On June 2 and 3 the CSD or­ga­ni­zed an in­ter­na­tio­nal work­shop on "Po­li­ti­cal Exe­cu­ti­ves" in de­mo­cra­tic and au­to­cra­tic re­gimes. Among the par­ti­ci­pants weree: Prof. Rudy An­de­weg (Lei­den Uni­ver­si­ty); Prof. Ro­bert El­gie (Dub­lin City Uni­ver­si­ty); Prof. Ju­liet Ka­ar­bo (Uni­ver­si­ty of Edin­burgh); Prof. Lud­ger Helms (Uni­ver­sität Inns­bruck) und Prof. Müller-Rom­mel (Leu­pha­na - Or­ga­ni­sa­tor). The aim of the work­shop was to sys­te­ma­ti­cal­ly iden­ti­fy exis­ting re­se­arch on po­li­ti­cal exe­cu­ti­ves un­der com­pa­ra­ti­ve per­spec­tive.