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. Teilnahme Konstituierende Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Reviewer)

    14.03.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  2. Teilnahme Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Reviewer)

    10.05.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  3. Teilnahme Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Reviewer)

    18.10.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  4. Tel Aviv University

    Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)

    26.02.201506.04.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  5. The Australian National University

    Sabine Stumpf (Visiting researcher)

    21.03.201210.05.2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  6. “The Bigger Picture of Corruption: A Comparative Analysis of Europe and the Rest of the World”, 03.03.2014.

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    03.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. The Colonial Origins of Tax Havenry

    Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)

    22.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. 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

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

    Björn Buß (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch