Center for the Study of Democracy

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at Leuphana University Lüneburg conducts research on democratic structures and procedures in politics and society, economics and the environment. The central focus of research is on questions of legitimacy and performance of democracy in the 21st century. The Center's research activities focus on three main areas: Value Change and Human Empowerment, Party Government and Institutional Change and Participation and Public Policy. In addition, the CSD engages in active promotion of younger researchers as well as in international and regional networking of democracy research institutions.

Topics

  • Value Change and Human Empowerment
  • Party Government and Institutional Change
  • Participation and Public Policy

Service offers

  • PHD-Summerschool
  • Politikberatung
  1. 2015
  2. Society for Civic Education Didactics and Civic Youth and Adult Education e.V. (External organisation)

    Tonio Oeftering (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsEducation

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

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  4. Victoria University of Wellington (External organisation)

    Marion Reiser (Coordinator)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  5. „Votum – Beiträge aus Politischer Bildung und Politikwissenschaft" (Journal)

    Tonio Oeftering (Editor)

    2015 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsEducation

  6. Workshop des Arbeitskreises Natur-Ressourcen-Konflikte - 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    09.01.2015

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

  7. Politik als Experiment?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    12.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" - 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    15.01.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Politikwissenschaft in den Kulturwissenschaften

    Vera van Hüllen (Panel participant)

    27.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Game Theory and Applications for Political Science

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Speaker)

    01.02.201513.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    03.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences: Qualitative Interpretive Methods

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    13.02.201520.02.2015

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

  14. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    18.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    24.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Tagung der Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft - DVPW 2015

    Ina Kubbe (Organiser) & Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    25.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Verfassungspolitik in Albanien: Machtinstrument oder heilige Kuh?

    Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann (presenter)

    25.02.201527.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  18. 6. Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    26.02.2015

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

  19. Tel Aviv University

    Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)

    26.02.201506.04.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

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

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. Sachverständige im Bayerischen Landtag: Ausschuss für Kommunale Fragen, Innere Sicherheit und Sport

    Marion Reiser (Reviewer)

    04.03.2015

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer