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What influence do young people have on politics today? And how does social media influence them? From an institutional perspective, Germany has introduced significant reforms to voting ages in certain states and at certain political levels, but not at others. Based on that: Might lowering the voting age improve the situation, or could it create further challenges? From a behavioural perspective, we will focus on how voting patterns among young people have evolved over time and the influences that shaped their voting behaviour in the most recent elections.

Talk and Discussion with Prof. Thorsten Faas, Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair for German and European Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto (funded by the German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD) and Head of the Centre for Political Sociology of the Federal Republic of Germany at the Free University of Berlin. One of Germany's most renowned election researchers, his research focuses on electoral politics and campaign communications, particularly in relation to young people and German elections. Faas is one of the principal investigators of the German Longitudinal Election Study and a member of the Planning Committee for Module 7 of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. 

The event is organized by The Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity and moderated by Dr. Swen Steinberg, Research Ambassador of the German Academic Exchange Service at ³ÉÈË´óƬ