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. Journal of European Public Policy (Journal)

    Dawid Friedrich (Editor) & Sandra Kröger (Editorial Board)

    2013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  2. Just Leave Us Alone: The Arab League and Human Rights

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    07.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  3. Kaminabend der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

    Astrid Séville (Organiser), Viola Priesemann (Speaker), Peter Strohschneider (Speaker), Urs Hafner (Speaker) & Anna Stöckl (Speaker)

    01.01.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Key Lecture: "Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change"

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    01.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Key Lecture: The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    07.04.201510.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Keynote Lecture: "Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?"

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Keynote Lecture: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Keyonte: Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person – A Tribute to a Stellar Career

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    22.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Kinderuni 2016

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    19.11.2016

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