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
  1. 2019
  2. International Biennial Conference - EUSA 2019

    Michelangelo Vercesi (Chair)

    09.05.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 'A Professional Elite? Pre-Parliamentary Experience and Leadership Roles in the European Parliament'

    Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)

    11.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Stefan Kruse (Lecturer)

    13.05.201918.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  5. Theorie und Praxis öffentlicher Güter

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    28.06.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  6. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods - 2019

    Stefan Kruse (Participant)

    22.07.201918.08.2019

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

  7. Professionalisation in the European Parliament: The Impact of Different Multi-Level Careers on the Definition of Institutional Leadership

    Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter) & Salvati Eugenio (Coauthor)

    04.09.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  8. Environmental Governance of the Belt and Road Initiative

    Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Edward Challies (Coauthor), Simon Bager (Coauthor) & Patrick Meyfroidt (Coauthor)

    05.09.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Vergleichende Parlamentarismusforschung

    Michael Koß (Speaker)

    10.10.201911.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Workshop für die Autor:innen des Handbooks on the Politics of Taxation

    Lukas Hakelberg (Organiser)

    10.10.2019

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

  11. Building trust in early childhood education and care. The role of local civil society

    Sybille Münch (Speaker) & Anna Siede (Speaker)

    11.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Presentation: Nexus of Housing and Migration

    Sybille Münch (Speaker)

    23.10.2019

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

  13. Erhalt und Zusammenbruch der legislativen Demokratie. Frankreich und Deutschland im Vergleich

    Michael Koß (Oral presentation)

    14.11.2019

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

  14. Paths to Power and Legitimacy: The Impact of Legislators’ Experience on Policy-Making in the European Parliament

    Eugenio Salvati (presenter) & Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)

    29.11.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. 2020
  16. Politische Vierteljahresschrift (Journal)

    Michael Koß (Reviewer)

    27.01.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  17. Journal of European Integration (Journal)

    Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)

    02.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  18. SOLWODI-Fachtagung 2020

    Sybille Münch (Participant)

    03.02.202004.02.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  19. West European Politics (Journal)

    Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)

    03.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  20. Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)

    Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)

    04.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  21. Review of International Organizations (Journal)

    Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)

    04.2020 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch