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.
- 2024
The University of West Indies
Terhechte, J. (Visiting researcher)
2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of St Andrews
Terhechte, J. (Visiting researcher)
2024 → 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2023
Presentation of new book on "Centrist Anti-Establishment Parties"
Engler, S. (Speaker)
06.12.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Whiteness of Wealth Management: Colonial Economic Structure, Racism, and the Emergence of Tax Havens in the British Caribbean
Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)
29.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
(Binding) European Values in the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy
Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)
15.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Der legitime Zweck in der öffentlich-rechtlichen Examensklausur
Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)
10.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Commercial Space Activities
Smith, L. J. (Oral presentation)
24.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Die Bekämpfung der Hamas in Gaza - Eine völkerrechtliche Einordnung
Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)
20.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Fakultät S allgemein (Organisational unit)
Wein, T. (Chair)
01.10.2023 → 30.09.2026Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Polizei und ihr Umgang mit Protest
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The Whiteness of Wealth Management: Colonial Economic Structure, Racism, and the Emergence of Tax Havens in the British Caribbean
Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)
28.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Fünfter Kongress der deutschsprachigen Rechtssoziologie-Vereinigungen
Halfmeier, A. (Speaker)
22.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Politik der Nostalgie, Nostalgie der Politik, Panel: Affektivität der demokratischen Regression
Séville, A. (Speaker)
09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sensual Policing
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Affective polarization and the support for different forms of governance. Evidence from Germany
Engler, S. (Speaker)
28.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Explaining the performance of participatory and collaborative governance in addressing long-term environmental policy issues
Newig, J. (Speaker), Rose, M. (Coauthor) & Jager, N. W. (Coauthor)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does symbolic representation through class signaling appeal to voters? Evidence from a conjoint experiment
Engler, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2023 → 29.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
PhD Workshop in Economics - 2023
Görges, L. (Organiser) & Beblo, M. (Organiser)
23.06.2023 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Fakultätentag (Event)
Wein, T. (Executive member)
22.06.2023 → 23.06.2023Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
Workshop "Inequality and political behaviour: Voters, parties, and policies" 2023
Engler, S. (Organiser)
20.06.2023 → 21.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
Saretzki, T. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Moderator)
01.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Nachhaltiges Privatrecht: Kreative Theoriebildung, zögerliche Praxis
Halfmeier, A. (Speaker)
01.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Sustainable State.
Saretzki, T. (Organiser), Bornemann, B. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Organiser), Laruffa, F. (Organiser) & Marius, C. (Organiser)
01.06.2023 → 03.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Enteignung russisch kontrollierter Energieinfrastruktur
Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)
06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Grundgesetz und internationale Gerichtsbarkeit
Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)
06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Simulationswissen
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Wege zur Professur - konkret!
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
22.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Education
Verzichten - müssen, können, lernen
Séville, A. (Moderator), Schirnding de Almeida, E. (Speaker) & Kleilein, D. (Speaker)
16.05.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Warum ist Deutschland ein Rechtsstaat und weshalb ist das so wichtig?
Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)
13.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Fakultät S allgemein (Organisational unit)
Dix, J. (Deputy member)
10.05.2023 → 30.09.2025Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Klimawandel und Demokratie: Kipppunkte der Problembewältigung und Konfliktregelung?
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
10.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Commission on the History of Parliamentarianism and Political Parties (External organisation)
Koß, M. (Member)
05.2023 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Fehlverhalten von Polizist:innen
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)
Engler, S. (Chair)
05.2023 → 04.2024Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Walter de Gruyter GmbH (Publisher)
Schall, A. (Editor), Theusinger, I. (Editor) & Pour Rafsendjani, M. (Editor)
23.04.2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
Podiumsdiskussion: When History Rhymes... Vom Nutzen und Nachteil des historischen Vergleichs
Séville, A. (Speaker), Volkov, S. (Speaker), Herbert, U. (Speaker) & Föderl-Schmidt, A. (presenter)
31.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Reflexive Demokratie: eine metapolitische Reaktion auf die dritte demokratische Transformation
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
31.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Schriftliche Stellungnahme in der öffentlichen Anhörung des Ausschusses für Klimaschutz und Energie des Deutschen Bundestages am 27. März 2023 – Zum völkerrechtlichen Kontext der begrenzten Pflicht zur Enteignungsentschädigung nach § 17b EnSiG (n.F.)
Holterhus, T. P. (Reviewer)
27.03.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
The Colonial Origins of Tax Havenry
Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)
22.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
US Power and the Harmonization of Company Taxation in the EU
Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)
20.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Podiumsdiskussion: Neue Technologien und jüdische Ethik
Séville, A. (Speaker)
15.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Mit zweierlei Maß: Rechtsverständnisse in der Polizei
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
13.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Affective polarization and the support for different forms of governance. Evidence from Germany
Engler, S. (Speaker)
10.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop - Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2023
Mechtel, M. (Organiser), Hirsch, B. (Organiser) & Görges, L. (Organiser)
02.03.2023 → 03.03.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Dispute Settlement and its Discontents
Terhechte, J. (Speaker)
03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
School of Public Affairs (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
01.02.2023 → 30.09.2025Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Public Affairs (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
01.02.2023 → 30.09.2024Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Rechtskonformität in der Polizei
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Alltag im Dissens - Konflikttheoretische Anschlüsse einer Studie über Reichsbürger:innen
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
23.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Strukturen und Kontexte rechtskonformen Polizeihandelns: Eine qualitative Untersuchung zur Rechtsbindung am Beispiel des Streifendienstes der Polizei Niedersachsen
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
10.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Kaminabend der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Séville, A. (Organiser), Priesemann, V. (Speaker), Strohschneider, P. (Speaker), Hafner, U. (Speaker) & Stöckl, A. (Speaker)
01.01.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Rechtskonformität in der Polizei
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Aus der Vergangenheit lernen - Europa vollenden. Laudatio anlässlich der Verleihung des Dr. h.c. an SE Staatspräsident Egils Levits
Terhechte, J. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
European Economic Governance after Brexit
Terhechte, J. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
Feneberg, V. (Member)
2023Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Input: Politische Kommunikation in der Transformation?
Séville, A. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Member of the International Advisory Board of Swiss Political Science Review
Engler, S. (Consultant)
2023 → 2026Activity: Consultancy
The University of West Indies
Terhechte, J. (Visiting researcher)
2023Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2022
International experience and recommendations
Koß, M. (Oral presentation)
09.12.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Der extrovertierte Rechtsstaat
Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)
12.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Polizeiliches Theater als Präventionslogik
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
12.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Podiumsdiskussion: Wie lässt sich ein gerechter Frieden herstellen?
Kück, T. (Organiser) & Lenz, T. (Moderator)
23.11.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
STAATSBÜRGERSCHAFT VS. REICHSBÜRGERSCHAFT
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
23.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Centrist Anti-Establishment Parties and their Struggle for Survival
Engler, S. (Speaker)
15.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
PhD Workshop 2022 - Empirical Microeconomics
Görges, L. (Organiser) & Beblo, M. (Organiser)
14.11.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Einblicke in Parteienwettbewerb im Kontext politischen Misstrauens
Engler, S. (Speaker)
11.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Science, Technology and Democracy: Interactions in Change
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
09.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Zur Affektivität katastrophischer Simulationen für Protest Policing
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
04.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Der Rechtsstaat in der digitalen Revolution
Holterhus, T. P. (Speaker)
11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Vortrag und Podiumsdiskussion "Staatsbürgerschaft vs. Reichsbürgerschaft"
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Zur Affektivität katastrophischer Simulationen
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Commercial Space Activities
Smith, L. J. (Oral presentation)
25.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Tagung - Nachhaltigkeit im Spiegel des Rechts
Halfmeier, A. (Speaker)
24.10.2022 → 25.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Assessing knowledge cumulation in earth system governance research: An analysis of 100 published ESG papers
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Speaker)
21.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Journal of Politics (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
21.10.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance
Rose, M. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Organiser)
20.10.2022 → 24.10.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Narratives of Progress
Séville, A. (Speaker)
13.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Stellungnahme in der öffentlichen Anhörung des Wirtschaftsausschusses des Deutschen Bundestages am 12. Oktober 2022 - Verfassungs- und europarechtliche Fragestellungen im Kontext des CETA-Zustimmungsgesetzes
Holterhus, T. P. (Reviewer)
12.10.2022Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
School of Public Affairs (Organisational unit)
Engler, S. (Chair)
10.2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Roundtable: Autonomous Intelligent Systems in space: Operational and Legal Challenges
Smith, L. J. (Speaker)
21.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Affairs (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
15.09.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Fachbegutachtung zur Einrichtung neuer Internationaler Nachwuchsforschungsgruppen
Engler, S. (Reviewer)
09.2022Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Sommerakademie der Grünen Akademie der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung - 2022
Saretzki, T. (Participant)
26.08.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Environmental governance research: Interdisciplinary, Policy-oriented - and Cumulative?
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The role of social science evidence in decisions on the design of participatory governance: Tentative findings from a German mixed-methods study
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
ECPR General Conference 2022
Saretzki, T. (Participant)
22.08.2022 → 26.08.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
18.07.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Conference - 7th Global Meeting on Law & Society
Halfmeier, A. (Speaker)
13.07.2022 → 16.07.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Auftaktveranstaltung der Reihe „Förder-institutionen im Gespräch“: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Saretzki, T. (Participant)
30.06.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference - International Class Action Conference: From Class Actions to Collective Redress
Halfmeier, A. (Speaker)
30.06.2022 → 01.07.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Review of International Organizations (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
26.06.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
3. Sitzung der Ethik-Kommission der DVPW
Saretzki, T. (Participant)
21.06.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
City-specific police practice in dealing with flight and migration?!
Jantzer, L. (Speaker)
21.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Festakt zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Frank Nullmeier: Übergabe einer Festschrift „Gesellschaft und Politik verstehen“ und Podiumsdiskussion „Politikwissenschaft als politische Wissenschaft“
Saretzki, T. (Participant)
10.06.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The police in times of the "refugee crisis". Local specifics in dealing with flight
Jantzer, L. (Speaker)
09.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Podiumsgespräch: WEGE ZUM FRIEDEN IN ZEITEN DES KRIEGES
Kück, T. (Organiser) & Lenz, T. (Moderator)
01.06.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Interpretations of security among forced migrants in collective accommodation
Jantzer, L. (Speaker)
19.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Organization (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
10.05.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Fakultät S allgemein (Organisational unit)
Mechtel, M. (Chair)
01.05.2022 → 31.12.2022Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees