Trierer Institut für Demokratie- und Parteienforschung (TIDuP)

TIDuP's purpose is to bring research to the public, thereby communicating university discussions and results to society (knowledge transfer), as well as to accompany social developments through university research (topical research). In its self-image, the institute wants to act as an interface between science and the public. Accordingly, events on current topics are presented and current political events are accompanied by research. Regular debates and lectures on current political topics either on site in Trier or in the representation of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Berlin are at the forefront of the Institute's activities. The institute wants to critically accompany the central developments of democracies and political parties in a public-spirited way and act as a starting point as well as a companion of discourses. [more]