Center for the Study of Democracy

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Democracy was founded on 2 June 2004 on the recommendation of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. Hans Dieter Klingemann. Founding Director and Head of the CSD from 2004 to 2018 was Professor Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel. 

The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) brings together the research activities of the members of the Institute for Political Science (IPW) under one roof. The Center is primarily concerned with the analysis of democratic orders and processes. The research activities can be divided into three core areas:

  • The institutional, ideational and material foundations of democratic orders;
  • The drivers of political change in these orders;
  • And the impact of democratic policymaking on society, economy and the environment.

The Centre is also actively involved in promoting young scientists and fosters the international and regional networking of research institutions devoted to the study of democracy.

 

Main research areas

The activities of the CSD include:

  • Implementing research projects on the three core topics: foundations, transformation, and impact of democracy
  • Organization of international conferences and workshops on current issues of democracy research
  • Collection and coordination of international data sets, especially the World Values Survey, the Comparative Political Data Set, and the database on Central and Eastern European Political Systems and Governments
  • Promotion of research in the form of doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships at the Center
  • Hosting regular guest lectures by internationally renowned scientists and early career researchers
  • Active scientific promotion of young talent in the form of regular doctoral seminars on theories and methods of democracy research as well as in the form of summer schools for doctorate students and inter-university graduate networks
  • Establishing contacts between science and practice

Teaching

  • PHD-Summerschool
  • Politikberatung
  1. Assessing knowledge cumulation in earth system governance research: An analysis of 100 published ESG papers

    Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Speaker)

    21.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. “Assessing Representative Democracy, the Democratic Deficit and Institutional Reform

    Grotz, F. (Lecturer)

    25.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Auftaktveranstaltung der Reihe „Förder-institutionen im Gespräch“: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

    Saretzki, T. (Participant)

    30.06.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Auftaktveranstaltung des Projekts Jugend und Demokratie 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  5. Ausländerbehörden zwischen “Willkommen“ und Rückkehr

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    18.09.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Autocratic Adaptation, Autocratic Legacies and Fundamentalist Islam in Niger

    Elischer, S. (Lecturer)

    03.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Autoren-Workshop

    Welzel, C. (Organiser)

    17.05.201619.05.2016

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

  8. BarCamp Menschenrechte – stiftung.gemeinsam.stärken

    Oeftering, T. (Organiser)

    13.05.2017

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

  9. Berlin Summer School

    Rzadtki, L.-K. (Participant)

    16.07.201727.07.2017

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

  10. Berlin Summer School "Democracy and Democratization" 2012

    Kubbe, I. (Participant)

    15.07.201227.07.2012

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

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