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
Journal of European Public Policy (Journal)
Dawid Friedrich (Editor) & Sandra Kröger (Editorial Board)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
Just Leave Us Alone: The Arab League and Human Rights
Vera van Hüllen (presenter)
07.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Kaminabend der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Astrid Séville (Organiser), Viola Priesemann (Speaker), Peter Strohschneider (Speaker), Urs Hafner (Speaker) & Anna Stöckl (Speaker)
01.01.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Key Lecture: "Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change"
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Key Lecture: The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens
Christian Welzel (Lecturer)
07.04.2015 → 10.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Keynote: "From Sacrificing Life to Living It: Moral Evolution and the Emerging Mass Basis of Global Peace"
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Keynote Lecture: "Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?"
Christian Welzel (Lecturer)
12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Keynote Lecture: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Keyonte: Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person – A Tribute to a Stellar Career
Christian Welzel (Lecturer)
22.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Kinderuni 2016
Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)
19.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education