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. 2022
  2. Published

    Rule of Law

    Holterhus, T. P., 06.09.2022, Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Binder, C., Nowak, M., Hofbauer, J. A. & Janig, P. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 210-216 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  3. Published

    Are all politicians the same? Reproduction and change of chief executive career patterns in democratic regimes

    Vercesi, M., 01.09.2022, In: International Social Science Journal. 72, 245, p. 577-595 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Diverse effects of shorter potential unemployment benefit duration on labor market outcomes in Germany

    Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.09.2022, In: Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations. 36, 3, p. 367-388 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Non-base compensation and the gender pay gap

    Hirsch, B. & Lentge, P., 01.09.2022, In: Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations. 36, 3, p. 277-301 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    «We are all activists»: Exploring solidarities in activism by, with and for refugees and migrants in hamburg

    Rzadtki, L.-K., 01.09.2022, Bielefeld.: transcript Verlag. 240 p. (Social Movement and Protest; vol. 9)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  7. Published

    Flucht und Migration in der Stadt: Stadtspezifische Wahrnehmung, Darstellung und Bearbeitung durch die Polizei

    Geugjes, M., Jantzer, L. & Keitzel, S., 23.08.2022, In: Polizei & Wissenschaft. 23, 3, p. 50-64 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Overselling democracy–claiming legitimacy? The link between democratic pretention, notions of democracy and citizens' evaluations of regimes' democraticness

    Brunkert, L. J., 09.08.2022, In: Frontiers in Political Science. 4, 17 p., 880709.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Rechtsstaat

    Holterhus, T. P., 05.08.2022, Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. 82 p. (Informationen zur politischen Bildung/IzpB; vol. 2/2022, no. 351)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    Environmental governance of a Belt and Road project in Montenegro – National agency and external influences

    Coenen, J., Newig, J. & Meyfroidt, P., 01.08.2022, In: Land Use Policy. 119, 14 p., 106136.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Combination matters: why corporate bonds and shadow banking can threaten financial stability – a Minskyian perspective

    Schneider, H., 08.2022, In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education. 13, 1, p. 103-119 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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