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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Testing for Economies of Scope in European Railways: an effciency analysis
Wetzel, H. & Growitsch, C., 2008, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 25 p. (Working paper series in economics; vol. 72).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The difficulty of behavior as a (regulated) natural monopolist: the dynamics of electricity network access charges in Germany 2002 to 2006
Wein, T. & Wetzel, H., 2008, Mittelstand 2008: aktuelle Forschungsbeiträge zu gesellschaftlichen und finanzwirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen. Schöning, S., Richter, J., Wetzel, H. & Nissen, D. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 73-93 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Productivity growth in European railways: technological progress, efficiency change and scale effects
Wetzel, H., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 101).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Consumer information problems: causes and consequences
Wein, T., 2001, Party autonomy and the role of information in the internal market. Grundmann, S., Kerber, W. & Weatherill, S. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 79-97 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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German works councils in the production process
Schank, T., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 332 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 288).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Product diversification and stability of employment and sales: first evidence from German manufacturing firms
Braakmann, N. & Wagner, J., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 21 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 120).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany
Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 14 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 12).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Schwellenwerte im Arbeitsrecht: höhere Transparenz und Effizienz durch Vereinheitlichung
Koller, L., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 02.2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 40).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Credit constraints, idiosyncratic risks, and the wealth ditribution in a heterogeneous agent model
Clemens, C. & Heinemann, M., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 31 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 46).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Die mitbestimmungsfreie Zone aus ökonomischer Sicht
Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 05.2000, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 27 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers