On 10 July, the research assistants working on the Elitenmonitor II research project will meet in Leipzig. At this working meeting, social scientists from the University of Leipzig, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (HSZG) and the TRAWOS Institute will discuss the current status of the project. The programme also includes a substantive discussion on the concept of ‘elites’.