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. Unterricht Wirtschaft + Politik (Journal)

    Andreas Lutter (Editor)

    08.2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  2. US Power and the Harmonization of Company Taxation in the EU

    Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)

    20.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Utrecht University

    Jens Newig (Visiting researcher)

    2021 → …

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  4. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute

    Stefan Kruse (Oral presentation)

    27.03.201929.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Verbraucherpolitik jenseits des Otto Normalverbrauchers

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    10.07.2017

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

  6. Verein für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung e.V. (External organisation)

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Coordinator)

    11.09.2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  7. Verfassungspolitik in Albanien: Machtinstrument oder heilige Kuh?

    Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann (presenter)

    25.02.201527.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  8. Vergleichende Parlamentarismusforschung

    Michael Koß (Speaker)

    10.10.201911.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Verzichten - müssen, können, lernen

    Astrid Séville (Moderator), Elena Schirnding de Almeida (Speaker) & Doris Kleilein (Speaker)

    16.05.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Victoria University of Wellington (External organisation)

    Marion Reiser (Coordinator)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch