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| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politik | |
|---|---|
| Name | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politik |
| Native name | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politik e.V. |
| Formation | 1920 |
| Type | Non-profit, association |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Fields | Political science, civic education, public policy |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politik The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politik is a German association dedicated to political analysis, civic engagement, and public debate. It connects scholars, policymakers, journalists, and civil society actors across Berlin, Bonn, Munich, and Frankfurt while engaging with institutions such as the Bundestag, Bundesverfassungsgericht, European Parliament, United Nations, and Council of Europe.
Founded in the aftermath of World War I during the Weimar Republic, the association emerged alongside contemporaries like Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Hanns Seidel Stiftung, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, and Leipzig University. Throughout the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazi Party, members interacted with figures linked to the Weimar Coalition, Spartacist uprising, Kapp Putsch, and debates in Reichstag committees. During World War II and the Nazi Germany era, the association's activities were disrupted as professionals relocated to institutions in Geneva, Stockholm, Oxford, and Cambridge. After 1945, reconstitution involved collaboration with the Allied occupation of Germany, the Marshall Plan, the Frankfurt School, and newly founded bodies such as the Bundesrepublik Deutschland ministries and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
The association is governed by a board modeled on organizational practice seen in Max Planck Society, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, and Helmholtz Association. Its secretariat coordinates regional chapters in Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, and Baden-Württemberg and liaises with university departments at Humboldt University of Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, University of Heidelberg, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and University of Cologne. Advisory committees feature representatives from the Federal Foreign Office, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bundesnachrichtendienst, Deutsche Bundesbank, and think tanks like Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik and German Council on Foreign Relations.
Programs include seminars modeled on exchanges with the Council of Europe, training similar to European Public Law Organization initiatives, and conferences comparable to forums at Munich Security Conference, Leipzig Book Fair, Frankfurter Buchmesse, and Davos World Economic Forum satellite events. It organizes public lectures featuring speakers associated with Angela Merkel, Helmut Kohl, Willy Brandt, Gustav Stresemann, Otto von Bismarck, and panels with scholars from Harvard University, Oxford University, Sciences Po, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, and European University Institute.
The association publishes journals, monographs, and policy briefs in formats akin to Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and academic series comparable to those from Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Routledge. Research covers topics intersecting with work by scholars from Jürgen Habermas, Carl Schmitt, Max Weber, Ernst Fraenkel, Theodor Adorno, and engages archives like the Bundesarchiv and collections at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
Its convening power places it in networks with the European Commission, NATO, OSCE, G7, and G20 stakeholders, shaping debates on foreign policy alongside actors such as Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Joschka Fischer, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and Thomas de Maizière. Domestic engagement includes testimony before panels connected to the Bundestag Committee on Foreign Affairs, contributions to consultations with the Federal Constitutional Court, and collaborative projects with regional parliaments like the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.
Membership draws academics and practitioners affiliated with Humboldt-Universität, Technische Universität Berlin, University of Bonn, Heidelberg University, Munich School of Public Policy, and journalists from outlets such as Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Handelsblatt, Zeit Online, and taz. Funding sources include project grants from the European Union, contracts with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, donations from foundations including Bertelsmann Stiftung and Robert Bosch Stiftung, and partnerships with corporations regulated by laws like the Bundesrechnungsgesetz.
Leaders and affiliated scholars have included individuals connected to Konrad Adenauer, Helmut Schmidt, Theodor Heuss, Erhard Eppler, Manfred Güllner, Rainer Lepsius, Herbert Marcuse, and contemporary academics active with Angelika Nussberger, Juliane Kokott, Klaus von Dohnanyi, and Peter Graf Kielmansegg. The roster has overlapped with directors and fellows from Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Leibniz Association, Bertelsmann Stiftung, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, and visiting scholars from Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University, and Stanford University.
Category:Organizations based in Berlin Category:Political organizations in Germany