for political science.

Pollux offers researchers an easy way to search and analyze political text collections (corpora) on a new experimental platform Pollux Political Corpora (PoliCorp). PoliCorp provides researchers with access to rich textual data, enabling in-depth analysis of parliamentary discourse over time.

PoliCorp currently contains data from the GermaParl corpus, a collection of transcripts of Bundestag debates, spanning 72 years of parliamentary debates - from 1949 to 2021 - and comprises over 958,000 speech contributions.

PoliCorp is designed to cater to the needs of researchers in political science and related disciplines. The user-friendly web interface facilitates efficient and straightforward data searching. The current version of the platform allows researchers to perform keyword-based searches within the corpus. Several search fields can be combined and logical filters can be used to uncover patterns and correlations. Researchers can download selected subcorpora free of charge in JSON format and use them for further analysis. Future enhancements will include advanced search capabilities (i.e. search by synonyms, topics, etc.) and integrated data analytics functionalities.

The PoliCorp Beta-Version is available here: https://demo-pollux.gesis.org/

On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, we invite you to a free one-hour webinar on Polit-X starting at 11:00 AM (CET).

Polit-X is a comprehensive political monitoring and analysis service that provides access to millions of current and historical political documents and content from Germany’s federal and state levels as well as the European Union. The platform also offers a wide range of digital political analysis tools. Registered political scientists with PLUS-Acccount can access Polit-X for free via Pollux.

The webinar will include a live demonstration of the features and analytical tools offered by Polit-X and the opportunity to ask your own questions directly.

Please note: The webinar will be held in German.

Register here.