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
Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
Thomas Saretzki (Organiser) & Michael Rose (Moderator)
01.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Designed to fail?: Regional human rights institutions in the Middle East and North Africa and the 'Arab Spring'
Vera van Hüllen (Oral presentation)
25.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen e.V. (External organisation)
Michael Koß (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
DFG-Forschungsinitiative Heterogenität der Universitäten Hamburg und Lüneburg 2011 (Event)
Andreas Lutter (Member)
06.2011Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Die Entwicklung der Regierungssysteme im post-sozialistischen Europa
Esther Seha (Speaker)
01.06.2012 → 03.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Direkte Demokratie in der Kritik: Emanzipatorische Perspektiven in Zeiten des Rechtspopulismus
Katja Heeß (Speaker)
04.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Disaggregating Democracy and the Legitimization of Functionally Fragmented Governance beyond the State
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Doing Democracy? Democracy and Populism in the EU after the “Refugee Crisis"
Astrid Séville (Speaker)
01.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Doktorandenkurs: Fallauswahl und komparative Methoden in den Sozialwissenschaften - 2013
Veit Ebermann (Participant)
18.01.2013 → 25.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research