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. Coming to Terms with the Imperial Presidency? Constitutional Reform in Kenya

    Sebastian Elischer (Oral presentation)

    27.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  2. Comparative Politics (Journal)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Editor)

    01.04.20132015

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  3. Conference Analyzing Panel and Spatial Data - 2015

    Stefan Kruse (Participant)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

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

  4. Conference: New trends of political representation in the EU: still democratic? 2012

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Conference on "The European Electoral Heritage: Ten Years of the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters" 2012

    Florian Grotz (Speaker)

    02.07.201203.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Constructor University Bremen (External organisation)

    Christian Welzel (Coordinator)

    20042006

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesEducation

  7. Containing and Accomodating Salafism in the Sahel: Insights and Lessons from Niger

    Sebastian Elischer (Oral presentation)

    12.12.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Convegno Nazionale. Il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri dallo Stato liberale allo Stato democratico fino all'Unione europea - 2019

    Michelangelo Vercesi (Speaker)

    20.02.201922.02.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Corruption and Trust: A model design

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    29.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. “Corruption and Trust: A Model Design”

    Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)

    26.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch