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. Konferenz „Politische Kommunikation und Interessenvertretung erleben”

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)

    16.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  2. "Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  4. Late Summer School, Graduate School of Politics, Münster: Qualitative Analysis of Interview Data - 2013

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    07.10.201309.10.2013

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

  5. Latin American Faculty for Social Sciences (FLACSO)

    Tobias Lenz (Visiting researcher)

    06.200907.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  6. LCSR International Annual Research Conference 2015

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Participant)

    16.11.201520.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2016

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    23.02.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  8. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)

    200604.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)

    04.201403.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  10. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Jan Günter Berz (Member)

    13.06.201631.08.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  11. Leuven-Montréal Winter School on Elections 2017

    Jan Günter Berz (Speaker)

    25.02.201705.03.2017

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

  12. Local Interest Representation in Multi-Level Parties

    Marion Reiser (Lecturer)

    25.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Local responses to international democracy promotion efforts: EU cooperation with Morocco & Tunisia before the Arab Spring

    Vera van Hüllen (Oral presentation)

    23.10.201524.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. London School of Economics and Political Science

    Jessica Sabrina Kunert (Visiting researcher)

    01.10.201231.03.2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  15. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    20172019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  16. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    20142019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  17. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    20142019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

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

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. MEPs on the Web - different from national MPs or just the same? Socialisation and the new digital media in the European Parliament

    Jessica Sabrina Kunert (Oral presentation)

    28.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch