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. Theorie und Praxis öffentlicher Güter

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    28.06.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  2. The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. The Rise of Izala Islam in Niger

    Sebastian Elischer (Oral presentation)

    25.03.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. The Sustainable State.

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser), Basil Bornemann (Organiser), Michael Rose (Moderator), Jens Newig (Organiser), Francesco Laruffa (Organiser) & Christen Marius (Organiser)

    01.06.202303.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Time Series Analysis for Political and Social Scientists - 2011

    Ina Kubbe (Participant)

    01.08.201112.08.2011

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

  6. Towards Inexperienced Leaders? Changing Prime Ministers’ Political Experiences and Career Profiles in European Democracies

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Coauthor), Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter) & Jan Berz (Coauthor)

    26.08.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Transparency International Deutschland e.V. (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    2003 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  8. Tuesday Seminar, Kolloquium des ZDEMO 2017

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    13.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  9. Understanding Corruption by Means of Experiments

    Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)

    23.10.201424.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Understanding Corruptive Behaviour by Means of Experiments

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    04.07.201206.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    05.11.201406.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. University of Birmingham

    Marion Reiser (Visiting researcher)

    11.2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  13. University of Bremen (External organisation)

    Andreas Lutter (Member)

    06.2011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  14. University of California, Irvine

    Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)

    01.201404.2014

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  15. University of California, Irvine

    Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)

    2014

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  16. University of California, Irvine

    Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch