School of Public Affairs

Organisational unit: Research School

Organisation profile

Leuphana School of Public Affairs is the academic and professional home to 1.000 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students and 31 professors. 30 research associates and 17 professional staff members are working for us.

The main themes of the school are reflected in its study programs: The School of Public Affairs is currently responsible for three Majors and four Minors at Leuphana College, five Master’s programmes and five Doctoral research groups at Leuphana Graduate School as well as five continuing education Master's programmes at Leuphana Professional School. As a novelty in Germany, the Master of Law offers students the opportunity to obtain both a Master's degree in law (LL.M.) as well as the state law examination. With its emphasis on "Law in Context", this model degree programme transcends a classic-dogmatic perspective of jurisprudence by presenting the relevant contents from civil law, public law and criminal law against the backdrop of current societal challenges and transformations. 

Main research areas

Leuphana School of Public Affairs brings together the disciplines of Political Science, Law, and Economics under one roof. With 31 professorships, it establishes an innovative profile in Germany on issues of public affairs, gaining both national and international visibility and academic reputation.

The School conducts research on the major transformations of our time and thus continues to develop its existing research agenda on the future of democracy, evidence-based political decision-making and law in the context of societal transformation. In an interdisciplinary collaborative endeavour, the three subjects will, among other things, answer pressing questions about

  • the legitimacy and performance of democracies, whose integrative power is under threat, especially in light of recent upheavals in politics and society,
  • the role of the state with regard to the relationship between private-law and public-law regulation,
  • the justification of governmental intervention into market processes and their ex-post evaluation.
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  1. Conference Presentations
  2. Bridging the Space Divide in Emerging Countries

    Smith, L. J. (Speaker)

    24.04.201926.04.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Bringing the region back in? German Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) between regional engagement and isolated business

    Hufnagl, M. (Speaker) & Schulze, N. (Speaker)

    25.08.201127.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Building trust in early childhood education and care. The role of local civil society

    Münch, S. (Speaker) & Siede, A. (Speaker)

    11.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Conspiracy sovereigntist's legal practice

    Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)

    04.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Conspiracy Theory Meaning Making: Exploring the Sovereign Citizen Movement's Legal Practices

    Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)

    26.03.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Corruption and Trust: A model design

    Kubbe, I. (Speaker)

    29.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Deferred Compensation Schemes, Fairness Concerns, and Employment of Older Workers

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Demokratietheoretische Konsequenzen

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    13.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Der Rechtsstaat im Verfassungsrecht

    Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)

    27.09.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    07.09.201610.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch