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. 2011
  2. Published

    Die Drittintervention in Beschwerdeverfahren vor dem EGMR: am Beispiel EGMR v. 21.7.2011 – Nr. 28274/08 (Heinisch v. Deutschland)

    Schubert, J. & Lörcher, K., 2011, In: Arbeit und Recht. 59, 8-9, p. 326-331 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Die Energiewende als transdisziplinäre Herausforderung

    Heinrichs, H., Fischedick, M., Lechtenböhmer, S., Newig, J., Roßnagel, A., Ruck, W., Schomerus, T. & Thomas, S., 2011, In: GAIA. 20, 3, p. 202 - 204 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsTransfer

  4. Published

    Die Regierungssysteme der mittel- und osteuropäischen EU-Staaten als Gegenstand der Vergleichenden Demokratieforschung

    Grotz, F. & Müller-Rommel, F., 2011, Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa: die neuen EU-Staaten im Vergleich. Grotz, F. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 11-24 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Die Regierungssysteme der neuen EU-Staaten: institutionelle Konfigurationen und Entwicklungspfade

    Müller-Rommel, F. & Grotz, F., 2011, Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa. Grotz, F. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Vol. 1. p. 303–320 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Die Steuerberaterprüfung: Ertragsteuerrecht: Prüfung 2011

    Preißer, M., 2011, 10., überarb. u. aktual. ed. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag. 785 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  7. Published

    Die Steuerberaterprüfung: Unternehmenssteuerrecht und Steuerbilanzrecht: Prüfung 2011

    Preißer, M. (Editor), 2011, 10., überarb. u. aktual. ed. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag. 795 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  8. Published

    Die Steuerberaterprüfung: Verfahrensrecht, Umsatzsteuerrecht, Erbschaftsteuerrecht, Grunderwerbsteuerrecht: Prüfung 2011

    Preißer, M. (Editor), 2011, 10., überarb. u. aktual. ed. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag. 924 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  9. Published

    Direkte Demokratie

    Grotz, F., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 101-105 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  10. Published

    Effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market

    Pfeifer, C., Yang, P., Janssen, S. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 202).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Eine Taylor-Regel für Schweden? Schätzung einer geldpolitischen Reaktionsfunktion am Beispiel der Schwedischen Riksbank

    Enkelmann, S., 2011, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen: Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J. & Pape, A. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 71-84 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  12. Published

    Energiepolitik

    Grotz, F. & Krennerich, M., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5., überarb. ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 115-120 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  13. Published

    Erfolg und Scheitern von Demokratisierungsprozessen: Fallstudien Albanien und Kroatien

    Osterberg-Kaufmann, N., 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 293 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  14. Published

    Europäische Kommission

    Grotz, F., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 136-138 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  15. Published

    Europäischer Rat

    Grotz, F., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 155-157 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  16. Published

    Europäische Union

    Hrbek, R. & Grotz, F., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 139-147 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  17. Published

    Europäische Währungsunion

    Andersen, U. & Grotz, F., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 151-154 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  18. Published

    Europarat

    Grotz, F., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 162-164 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  19. Published

    Exports and Firm Characteristics in German Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Representative Panel Data

    Wagner, J., 2011, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 57, 2, p. 107-143

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Exports and Firm Characteristics in Germany: A Survey of Empirical Studies (1991 to 2011)

    Wagner, J., 2011, In: Applied Economics Quarterly. 57, 2, p. 145-160 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Fallstudie für Studierende: Haftung im Grenzbereich, Teil 1: Fliegender Start - zurück nach Bergenlünne

    Hohlbein, B. & Paulokat, M., 2011, In: Versicherungswirtschaft. 66, 20, p. 1488-1489 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  22. Published

    Fallstudie für Studierende: Haftung im Grenzbereich, Teil 2: Die Gefahr, die aus der Kälte kommt

    Hohlbein, B. & Paulokat, M., 2011, In: Versicherungswirtschaft. 66, 21, p. 1587-1588 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  23. Published

    Fallstudie für Studierende: Haftung im Grenzbereich, Teil 3: Eine Oldtimer-Rundfahrt mit Hindernissen

    Hohlbein, B. & Paulokat, M., 2011, In: Versicherungswirtschaft. 66, 22, p. 1682-1683 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  24. Published

    Fallstudie für Studierende: Haftung im Grenzbereich, Teil 4: Park & Streit - auch Parken will gelernt sein

    Hohlbein, B. & Paulokat, M., 2011, In: Versicherungswirtschaft. 66, 23, p. 1744-1745 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  25. Published

    Fallstudie für Studierende: Haftung im Grenzbereich, Teil 5: Original und Fälschung - und nichts soll haften bleiben

    Hohlbein, B. & Paulokat, M., 2011, In: Versicherungswirtschaft. 66, 24, p. 1836-1837 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  26. Published

    Finanzberater in der Zange: NZA Editorial

    Schubert, J., 2011, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht. 20, 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  27. Published

    Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services: First evidence based on Official Statistics

    Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 2011, ETSG 2011 Copenhagen Thirteenth Annual Conference. European Trade Study Group, 40 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  28. Published
  29. Published

    Governing Climate Change by Diffusion: Transnational Municipal Networks as Catalysts of Policy Spread

    Hakelberg, L., 2011, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, 92 p. (FFU-Report; vol. 2011, no. 08).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  30. Published

    Green Parties

    Müller-Rommel, F., 2011, International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Badie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D. & Morlino, L. (eds.). London: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. Vol. 4. p. 1051-1054 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  31. Published

    Grüne Parteien

    Müller-Rommel, F., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5. ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, p. 248-250 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  32. Published

    Häfen - Risiken, Recht und Versicherungen

    Hohlbein, B., Schäfermeier, J. & Hirschberg, G., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Versicherungswesen. 62, 2, p. 60-64 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  33. Published

    Handlungsspielräume für Tarifparteien und Interessenvertretungen bei der Arbeitszeitgestaltung

    Schubert, J. & Jerchel, K., 2011, In: WSI-Mitteilungen. 2011, 2, p. 76-82 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  34. Published
  35. Published

    Hub, Fine-Tuner oder Business as Usual? Social Network Sites und die Bundestagswahl 2009

    Kunert, J. S. & Schmidt, J.-H., 2011, Das Internet im Wahlkampf: Analysen zur Bundestagswahl 2009. Schweitzer, E. J. & Albrecht, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 226-243 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  36. Published

    Human Development

    Welzel, C., 2011, International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Bardie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D. & Morlino, L. (eds.). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. 4. p. 1101-1104 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Im Schatten der Großen Koalition? Bundespolitik und Landtagswahlen unter Merkel I und Merkel II

    Grotz, F. & Bolgherini, S., 2011, Die Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 2009. Niedermayer, O. (ed.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 307–324 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  38. Published

    Informationspflichten Privater nach dem Umweltinformationsgesetz: Anmerkung zum Beschluss des VG Frankfurt vom 7. Juni 2011

    Schomerus, T., 2011, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 22, 9, p. 440 - 442 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsNotes on court decisionsTransfer

  39. Published

    Integration im Bürgerbewusstsein von SchülerInnen

    Lutter, A., 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 247 p. (Bürgerbewusstsein; no. 5)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Intellectual Property Issues in Space Contracts: A Review of the Use and Distribution of Remote Sensing Data

    Smith, L. J. & Doldirina, C., 2011, Contracting for Space: Contract Practice in the European Space Sector. Smith, L. J. & Baumann, I. (eds.). Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, p. 337-348 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  41. Published

    Introduction

    Smith, L. J. & Baumann, I., 2011, Contracting for Space : Contract Practice in the European Space Sector. Smith, L. J. & Baumann, I. (eds.). 1 ed. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, p. 1-3 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  42. Published

    Islam and Patriarchy: How Robust is Muslim Support for Patriarchal Values ?

    Alexander, A. C. & Welzel, C., 2011, World Values Survey Association, p. 40-70, 31 p. (World Values Research; vol. 4, no. 2).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  43. Published

    Kleines Lexikon der Politik

    Nohlen , D. (Editor) & Grotz, F. (Editor), 2011, 5. ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag. 742 p. (Beck'sche Reihe)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesScholarly editions and encyclopediaResearch

  44. Published

    Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und andere Krisen : Forschungsbeiträge

    Schöning, S. (Editor), Richter, J. (Editor) & Pape, A. (Editor), 2011, Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Verlag. 326 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  45. Published

    Kommunistische Parteien

    Grotz, F., 2011, Kleines Lexikon der Politik. Nohlen, D. & Grotz, F. (eds.). 5 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, p. 311-314 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaTransfer

  46. Published

    La reaction allemande face aux mesures prises par l´OCDE en matieres de conventions fiscales in La fin des paradis fiscaux

    Preißer, M., 2011, La fin des paradis fiscaux ?: actes du colloque organise le 3 decembre 2010. Lambert, T. (ed.). Montchresien, p. 121-135 15 p. (Grands colloques).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  47. Published

    Legal and Regulatory Content for Small Satellites

    Smith, L. J., 2011, Small Satellites for Earth Observation: Digest ot the 8th International Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics. Sandau, R., Roeser, H.-P. & Valenzuela, A. (eds.). Wissenschaft und Technik Verlag, p. 133-138 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Lohnsteuerliche Behandlung von Mitarbeitergutscheinen

    Fündling, F., 2011, In: Steuerrecht kurzgefasst. 3, 11, p. 230-234 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  49. Published

    Lüneburger Versicherungsgespräche (I): Kraftfahrzeuge, Markt und Trends

    Hohlbein, B. & Paulokat, M., 2011, In: Versicherungswirtschaft. 66, 21, p. 1589-1590 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Lüneburger Versicherungsgespräche (II): US-Exposure in deutschen Haftpflichtpolicen

    Hohlbein, B., Paulokat, M., Granaß, M., Kalkmann, W. & Schapöhler, S., 2011, In: Versicherungswirtschaft. 66, 22, p. 1684-1685 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Lüneburger Versicherungsgespräche (III): Pferdestärken, Haftungsfragen und Deckungssummen

    Hohlbein, B., Paulokat, M. & Bredenschey, B., 2011, In: Versicherungswirtschaft. 66, 23, p. 1746-1748 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review