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
  1. The Colonial Origins of Tax Havenry

    Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)

    22.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  2. The EU governs beyond borders to address the displacement of environmental impacts

    Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Edward Challies (Coauthor) & Simon Bager (Coauthor)

    31.08.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)

    Björn Buß (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  4. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  5. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    2018

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  6. The European Union as an external actor in the 'Arab Spring'

    Vera van Hüllen (Lecturer)

    30.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. The EU’s Governance Transfer. From External Promotion to Internal Protection?

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    03.04.201306.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. The Future of the EU after Lisbon - the Crisis and Democracy in Europe

    Dawid Friedrich (Lecturer)

    2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. The German Assisted Return Regime – an interpretive approach

    Sybille Münch (Speaker) & Leonie Jantzer (Speaker)

    02.07.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. The Influence of Media-Politics-Parallelism on Political Participation and Pluralism

    Björn Buß (Speaker)

    04.07.201206.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch