World Elite Database
The World Elite Database (WED) is a cooperative data and analysis project led by researchers on elite populations across the world.
We are an international consortium of scholars from Chile, China, Denmark, Italy, France, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. We work together to develop a new standardized data regime to study, and share data about elites.
Our aim is to solve the problem of comparability and heterogeneity in the study of national power structures, and to foster a cooperative community of scholars interested in studying elite populations systematically.
Events & news
Events
Mini-conference: Elites and power structures at the SASE conference in Limerick
Jun 27 – 29, 2024
Limerick, Ireland
Events
Public WED Conference in Paris
Sep 10, 2024
17:00 – 19:00 CET
Université Paris Dauphine
Events
Call for Paper Società Italiana de scienza politica: who governs the twin transition of energy and digital in Europe?
Sep 12 – 14, 2024
Trieste, Italy