New data release (February 2026)
- Posted On2026-02-25
We are happy to announce a major data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation, coalition governance, and government termination in 28 European countries until 2022. The dataset combines and expands data that was collected for Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe (2024), Coalition Governance in
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DEMSCORE Conference 2026
- Posted On2025-11-21
We are happy to announce that the fourth Demscore Conference will take place on 8–9 June 2026 at the Wallenberg Conference Center in Gothenburg, Sweden. This lunch-to-lunch event will feature research findings, methodological developments, presentations of version 7 of the platform, and much more, showcased through panel discussions and workshops. The event is organized by Demscore and its partnering
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Updates: Demscore version 6
- Posted On2025-11-07
We are happy to announce a major data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation, coalition governance, and government termination in 28 European countries until 2022. The dataset combines and expands data that was collected for Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe (2024), Coalition Governance in
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Recent changes (September 2025)
- Posted On2025-09-30
We are happy to announce a major data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation, coalition governance, and government termination in 28 European countries until 2022. The dataset combines and expands data that was collected for Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe (2024), Coalition Governance in
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1-2 PhD student positions (deadline 31 January)
- Posted On2025-09-30
The Department of Political Science, Umeå University. Sweden is looking for 1-2 PhD students. As a PhD student, you may have a project related to the REPDEM within the Research Group on Political Institutions and Political Parties. Please join us at REPDEM or spread the word! The deadline for applications
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Recent changes (June 2025)
- Posted On2025-06-26
We are happy to announce a major data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation, coalition governance, and government termination in 28 European countries until 2022. The dataset combines and expands data that was collected for Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe (2024), Coalition Governance in
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UPDATE RELEASED. New countries added to the basic data (March 2025)
- Posted On2025-03-18
We are happy to announce a major data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation, coalition governance, and government termination in 28 European countries until 2022. The dataset combines and expands data that was collected for Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe (2024), Coalition Governance in
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New data release: Historical cabinets in Europe (February 2025)
- Posted On2025-03-12
The Historical Cabinets (H-CAB) dataset is a historical extension of (some of) the data on governments available at REPDEM and covers cabinets formed between 1919 and 1945 in 12 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom). The H-CAB dataset provides data on dates
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DEMSCORE Conference 2025
- Posted On2025-02-28
Submit your Paper Abstract or Panel/Workshop Proposal by March 16. For more information, please visit: Demscore
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Recent changes (December 2024)
- Posted On2024-12-21
Recent changes (September 2024) This release fixes a few coding errors. All changes are documented in detail in the change log. Below is a summary: The median party on the second policy dimension was incorrect for some elections in Western Europe and Croatia. A few parties were incorrectly coded as
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Recent changes (September 2024)
- Posted On2024-09-30
Recent changes (September 2024) This release fixes a few coding errors. All changes are documented in detail in the change log. Below is a summary: The median party on the second policy dimension was incorrect for some elections in Western Europe and Croatia. A few parties were incorrectly coded as
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Recent changes (June 2024)
- Posted On2024-06-29
Recent changes (June 2024) Since the March release, there have been some minor changes and additions to the main datasets. All changes are documented in detail in the change log. Below is a summary: The “ideological polarization” variables have been updated to rectify a previous coding error A new new
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Recent changes (March 2024)
- Posted On2024-03-22
Recent changes (March 2024) Some minor errors in the data has been corrected: The type of new government (newegov_type) variable has been updated and now includes non-partisan governments. Additional minor updates and corrections.
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Recent changes (February 2024)
- Posted On2024-02-27
Recent changes (February 2024) Since the December release there has been some minor changes and additions to the main datasets: The ‘Type of government’- variable and the variable ‘cab_mwc’ corrected in the cabinet-level datasets. Seats-variables moved to the end of datasets (i.e., seats_party X, upper_seats_party X). Preference-variables and party codes
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DEMSCORE Conference 2024
- Posted On2024-02-15
Submit your Paper Abstract or Panel/Workshop Proposal by March 15. For more information, please visit: https://bit.ly/3RXjq8V
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UPDATE RELEASED. New major data release (December 2023)
- Posted On2023-12-22
We are happy to announce a major data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation, coalition governance, and government termination in 28 European countries until 2022. The dataset combines and expands data that was collected for Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe (2024), Coalition Governance in
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New book and data on coalition governance in Central Eastern Europe
- Posted On2023-12-18
This book provides an updated analysis of coalition governance in Central and Eastern European democracies, examining the impact of economic and social challenges, such as the end of the economic crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic. It features contributions from experts in party politics and coalition studies from countries including Bulgaria,
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UPDATE RELEASED New data release on governments in Europe (October 2023)
- Posted On2023-10-31
We are happy to announce the data release Party Government in Europe Database (PAGED) – Basic dataset. This comparative dataset builds on previous data collection projects on REPDEM and provide an in-house update of much of the data to mid-2023.
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Special Issue on Coalition research
- Posted On2023-10-23
In a new special issue on "Coalition Dynamics: Advances in the Study of the Coalition Life Cycle" several of the contributions use the REPDEM data to investigating various aspects of coalition politics.. Guest Editors are Hanna Bäck, Johan Hellström and Wolfgang C. Müller.
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New data release. Historical cabinets in Western Europe
- Posted On2023-08-25
The Historical Cabinets (H-CAB) dataset is a historical extension of (some of) the data on governments available at REPDEM and covers cabinets formed between 1919 and 1945 in 12 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom). The H-CAB dataset provides data on dates
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New data release. Potential governments and party datasets
- Posted On2022-03-16
Party Government in Europe Database (PAGED) is a research infrastructure project that aims to build a state-of-the-art database for comparative coalition research on political institutions, political parties, parliaments and governments. This infrastructure project builds on the previous international and comparative projects on European parliamentary democracy that are available here on
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New data release combining Western, Central, and Eastern Europe
- Posted On2021-12-16
We are happy to announce the second data release for the project Party Government in Europe Database (PAGED). This comparative dataset combines the datasets that was collected for Coalition Governance in Central Eastern Europe (2020), edited by Torbjörn Bergman, Gabriella Ilonszki, and Wolfgang C. Müller, and Coalition Governance in Western Europe (2021), edited by
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New data release on coalitions and coalition governance in Western Europe
- Posted On2021-11-28
We are happy to announce the first data release for the project Party Government in Europe Database (PAGED). The first data release covers 16 West European countries and Croatia for the period 1945–2019. The data were collected for the volume Coalition Governance in Western Europe.
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New book on coalition governance in Western Europe
- Posted On2021-08-28
“This book covering the full life-cycle of coalitions from the formation of party alliances before elections to coalition formation after elections (or in the sitting parliament), portfolio distribution among the coalition parties, governing and policy-making when parties work together in office, and the stages that eventually lead to government termination.“
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Correction: independent ministers added to the CEE dataset
- Posted On2020-12-15
Corrected/updated in December 2020 with independent/non-partisan ministers (please see the codebook for details.)
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New data release on coalitions and coalition governance in Central and Eastern Europe
- Posted On2020-01-01
Coalition government among different political parties is the way most European democracies are governed. Traditionally, the study of coalition politics has been focused on Western Europe. Coalition governance in Central Eastern Europe brings the study of the full coalition life-cycle to a region that has undergone tremendous political transformation, but
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