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
- Guest lectures
The Future of the EU after Lisbon - the Crisis and Democracy in Europe
Dawid Friedrich (Lecturer)
2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Rise of Izala Islam in Niger
Sebastian Elischer (Oral presentation)
25.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Whiteness of Wealth Management: Colonial Economic Structure, Racism, and the Emergence of Tax Havens in the British Caribbean
Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)
29.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Understanding Corruption by Means of Experiments
Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)
23.10.2014 → 24.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
05.11.2014 → 06.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
US Power and the Harmonization of Company Taxation in the EU
Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)
20.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute
Stefan Kruse (Oral presentation)
27.03.2019 → 29.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vergleichende Parlamentarismusforschung
Michael Koß (Speaker)
10.10.2019 → 11.10.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Von Kategorien zu Basis- und Fachkonzepten - alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?
Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)
21.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research