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. Interpreting challenges to democracy as stress: Conceptual implications and analytical perspectives

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    06.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods - 2019

    Stefan Kruse (Participant)

    22.07.201918.08.2019

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

  3. IPSA Research Committee on Political Sociology (External organisation)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Executive member)

    11.2014

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  4. „Is it all about profit? Corruption in European Comparative Perspective”

    Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)

    10.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Is it all about profit?: Corruption in European Comparative Perspective

    Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)

    11.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Is Neoliberalism Still Spreading?

    Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)

    11.06.201813.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  7. “It’s all about profit: Determinants of Corruption in European Comparative Perspective”

    Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)

    11.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Jahreskolloquium 2015 der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung - AFK 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Moderator)

    19.03.201521.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Jahrestagung 2005 des Arbeitskreises Parteienforschung der DVPW

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    02.06.200503.06.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" der GPJE

    Lena Wach (Speaker)

    17.11.201618.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch