We would like to invite you to the lecture series "Microfoundations of Politics - Social Preferences and Political Behavior" within the Competence Area II: Social and Economic Behavior, organized by the Cologne Center for Comparative Politics.
For a long time, empirical research in political science has been dominated by studies on the macro-level. However, all social phenomena result from motivations and actions of individual agents. This calls for theoretical explanations referring to individual behavior and empirical tests on the micro-level. The lecture series highlights the importance of micro-level-based research in political science and features a broad variety of theoretical and empirical approaches.
The lecture series takes place both in the summer term 2016 and the next semester (fall term 2016/17). Upcoming lectures in June examine the influence of poverty on political preferences and vote choices:

Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 17:45-19:15
Dr. Anja Neundorf (University of Nottingham)
Does Material Hardship Affect Political Preferences? It Depends on the Political Context
Seminarraum 2 (Institutshörsaal) des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft
Gebäude 203, Gottfried-Keller-Str. 6, 50931 Köln   

Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 17:45-19:15
Dr. Eva Wegner (German Institute of Global and Area Studies GIGA)
Efficacy, System Justification and the Political Choices of the Poor
Seminarraum 2 (Institutshörsaal) des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft
Gebäude 203, Gottfried-Keller-Str. 6, 50931 Köln  

For further information and updates on the fall program please visit: www.cccp.uni-koeln.de/lectureseries.html