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.
NMUN: National Model United Nations 2010 - New York
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.10 → 24.06.10
Project: Teaching
NMUN : National Model Univer Nations (NMUN) 2008-2010
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.08 → 01.09.10
Project: Teaching
Natural Resources Governance
Terhechte, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.13 → 31.10.14
Project: Research
Netzwerk "Externe Demokratisierungspolitik" (EDP)
van Hüllen, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.15 → 30.04.19
Project: Other
Novellierungsbedürftigkeit und -fähigkeit des Entsorgungsfachbetriebes nach §§ 56, 57 KrWG im Systemvergleich mit den Umweltmanagamentsystemen ISO 14001, EMAS und der österreichischen RAEF
Strohmeyer, A. C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
08.12.15 → 08.12.19
Project: Dissertation project
Ökonomische Ungleichheit und der Einfluss von Diskurskoalitionen auf Vermögensbesteuerung in Deutschland, 1995-2015. Eine Diskursnetzwerkanalyse von Policy-Wandel in der Steuerpolitik
Leipold, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.15 → 11.05.16
Project: Research
Parlamentarische Sozialisation von Landtagsabgeordneten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Borchert, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.10 → …
Project: Research
Party Government in the New Europe. London: Routledge
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Keman, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.09 → 31.10.11
Project: Research
Party Politics and Democracy in Europe
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.14 → 03.07.14
Project: Scientific event
Peace Counts School Freiburg
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
08.03.07 → …
Project: Practical Project
Personalization of Politics
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Garzia, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.14 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
Pflichten Privater im Informationsfreiheitsrecht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Richtlinie 2003/4/EG und ihre Umsetzung in Deutschland
Elfeld, F. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.06 → 15.05.13
Project: Dissertation project
Phd Program Democracy under Stress (DUS)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Welzel, C. (Coordination)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Other
Planerische, technische und ökologische Anforderungen an das Freileitungsrecht
Lauer, J. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
02.11.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
PolPolPol: Police, Politics, Polis – Dealing with refugees in the city
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic) & Jantzer, L. (Project staff)
01.01.21 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Political Culture and Political Development
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Dalton, R. J. (Partner)
01.01.09 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
Political Discourses of Business and Capital Taxation. A Comparative Network Analysis of Tax Policy-Focused Media and Parliamentary Debates in the U.S. and Germany, 1965-2015
Leipold, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Political Parties and Religious Communication
Schwörer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.19 → …
Project: Research
Political Parties in Africa: Ethnicity and Party Formation
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.12 → 01.09.14
Project: Research
"Politische Kommunikation von Werten“ an der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Séville, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.21 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Populism in Germany and Europe
Schwörer, J. (Project manager, academic)
20.04.18 → 26.05.19
Project: Teaching
Post-sozialistische Regierungssystemreform: Armenien, Kroatien, Russland und die Ukraine im Vergleich
Seha, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.11 → 10.07.14
Project: Dissertation project
PPGG-Programm PELP -Public Policy and Good Governance
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.09 → 30.06.15
Project: Teaching
PusH: Precarious Housing in Europe. Pushing for Innovation in Higher Education
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic) & Siede, A. (Project staff)
01.09.19 → 31.08.22
Project: Research
PreCrim: Precrim
Quattrocolo, S. (Project manager, academic), Schneider, A. (Project manager, academic), Hüttemann, S. (Project manager, academic), Hafner, M. (Project manager, academic) & Silva, S. O. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.19 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Professionalisierung der Kommunalpolitik in deutschen Großstädten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.01 → 30.05.05
Project: Research
Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Sanden, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.07 → 31.01.08
Project: Research
Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Die neuen EU-Staaten im Vergleich.
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Grotz, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.08 → 31.08.10
Project: Research
Regionalism and its Causes in sub-Saharan Africa
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.14 → …
Project: Research
Re/Präsentation. Neue Formen der politischen Absprache und Fürsprache in der kommenden Gesellschaft
Séville, A. (Project manager, academic), Müller, J. (Coordination) & Kirchmeier, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.21 → 28.02.25
Project: Research
Repräsentationsvorstellungen von Abgeordneten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.15 → …
Project: Research
Representation in the European Union
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Kröger, S. (Partner)
28.11.09 → 15.01.13
Project: Research
Repression, Mobilization, and Civil Society
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic), Inglehart, R. C. (Partner) & Deutsch, F. (Partner)
01.01.12 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Rohstoffgewinnung im Kontext wachsender Nutzungsansprüche an den Untergrund – Anforderungen an die unterrägige Raumordnung und das Bergrecht für einen umwelt- und ressourcenschonenden Bergbau, Lösung von Nutzungskonflikten und Steuerung einer nachhaltigen Nutzung des Untergrunds (Instrumente zur umweltverträglchen Rohstoffgewinnung – INSTRO
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Sanden, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.15 → 30.11.17
Project: Research
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 05: Schlüsselfaktor Ressourceneffizienz - ein Prüfsystem für KMU zur Verbesserung der Vollzugsfähigkeit von Umweltgesetzen am Beispiel des neuen Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetzes (KrWG)
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Guerra González, J. (Project staff), Bleuel, I. (Project staff) & Japsen, A. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.04.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Scholarship for a visiting scientist via Wissenschaft.Niedersachsen.Weltoffen
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.18 → 31.01.21
Project: Research
Sicherheit für wen? Bedeutungen und Praktiken von Sicherheit aus geflüchteter und polizeilicher Sicht
Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.21 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Social Protest in Africa's Hybrid Regimes
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Socio-Economic Inequality and Its Effect on Liberal Democratic Culture across the World
Schmitz, A.-E. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.17 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
LegRO: Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations
Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.18 → 30.06.24
Project: Research
Städte des Willkommens, der Zuflucht und der Solidarität: Wie auf der kommunalen Ebene globale Verantwortung übernommen wird
Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic)
12.10.20 → 31.01.21
Project: Teaching
Step In! Building Inclusive Societies through Active Citizenship
Oeftering, T. (Project staff) & Lange, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
Steuerungsmöglichkeiten des Produkt- und Abfallrechts im Hinblick auf die vermeidbare Obsoleszenz von Elektrogeräten
Dickenhorst, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
19.03.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Strategic policy making in research and innovation policy (working titel)
Hufnagl, M. (Project manager, academic)
10.10.11 → 01.04.15
Project: Dissertation project
Strategiebildung in der subnationalen Klimaanpassungspolitik (Arbeitstitel)
Ebermann, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.11 → 30.09.14
Project: Dissertation project
Strategische Steuerung in Party-Government-Systemen
Tils, R. (Project staff), Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.06 → 30.09.10
Project: Research
Strategische Steuerung in Party-Government-Systemen (II)
Tils, R. (Project staff), Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.08 → 23.11.11
Project: Research
Strategische Umweltprüfung und strategisches Umweltmonitoring für Offshore-Windenergieanlagen
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Nehls, G. (Partner) & Runge, K. (Partner)
01.07.04 → 31.08.05
Project: Research
Studie zur Beratungs- und Begründungspraxis an Strafgerichten
Hüttemann, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.20 → 01.07.22
Project: Research
Subnationale Demokratiemuster in Asien und Lateinamerika
Böttcher, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Sustainability in Corporate Law
Schall, A. (Project manager, academic)
17.11.22 → 18.11.22
Project: Scientific event
Sustainable Finance – Ein Regelungsrahmen für die Finanzierung einer nachhaltigen Wirtschaft
Burchardi, S. (Project manager, academic), Gerlach, J. (Project manager, academic) & Kerkemeyer, A. (Project manager, academic)
23.11.23 → 23.11.23
Project: Scientific event
Systemdienstleistungen und Erneuerbare Energien – Über das Recht der Versorgungssicherheit im engeren Sinne und die Entwicklung des Regulierungsrechts
Meister, M. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.13 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Tackling Climate Change - Compulsory Licensing as an Instrument?
Behrmann, V. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
22.01.09 → 08.08.12
Project: Dissertation project
Taxing Uber-Polluters: The Climate Crisis and Popular Support for Wealth Taxation
Hakelberg, L. (Partner), Ahrens, L. (Partner) & Bremer, B. (Partner)
22.12.22 → 24.09.24
Project: Research
Teilprojekt „Antipopulismus: Wissenstransfer und Handlungsstrategien in der politischen Bildungsarbeit“ bei dem Projekt des Bayerischen Forschungsverbunds "Zukunft der Demokratie"
Séville, A. (Project manager, academic) & Fischer, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
The Authority of International Organizations and Institutional Overlap
Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic) & Haftel, Y. Z. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.03.20 → 28.02.23
Project: Research
The Contagion Effect of New Populist Actors on Mainstream Parties' Communication
Schwörer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.17 → …
Project: Research
The Cool Water Effect: Why Human Civilization Turned towards Emancipation in Cold-Wet Regions
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
The Determinants of Political Corruption in Comparative Perspective
Kubbe, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.10 → 09.12.14
Project: Dissertation project
The Gender-Governance Link: Gender equality and public goods provision
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic), Alexander, A. (Partner) & Klasen, S. (Partner)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.15 → 31.07.18
Project: Research
The Image of Politics and Politicians
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Gloe, M. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.08 → 17.03.10
Project: Scientific event
Theories of Statuta - An Interpretative History of the Conflict of Laws
Boosfeld, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.23 → 07.08.24
Project: Research
The Political Careers of Prime Ministers in Europe, 1945-2019
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Vercesi, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.17 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
The Principle of Unjust Enrichment – a Comparative Perspective
Schall, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 31.08.21
Project: Research
The (un)suspicious plutocrats: The impact of radical right elite’s socio-economic background on voter support
Engler, S. (Project manager, academic) & Weisstanner, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
WOWMA: The Whiteness of Wealth Management: Colonial Economic Structure, Racism, and the Emergence of Tax Havens in the Global South
Hakelberg, L. (Project manager, academic), Carneiro da Silva, E. (Project staff) & Spatzl, N. (Project staff)
01.04.24 → 31.03.29
Project: Research
Trademark law: From Property Protection to Transnational Market Regulation, NYU Hauser Global Fellowship
Dornis, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.11 → 31.12.11
Project: Research
TRUDEM: Trust in European Democracies - WP4: Democratic systems and national cultures: transition and interplay of values
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.23 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Umfang des Informationsanspruchs gegenüber dem BMU nach dem IFG und dem UIG hinsichtlich Daten, die der Bundesaufsicht nach dem Atom- und Strahlenschutzrecht vorliegen, sowie sensibler und sicherheitsrelevanter Daten nach der Störfall-Verordnung (Stsch 70001)
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.08 → 31.03.10
Project: Research
Understanding the minimum wage effects on imperfect product and labour markets
Hirsch, B. (Project manager, academic), Mertens, M. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.23 → 31.12.26
Project: Research
Unterstützung des Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverbands bei der Bewertung der Folgen des EEG 2014 auf die Finanzierung von Erneuere Energien Vorhaben in den Sparkassen
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.14 → 30.11.14
Project: Research
Value Orientations and Cooperation: Exploring the Value-Behavior Link
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Thöni, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.13 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
Vereinfachung und Verschlankung des Naturschutzrechts
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.07 → 30.04.08
Project: Research
Verfassungsrechtliche Schutzpflichten zur Bekämpfung des Bienensterbens
Böttinger, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
02.03.16 → 30.09.20
Project: Dissertation project
Verwaltungsmodernisierung in Niedersachsen - Begleitende Studie zur Aussetzung der gerichtlichen Vorverfahrens
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Meyer, H. (Project staff)
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport
21.09.06 → 02.07.12
Project: Research
Vorhabensteil: Sprachliche Heterogenität im schulischen Fachunterricht der Sekundarstufe I
Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Schwippert, K. (Partner), Lutter, A. (Partner), Neumann, A. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner) & Holle, K. (Project staff)
26.06.12 → 31.12.12
Project: Research
Was machen eigentlich Parlamente?
Koß, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Weiterentwicklung von Maßnahmen und Instrumenten zur Sicherstellung einheitlicher Berücksichtigung von Umweltbelangen in Genehmigungsverfahren
Antoni, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
07.04.10 → 30.09.16
Project: Dissertation project
Welchen Einfluss haben Ankündigungen von Zentralbanken auf Konsumenten?
Lamla, M. J. (Project manager, academic)
30.06.22 → 01.02.23
Project: Research
Wertekommunikation in politischen Grundsatzprogrammen
Müller, J. (Project manager, academic) & Séville, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.21 → 31.01.22
Project: Research
Wettbewerbspotenziale im niedersächsischen Postmarkt
Wein, T. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
20.05.09 → 12.02.13
Project: Research
„What is Political Education?“ An Enquiry of Student Teachers´ Ideas
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Fischer, F. (Partner)
01.04.14 → 31.03.16
Project: Teaching
Modellkommunen-Gesetz (ModKG): Wissenschaftliche Begleitforschung zum Gesetz zur modellhaften Erweiterung kommunaler Handlungsspielräume (Modellkommunen-Gesetz - ModKG)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Meyer, H. (Project staff)
01.09.05 → 11.03.10
Project: Research
Wissenschaftliche Begleitung der Umsetzung der Ökodesign-Richtlinie und Energieverbrauchskennzeichnungsrichtlinie -Arbeitsprogramm ab 2012
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.13 → 01.02.16
Project: Research
Wissenschaftsraum „Verhaltensökonomik und gesellschaftliche Transformation“
Mechtel, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.24 → 31.08.28
Project: Research
Workshop "Nachhaltigkeit und Verbraucherschutz - neue rechtliche Entwicklungen in einem alten Spannungsfeld"
Halfmeier, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.20 → 30.11.21
Project: Scientific event
Workshop: Populism in Italy
Schwörer, J. (Project manager, academic)
25.10.19 → 26.10.19
Project: Teaching
Workshop "Representation in the European Union: Coping with present challenges to democracy", 16. bis 18. September 2010 in Lüneburg
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Kröger, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.10 → 31.12.11
Project: Scientific event
ZDEMO/GIGA Professur für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Müller-Rommel, F. (Coordination) & Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.12 → 02.01.18
Project: Research