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.
  1. 24th ECPR PhD Summer School on “Political Parties in New Democracies”

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)

    07.09.1413.09.14

    Project: Scientific event

  2. 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)

    01.10.1222.01.15

    Project: Research

  3. 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)

    01.01.2301.03.24

    Project: Research

  4. Ausbau des regionalen Personaltransfers aus Hochschulen

    Terhechte (✝), J. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    01.09.1728.02.19

    Project: Other

  5. Autocracies' Counterintuitive Delegation Preferences to International Human Rights Organizations

    Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1630.09.19

    Project: Dissertation project

  6. Automated Text Analysis in Sustainability Reporting: Communication Style and Perceived Firm Risk

    Unkhoff, B. (Project manager, academic) & Velte, P. (Coordination)

    01.12.2531.12.28

    Project: Dissertation project

  7. Beschäftigungshemmnisse älterer Arbeitnehmer

    Pfeifer, C. (Project manager, academic), Puhani, P. A. (Project manager, academic) & Gerlach, K. (Project manager, academic)

    04.09.0912.06.12

    Project: Research

  8. Betriebsschließungen in Deutschland: Umfang, Verlauf und Einflussfaktoren

    Schnabel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)

    15.06.1103.02.15

    Project: Research

  9. CAPFLO - Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Kochskämper, E. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.01.1630.06.19

    Project: Research

  10. Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany – theories, concepts and practice

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ngcoza, K. M. (Partner)

    01.01.1730.11.17

    Project: Research

  11. Citizienship Education in South Africa

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1731.05.18

    Project: Other

  12. Das Recht auf Zugang zu Informationen im Rahmen der europäischen REACH-Verordnung

    Schulze-Rickmann, S. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    17.03.0725.08.09

    Project: Dissertation project

  13. Deliberative Bürgerbeteiligung in der deutschen Debatte um Priorisierung in der medizinischen Versorgung - Potentiale und Grenzen

    Stumpf, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1231.03.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  14. Demokratiefindung in der ehemaligen DDR

    Thaysen, U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.9030.10.93

    Project: Research

  15. Demokratische Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.0924.11.09

    Project: Scientific event

  16. Der Beitrag des privaten Umweltrechts zu den Umweltschutzzielen

    Wogersien, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    21.03.0612.06.06

    Project: Dissertation project

  17. Die Entwicklung der energierechtlichen Pflichten der Übertragungsnetzbetreiber

    Hobbeling, F. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    17.06.0626.08.10

    Project: Dissertation project

  18. Die Entwicklung der Region Hannover im Vergleich zu anderen deutschen Verdichtungsräumen

    Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)

    22.06.0920.01.10

    Project: Research

  19. Die Haftung des Grundstückeigentümers für die Sanierung von Altlasten

    Andres, B. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    25.01.0518.12.07

    Project: Dissertation project

  20. Die Konkretisierung der abfallrechtlichenProduktverantwortung für Reifen in Deutschland

    Eitel, B. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    26.07.0613.08.08

    Project: Dissertation project

  21. Die Wassergesetzgebung im Herzogtum Braunschweig nach Bauernbefreiung und industrieller Revolution

    Behrens, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    10.03.0429.01.09

    Project: Dissertation project

  22. Diffusing the EU Model? The European Union’s Influence on Regional Organizations

    Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1531.12.17

    Project: Research

  23. Degree: Digital Economical Green

    Terhechte (✝), J. (Project manager, academic) & Schmitt, C. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    01.06.2131.12.22

    Project: Teaching

  24. DigiTaL - Teilprojekt 11: HyLiK – Hybride Lehre im internationalen Kontext

    Terhechte (✝), J. (Project manager, academic) & Schloßstein, M. (Project staff)

    01.08.2131.12.25

    Project: Teaching

  25. Directly Elected Mayors: Impact on the Local Party System

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Bottom, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.13 → …

    Project: Research

  26. DoktorandInnen-Workshop Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (2011)

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)

    17.06.1118.06.11

    Project: Scientific event

  27. Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.1631.05.17

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  28. 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)

    01.01.1731.12.20

    Project: Research

  29. Entwicklung von Instrumenten zur Vermeidung von Lebensmittelabfällen

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1231.03.14

    Project: Research

  30. 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)

    01.02.1201.02.15

    Project: Dissertation project

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