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. How Can We Measure Party Institutionalisation in Times of Personal Politics? A New Index and the Case of the Italian 5SM

    Michelangelo Vercesi (Speaker)

    13.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  2. Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    28.01.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Independent local lists and local parties - Challengers from Bottom Up? - 2009

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    27.11.200928.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Inklusion und Politische Bildung - Thesen

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    07.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Chair)

    18.10.2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  6. Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Office)

    10.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  7. Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)

    Jens Newig (Chair)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  8. Integrativ-strategische Politikfelder für den Umgang mit Komplexität?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    21.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch