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.
2012-2014: In-service Qualification of Graduate Engineers (AUS) of the Vocational Fields Metals Technology, Vehicle Technology and Electrical Engineering as well as of Teachers for these Vocational Fields for Vocational Schools
Oeftering, T. (Project staff) & Lange, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 31.03.14
Project: Teaching
24th ECPR PhD Summer School on “Political Parties in New Democracies”
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
07.09.14 → 13.09.14
Project: Scientific event
Alltag im Dissens: Eine Studie zum Gebrauch (imaginären) Rechts von Reichsbürger:innen (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur)
Kretschmann, A. (Project manager, academic), Hundertmark, B. (Project staff) & Rowitz, L. (Project staff)
01.04.23 → 31.05.26
Project: Research
A-CLIM: Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Development in Lower Saxony
Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic), Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic) & Ebermann, V. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.12 → 22.01.15
Project: Research
Arbeitsgruppe „Semantiken des Verzichts“ an der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Séville, A. (Project manager, academic), Paul, H. (Project manager, academic) & Scheunpflug, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.23 → 01.03.24
Project: Research
Ausbau des regionalen Personaltransfers aus Hochschulen
Terhechte, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.17 → 28.02.19
Project: Other
Auslandskontrollierte Industrie- und Dienstleistungsunternehmen in Niedersachsen - Verbreitung, Performance und Bedeutung für die Entwicklung von Beschäftigung, Exporten und Wirtschaftswachstum
Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic) & Weche, J. P. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.12 → 31.12.14
Project: Research
Autocracies' Counterintuitive Delegation Preferences to International Human Rights Organizations
Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Autocracies in International Relations (winter semester 2018-19, bachelor Political Science)
Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)
15.10.18 → 01.02.19
Project: Teaching
Beschäftigungshemmnisse älterer Arbeitnehmer
Pfeifer, C. (Project manager, academic), Puhani, P. (Project manager, academic) & Gerlach, K. (Project manager, academic)
04.09.09 → 12.06.12
Project: Research
Betriebsgrößenabhängige Schwellenwerte und Arbeitsplatzdynamik in mittelständischen Firmen
Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)
15.09.06 → 11.02.09
Project: Research
Betriebsschließungen in Deutschland: Umfang, Verlauf und Einflussfaktoren
Schnabel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)
15.06.11 → 03.02.15
Project: Research
Bürgerbeteiligung bei Onshore-Windenergie – Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Beteiligung von Nachbarn bei der Planung, Genehmigung und Finanzierung der Errichtung und des Betriebs von Windenergieanlagen
Maly, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
12.02.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Bürgermeisterwahlkämpfe im Professionalisierungsdiskurs der Wahlkampfforschung. Ein kandidatenzentrierter Vergleich in niedersächsischen Städten
Freund, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.10 → 23.07.13
Project: Dissertation project
CAPFLO - Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Kochskämper, E. (Project staff)
01.01.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
Career patterns and political performance of Prime Ministers in Central East European Democracies
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.18 → 30.06.20
Project: Research
Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany – theories, concepts and practice
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ngcoza, K. (Partner)
01.01.17 → 30.11.17
Project: Research
Citizienship Education in South Africa
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.17 → 31.05.18
Project: Other
Converging institutions? How do regional institutions stimulate the innovation process of nanotechnologies in economy an d society? A German-French comparison
Papilloud, C. (Project manager, academic) & Ott, I. (Project manager, academic)
15.11.07 → 14.06.10
Project: Research
Converging institutions: Converging institutions: Wie regionale Institutionen den Innovationsprozess von Nanotechnologien in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft stimulieren – ein deutsch-französicher Vergleich
Ott, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.07 → 31.03.10
Project: Research
Das Recht auf Zugang zu Informationen im Rahmen der europäischen REACH-Verordnung
Schulze-Rickmann, S. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
17.03.07 → 25.08.09
Project: Dissertation project
Deficits in EU and US Mandatory Environmental Information Disclosure Laws - Legal, Comparative Legal and Economic Facets of Pollutant Release Inventories
Bünger, D. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
09.03.07 → 25.01.11
Project: Dissertation project
Deliberative Bürgerbeteiligung in der deutschen Debatte um Priorisierung in der medizinischen Versorgung - Potentiale und Grenzen
Stumpf, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 31.03.15
Project: Dissertation project
Demokratiefindung in der ehemaligen DDR
Thaysen, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.90 → 30.10.93
Project: Research
Demokratische Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.09 → 24.11.09
Project: Scientific event
Der Beitrag des privaten Umweltrechts zu den Umweltschutzzielen
Wogersien, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
21.03.06 → 12.06.06
Project: Dissertation project
Aquiferspeicher: Development of Areas of Application of Middle Deep Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in Northern Germany from Economic, Geological-Technical, Environmental Chemistry and Legal/Subsidy Policy Perspectives; work packages: Economic, Environmental Chemistry and Legal Analysis of Aquifer Storage
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Holstenkamp, L. (Coordination), Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Opel, O. (Project staff), Strodel, N. (Project staff) & Neidig, P. (Project staff)
01.04.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
DFG-Forschungsstipendium "Transnational Goodwill"; J.S.M. Fellowship der Stanford Law School
Dornis, T. (Project staff)
01.01.08 → 31.12.09
Project: Research
Die Entwicklung der energierechtlichen Pflichten der Übertragungsnetzbetreiber
Hobbeling, F. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
17.06.06 → 26.08.10
Project: Dissertation project
Die Entwicklung der Region Hannover im Vergleich zu anderen deutschen Verdichtungsräumen
Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)
22.06.09 → 20.01.10
Project: Research
Die Europäische Union als Diskurs: "Europa für Bürgerinnen und Bürger" dank einer aktivierten Zivilgesellschaft? (Arbeitstitel)
Wach, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Die Haftung des Grundstückeigentümers für die Sanierung von Altlasten
Andres, B. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
25.01.05 → 18.12.07
Project: Dissertation project
Die Konkretisierung der abfallrechtlichenProduktverantwortung für Reifen in Deutschland
Eitel, B. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
26.07.06 → 13.08.08
Project: Dissertation project
Die Wassergesetzgebung im Herzogtum Braunschweig nach Bauernbefreiung und industrieller Revolution
Behrens, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
10.03.04 → 29.01.09
Project: Dissertation project
Diffusing the EU Model? The European Union’s Influence on Regional Organizations
Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.15 → 31.12.17
Project: Research
Degree: Digital Economical Green
Terhechte, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schmitt, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.21 → 31.12.22
Project: Teaching
DigiTaL - Teilprojekt 11: HyLiK – Hybride Lehre im internationalen Kontext
Terhechte, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schloßstein, M. (Project staff)
01.08.21 → 31.12.25
Project: Teaching
Directly Elected Mayors: Impact on the Local Party System
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Bottom, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.13 → …
Project: Research
DoktorandInnen-Workshop Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (2011)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
17.06.11 → 18.06.11
Project: Scientific event
Dynamik, Gründe und Folgen des postindustriellen Wertewandels: Deutschlands Werteentwicklung im internationalen Vergleich
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.10 → 30.06.11
Project: Research
Econometric Models for Fractional Response Variables in the Presence of Sample Selectivity and Multiple Dependent Variables
Schwiebert, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.17 → 27.01.20
Project: Research
Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.16 → 31.05.17
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Eine Systematisierung der Schutzgebietskategorien des Bundesnaturschutzgesetzes nach landschaftsökologischen Kriterien unter Beachtung sowohl des Europa- als auch des Völerrechts
Dietrich, B. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
04.06.10 → 11.06.10
Project: Dissertation project
Eine vergleichende Untersuchung der Erfolgswirkungen der arbeitsmarktpolitischen Instrumente Existenzgründungszuschuss, Vermittlungsgutschein und Eingliederungszuschuss in niedersächsischen Arbeitsmarktregionen
Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.11.05 → 21.04.09
Project: Research
Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräte (EAG): Juristisches Gutachten über die Förderung der Vorbereitung zur Wiederverwendung von Elektro-Altgeräten im Sinne der zweiten Stufe der Abfallhierarchie - Projektnummer 22119
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Fabian, M. (Project staff)
01.08.12 → 05.02.13
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Enhancing cooperation and investigating peer effects on human capital formation – A randomized-controlled field study with primary school children
Hett, F. (Project manager, academic), Schunk, D. (Partner) & Mechtel, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
Entwicklung von Instrumenten zur Vermeidung von Lebensmittelabfällen
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 31.03.14
Project: Research
E-Participation in the European Multi-Level System. Supply and Use of New Digital Media in the European Parliament.
Kunert, J. S. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → 01.02.15
Project: Dissertation project
„Ermittlung und Sicherstellung der Umweltverträglichkeit von Klimawandel-Anpassungsmaßnahmen“ – Querschnittsaufgabe im Verbundvorhaben KLIMZUG-NORD
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → 30.11.12
Project: Research
Erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz im Wärmemarkt
Ahlbrink, M. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
14.05.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project