | Participant and discussant in the panel "Lost in State Reconfiguration? The Politics of multi-level Governance at the subnational level" chaired by Daniel Kübler (Switzerland) and Patrick Le Galès (France), Section S13 'Comparative Territorial Politics: Citizens, Parties, Elections and Governments in Multilevel States', ECPR Conference in Wroclaw, 4-7 September. |
| 2018 | Participant in the panel 'Climate Change Policy in Comparative Perspective' chaired by Michael Howlett (Canada), RC30.03 Climate Change Policy in Comparative Perspective, 25th World Congress of Political Science of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in Brisbane, 21-25 July. Together with Romy Escher. |
| 2018 | Interdisciplinary teaching research project on the state elections in Bavaria together with the LMU Munich and the University of Passau, approval of a funding application to the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. |
| 2017 | Participant in the workshop "Why Choice Matters" under the direction of Heiko Giebler and Saskia Ruth in Zurich (Switzerland), 1-2 June. Presentation and discussion of the working paper "Does the choice of the measure of democracy matter in the analysis of the relationship between democracy and global public good provision?" |
| 05/2015 | Big Urban Renewal Projects in Germany - A Democratic Challenge for Elites and the Civil Society. Paper for the International Symposium "Big Urban Renewal Projects. Complexity, Controversy and Democratic Challenge" convened by Michele Micheletti, Department of Political Science at the Stockholm University (Sweden), May 6-7. |
| 09/2014 | Research proposal to the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the funding of the pilot study "Political Legitimacy in Metropolitan Regions - A Study on the Acceptance of Regional Governance Models from the Perspective of Elites and Citizens in the Metropolitan Regions of Stuttgart and Munich." |
| 06/2014 | Participant and discussant in the panel "Citizenship in City-Regions" at the international conference "City Futures III" in Paris (France) under the direction of Anders Lidström and Linze Schaap, 18-20 June. |
| 06/2013 | Participant at the workshop "Comparing Local Citizenship in City-Regions" under the direction of Anders Lidström in Umea (Sweden), 17-19 June. |
| 03/2011 | Participant at the workshop "Metropolitan Governance in Federal States" under the direction of Rupak Chattopadhyay (Canada) in Barcelona (Spain), 3-5 March. |
| 09/2010 | Participant in the workshop "Regenerating Urban Neighbourhoods - A comparative European workshop" at the Institute of Political Science, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Daniel Kübler, University of Zurich, 13-14 September |
| 08/2010 | Participant in the workshop "Metropolitan Governance in Federal States" under the direction of Rupak Chattopadhyay (Canada) in Brisbane (Australia), 19-21 August. |
| 05/2010 | Member of the research group "Metropolitan Governance in Federal States" under the direction of Rupak Chattopadhyay (Canada), Vice-President of the Forum of Federations in Ottawa. |
| 01/2007 | Organisation and coordination of the conference "Political Ecology of the Metropolis" in Stuttgart, 24-28 January. Financed by the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation. |
| 11/2006 | Participant in the workshop "Developing a Research Design for the Comparative Analysis of Strategies to Transform Poor Urban Neighborhoods" under the direction of Clarence Stone (United States) at the Rockefeller Research Center in Bellagio (Italy), 13-18 November. |
| 11/2006 | Member of the research group "Integration and Difference", preparation of an application to the DFG for a grant for the research project "Leitbilder und Handlungsorientierungen von Eliten und Bevölkerung in EU-Mitgliedstaaten im Prozess europäischer Normenbildung und nationaler Normenumsetzung". Head of the sub-project "Elites and Responsiveness" and a junior research group. |
| since 10/2006 | Participant in the international research project "Territorial Choice: The politics of boundaries and borders" under the direction of Harald Baldersheim and Lawrence Rose (both Norway). |
| 05/2006 | Preparation of an application to the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for conference funding for the conference "Political Ecology of the Metropolis" together with Oscar W. Gabriel. |
| since 11/2005 | Participant in the international research project "Developing a Research Design for the Comparative Analysis of Strategies to Transform Poor Urban Neighbourhoods" under the direction of Clarence Stone (United States). |
11/2005- 04/2006 | Preparation of an application to the DFG for a grant for the research project "The influence of political trust on support for welfare state reform in Germany", together with Oscar W. Gabriel and Isabell Thaidigsmann (University of Stuttgart). |
| 09/2005 | Leader of the panel "Representation and Responsiveness in Local democracy - New perspectives in a changing Environment?" at the 3rd ECPR Conference in the section "Local Governance: Developments and Democratic Challenges", Budapest, 8-10 September. Together with Harry van der Kaap, University of Twente (Netherlands). |
05/2005 | Participant in an international research co-operation and workshop under the direction of Clarence Stone (United States). Participants: eleven scientists from Western and Eastern Europe and seven scientists from the USA and Canada. Aim of the workshop: Development of a curriculum for simultaneous teaching at different universities in the field of "Comparative Local Policy Research", in Kolding (Denmark), 26-29 May. |
| 04-07/ 2005 | Realisation and coordination of a graduate survey of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart. |
| 09/2004 | Preparation of an application for material, personnel and travel grants for research projects at the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the project "Political Attitudes and Political Behaviour in Urban Regions - An International Comparative Study on the Influence of Suburbanisation Processes on the Political Attitudes and Political Behaviour of Citizens". Together with Oscar W. Gabriel. Since 2003 financial support for international research co-operation from the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation. |
| since 05/2004 | Member of the ad hoc group and the DVPW working group "Empirical Methods in Political Science". |
| 05/2004 | Workshop moderation on "Local reforms - directly elected mayors in Germany" at the international conference: "Efter kommunalreformen i 2006: Og hvordan skal kommunerne sa styres?" in Odense (Denmark), 25 May. |
| since 09/2003 | Participant in the international research project "International Metropolitan Observatory (IMO)" under the direction of Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot (France) and Jefferey Sellers (United States). Participants: 16 researchers from North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. |
| 07/2002 | Organiser/participant of the 7th Euroloc Summer School in Local Government Studies at the University of Stuttgart from 17-26 July. |
| 2000-2001 | Realisation and coordination of the study "Party Members in Stuttgart". Written survey of members of the Stuttgart parties CDU, SPD, FDP and Bündnis90/Die Grünen before the Baden-Württemberg state elections. Together with Oscar W. Gabriel. |
| 2001 | Realisation and coordination of the study "Survey of Architects and Urban Planners in Internship" on behalf of the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects. Together withOscar W. Gabriel and Alexandra Mößner (University of Stuttgart). |
| 2000 | Realisation and coordination of the study "Church member survey - attitudes of parishioners" on behalf of the Protestant Oswald parish in Stuttgart. Together with Oscar W. Gabriel and Kerstin Völkl (University of Stuttgart). |
| 04-07/ 1999 | Realisation and coordination of an evaluation study of foreign students and domestic sponsors on behalf of the International Office and the Student Union of the University of Stuttgart. |
| 1999-2003 | Participant in the international research project "Citizen Involvement and Democracy (CID)" (external link, opens in a new window) funded by the European Science Foundation (EFS). Participants: Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands. |
| 1998 | Realisation of a research project on "Media information on economics problems and solutions. A comparative analysis of topic and presentation structures in press and online media" at the University of Hohenheim. Together with Claudia Mast, Silke Keil and Klaus Spachmann. |
| 1997 | Coordination and realisation of an elite study as part of the Stuttgart 21 research project (on behalf of Deutsche Bahn) at the University of Stuttgart. |
| 1994 | Realisation and coordination of a study on culture in Stuttgart on behalf of the state capital Stuttgart. Together with Oscar W. Gabriel. |