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. Kolloquium "Politik von unten" - Arbeitskreis soziale Bewegung der DVPW

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    09.2014

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

  2. Konferenz des European Consortium for Political Research's Standing Group on International Relations - 2010

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Konferenz „Politische Kommunikation und Interessenvertretung erleben”

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)

    16.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  4. "Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  6. Late Summer School, Graduate School of Politics, Münster: Qualitative Analysis of Interview Data - 2013

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    07.10.201309.10.2013

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

  7. Latin American Faculty for Social Sciences (FLACSO)

    Tobias Lenz (Visiting researcher)

    06.200907.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  8. LCSR International Annual Research Conference 2015

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Participant)

    16.11.201520.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch