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. Just Leave Us Alone: The Arab League and Human Rights

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    07.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  3. Why Being Democratic is Just Not Enough: The EU’s Governance Transfer

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter) & Tanja A. Börzel (Coauthor)

    07.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    18.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Jahreskolloquium 2015 der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung - AFK 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Moderator)

    19.03.201521.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Interdisziplinäre Tagung Kompetenz zum Widerstand: Eine vernachlässigte Bildungsaufgabe - 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  7. "Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    07.04.201510.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Experiments in Social Sciences: Method School

    Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)

    10.04.201511.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  12. 73d Annual COnference of the Midwest Political Science Association - MPSA 2015

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    16.04.201519.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Konferenz „Politische Kommunikation und Interessenvertretung erleben”

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)

    16.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  14. Was sind epistemische Regime?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    28.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Boston University

    Esther Marie Seha (Visiting researcher)

    01.05.201531.07.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  17. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    21.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Methods and Methodologies for Researching Globalization and Development - 2015

    Stefan Kruse (Speaker)

    28.05.201529.05.2015

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

  19. Tagung der GPJE 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    11.06.201513.06.2015

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

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

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    22.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. Oslo University

    Marion Reiser (Visiting researcher)

    07.201510.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch