Oke Seliger
Short biography
Oke Seliger studied political science and economics at the University of Potsdam from 2017 to 2020. Subsequently, he obtained a master’s degree in political science at the University of Potsdam and the University of Tartu. For his master's degree, he was awarded a scholarship by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. During his studies, he worked at the Chair of Politics and Governance as part of the university research focus "Data-Centric Sciences". In addition, he worked as a policy advisor in the German Bundestag and most recently supported the research project "ShapingAI" as a student assistant at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG). Since February 2024, Oke Seliger has been a scientific assistant and doctoral candidate and part of the State-DNA research project.
Research
Oke Seliger is particularly interested in policy processes and the relationship between executive and legislative actors from a comparative perspective. He furthermore researches the politicization of different aspects of the digital transformation. In his research, Oke Seliger is particularly fascinated by the use and integration of natural-language-processing (NLP) and computational analysis approaches in the social sciences and explores possibilities for multilingual analysis approaches.
Conference contributions
(2024) Seliger, O.: (De)Politicizing the Digital Transformation: Computationally Assessing Issue Dynamics in European National Parliaments. Panel within the section “Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Democracy”: “Ai and Governance”, ECPR General Conference, University College Dublin, 12.-15. August 2024.
(2024) Seliger, O.: Legislative Contraction in Times of Crises? Assessing the Impact of Parliamentary Proceedings on Crisis-Affected Governmental Policy Bills in European Democracies. NoPSA 2024 XX Nordic Political Science Congress, Workshop “Public Administration under Accelerating Pressure”, Bergen, 25.-28. Juni 2024.
(2024) Seliger, O.: Ai Debates in Parliament: Analyzing Cross-Country Issue Competition over an Emerging Technology. 13. Jahrestagung des Forum Junge Staats-, Verwaltungs- und Policy-Forschung (FoJuS) „Politik und Verwaltung in Zeiten politischer Polarisierung und gesellschaftlicher Diversität“, TU Braunschweig, Deutschland, 12. & 13. März 2024.
Contact
Campus Griebnitzsee
Universität Potsdam
Lehrstuhl Politik und Regieren
in Deutschland
August-Bebel-Straße 89
14482 Potsdam
Hausanschrift:
Universitätskomplex III/1
Griebnitzsee
D-14482 Potsdam