Professorship for Research of Political Culture

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

Die Professur für Politische Kulturforschung beschäftigt sich mit Modernisierung, sozialer Wandel, und Human Empowerment; Demokratisierung, Demokratiemessung und Qualität von Governance; Werteformation, kultureller Wandel und öffentliche Meinung; Protestbeteiligung und soziale Bewegungen sowie Zivilgesellschaft und Sozialkapital.

Main research areas

  • Modernisation, Social Change, and Human Empowerment
  • Democratization, Democratization Rating and Quality of Governance
  • Value Formation, Cultural Change and Public Opinion
  • Protest Involvement and Social Transactions
  • Civil Society and Social Capital
  1. 2019
  2. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods - 2019

    Kruse, S. (Participant)

    22.07.201918.08.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  3. Intensive Quantitative Methods Course for PhD students, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Kruse, S. (Lecturer)

    13.05.201918.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  4. Annual Meeting WPSA Conference

    Kruse, S. (Speaker)

    18.04.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute

    Kruse, S. (Oral presentation)

    27.03.201929.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. International Conference on the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship - PEDD 2019

    Kruse, S. (Speaker)

    01.03.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 2018
  8. Adoption of Preferences for Redistribution by Immigrants or Cultural Persistence. Evidence from GSOP

    Griaznova, O. (Speaker)

    11.04.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. 8th LCSR International Workshop 2018

    Kruse, S. (presenter)

    10.04.201813.04.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 2017
  11. Intragenerational income growth and preferences for redistribution: towards the issue of elasticity of economic attitudes

    Griaznova, O. (Speaker)

    02.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Transition into unemployment and demand for redistribution

    Griaznova, O. (Speaker)

    26.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. 75th Annual MPSA Conference Midwestern Political Science Association - 2017

    Kruse, S. (presenter)

    06.04.201709.04.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. 2016
  15. Does culture matter? Analysis of the Change in Preferences for Redistribution of Immigrants in Germany over Time

    Griaznova, O. (Speaker)

    20.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Adaptation of Redistribution Preferences or Cultural Resistance. A Study of Migrants in Germany

    Griaznova, O. (Speaker)

    23.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Autoren-Workshop

    Welzel, C. (Organiser)

    17.05.201619.05.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  18. 2015
  19. Declining Trust in Institutions: Why We Should Not Worry

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. Stein Rokkan Award Ceremony: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  22. The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  23. Keyonte: Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person – A Tribute to a Stellar Career

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    22.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  24. Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person - A Tribute to a Stellar Career

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  25. Key Lecture: The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    07.04.201510.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  26. The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  27. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    18.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  28. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  29. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    24.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  30. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    03.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  31. Guest lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  32. 2014
  33. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    16.12.201417.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  34. Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    12.12.201413.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  35. Guest Lecture: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  36. Keynote Lecture: "Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?"

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  37. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    26.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  38. Workshop der HSE

    Welzel, C. (Keynote Speaker)

    10.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  39. 4th Annual Research Conference of the Laboratory of Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2014

    Welzel, C. (Keynote speaker)

    09.11.201413.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    05.11.201406.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  41. Area Studies and Comparative Area Studies: World Regions and their Study at GIGA and beyond

    Kruse, S. (Speaker)

    01.11.201402.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  42. Briefing Note: "Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys"

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  43. Colloquium Presentation at the Political Science Department, Georg-August-University, Goettingen

    Welzel, C. (presenter)

    11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  44. Keynote Lecture: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  45. Colloquium an der Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    15.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  46. Annual Meeting, German Political Science Association - Comparative Politics Section 2013

    Welzel, C. (Participant)

    09.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. Colloquium Presentation: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  48. 110th American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition - APSA 2014

    Welzel, C. (presenter)

    16.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  49. 7. Doktoranden-Workshop des Norddeutsches Netzwerk der Demokratieforschung

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  50. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Keynote Speaker)

    21.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  51. Summer Retreat of the BIGSSS 2014

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    05.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  52. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    28.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  53. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    09.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  54. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    07.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  55. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Lecturer)

    02.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  56. 4th Annual Research Conference of the Laboratory of Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2014

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    04.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  57. Book Presenation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  58. Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  59. Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  60. From Sacrificing Life to Living It: Moral Evolution and the Emerging Mass Basis of Global Peace

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    31.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  61. Bi-annual General Assembly of the World Values Survey Association - WVS 2014

    Welzel, C. (presenter)

    03.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  62. Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  63. Keynote: "From Sacrificing Life to Living It: Moral Evolution and the Emerging Mass Basis of Global Peace"

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  64. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    12.02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  65. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association - WRSA 2014

    Welzel, C. (presenter)

    02.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  66. Book Launch: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)

    02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  67. Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    28.01.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  68. Key Lecture: "Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change"

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    01.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  69. University of California, Irvine

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2014

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  70. 2013
  71. Annual Meeting, German Political Science Association - Comparative Politics Section 2013

    Welzel, C. (presenter)

    09.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  72. Internationale Konferenz "Macht – Medien – Mitteleuropa: Dimensionen der Macht und mediales Spektakel" - 2013

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    19.09.201320.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. Political Communication in times of crisis - 2013

    Buß, B. (presenter)

    12.09.201313.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association - APSA 2013

    Welzel, C. (presenter)

    29.08.201301.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  75. 21. Tagung Junger Osteuropaexperten - DGO JOE 2013

    Buß, B. (Organiser)

    31.05.201302.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  76. Cambridge University Press (Publisher)

    Welzel, C. (Editor)

    2013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  77. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting lecturer)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  78. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  79. University of California, Irvine

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  80. 2012
  81. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    13.08.201212.11.2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionEducation

  82. The Influence of Media-Politics-Parallelism on Political Participation and Pluralism

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    04.07.201206.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  83. Wandel der Medienstrukturen: Komparative Analyse in zehn mittel- und osteuropäischen Staaten

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    01.06.201203.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  84. Vortrag

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    15.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  85. Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    23.04.201227.04.2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionEducation

  86. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association - PSA 2012

    Welzel, C. (Speaker) & Alexander, A. (Speaker)

    22.03.201225.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  87. 51st Annual Meeting der Western Regional Science Association - WRSA 2012

    Welzel, C. (Speaker) & Alexander, A. (Speaker)

    08.02.201211.02.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  88. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  89. University of California, Irvine

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  90. 2011
  91. Politischer Parallelismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Ergebnisse einer statistisch-vergleichenden Analyse

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    25.11.201127.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  92. 2. Workshop Netzwerk Medienstrukturen - 2011

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    13.10.201115.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  93. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    17.08.201130.11.2011

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionEducation

  94. Measuring the Quality of Democracies - 2011

    Welzel, C. (Opponent)

    12.05.201114.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  95. Comparative Perspectives on Social Values and Modernization - 2011

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    24.04.201127.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  96. Große Transformation zur klimaverträglichen Gesellschaft 2011

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    07.04.201108.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  97. Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association - 2011

    Welzel, C. (Participant)

    16.03.201119.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  98. Mapping and Tracking Global Cultural Change - 2011

    Welzel, C. (Organiser)

    11.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  99. Is more always better? 2011

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    13.01.201115.01.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  100. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2011

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  101. University of California, Irvine

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2011

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  102. 2010
  103. European Communication Research and Education Association (External organisation)

    Buß, B. (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  104. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)

    Buß, B. (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  105. 2008
  106. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)

    Welzel, C. (Member)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  107. World Values Survey Association (External organisation)

    Welzel, C. (Member)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  108. 2004
  109. Constructor University Bremen (External organisation)

    Welzel, C. (Coordinator)

    20042006

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesEducation