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
- Learned societies and special interest organisations
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
Michael Koß (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Society for Civic Education Didactics and Civic Youth and Adult Education e.V. (External organisation)
Tonio Oeftering (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Education
Society for Civic Education Didactics and Civic Youth and Adult Education e.V. (External organisation)
Tonio Oeftering (Member)
2012 → 2016Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Education
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)
Björn Buß (Member)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Transparency International Deutschland e.V. (External organisation)
Michael Koß (Member)
2003 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
- Leuphana academic councils and committees
German National Academic Foundation (External organisation)
Jens Newig (Office)
2014 → 2022Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)
Marion Reiser (Chair)
18.10.2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)
Marion Reiser (Office)
10.2014 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)
Jens Newig (Chair)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)
2006 → 04.2012Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)
04.2014 → 03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Jan Günter Berz (Member)
13.06.2016 → 31.08.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Chair)
12.2011 → 05.2012Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Chair)
02.2014 → 06.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Marion Reiser (Member)
10.2014 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Marion Reiser (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Jens Newig (Office)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- Visiting an external academic institution
Boston University
Esther Marie Seha (Visiting researcher)
01.05.2015 → 31.07.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
European University, Florenz
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)
09.2014 → 12.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
European University, Florenz
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)
01.2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
23.04.2012 → 27.04.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg
Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)
05.2008 → 06.2008Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Latin American Faculty for Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Tobias Lenz (Visiting researcher)
06.2009 → 07.2009Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
London School of Economics and Political Science
Jessica Sabrina Kunert (Visiting researcher)
01.10.2012 → 31.03.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Christian Welzel (Visiting lecturer)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
2011Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Oslo University
Marion Reiser (Visiting researcher)
07.2015 → 10.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Tel Aviv University
Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)
26.02.2015 → 06.04.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
The Australian National University
Sabine Stumpf (Visiting researcher)
21.03.2012 → 10.05.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Birmingham
Marion Reiser (Visiting researcher)
11.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of California, Irvine
Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)
01.2014 → 04.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of California, Irvine
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of California, Irvine
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of California, Irvine
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of California, Irvine
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
2011Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of California, Irvine
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)
2012 → 2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Copenhagen
Marion Reiser (Visiting researcher)
02.2012 → 07.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Siena
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)
11.2013 → 12.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Siena
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)
01.01.2014 → 15.02.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Strathclyde
Xavier Romero (Visiting researcher)
2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Utrecht University
Jens Newig (Visiting researcher)
2021 → …Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Zentrum für Unabhängige Sozialforschung
Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)
04.2006 → 07.2006Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- Academic Consultant
Hamburger interkulturelle Beratungsstellen für Opfer von häuslicher Gewalt und Zwangsheirat LÂLE und verikom-i.bera der Träger Interkulturelle Begegnungsstätte e.V. und verikom e.V.
Tina Alicke (Reviewer) & Sybille Münch (Reviewer)
06.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Klausurtagung niedersächsische Regierungskommission "Klimaschutz"
Veit Ebermann (Consultant)
29.06.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
POLITIKUM - Analysen, Kontroversen, Bildung: Vierteljahreszeitschrift des Wochenschau Verlags
Marion Reiser (Consultant)
2016 → 2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Professor Müller-Rommel im internationalem Beirat am European University Institute, Florenz
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Consultant)
2014Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Sachverständige im Bayerischen Landtag: Ausschuss für Kommunale Fragen, Innere Sicherheit und Sport
Marion Reiser (Reviewer)
04.03.2015Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Sachverständige in der Enquete-Kommission 'Stärkung der Demokratie' im Landtag Sachsen-Anhalt
Marion Reiser (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Wirtschaftsfaktor Hochschule: Endbericht zur Metastudie
Miriam Hufnagl (Reviewer), Torben Schubert (Reviewer), Elisabeth Baier (Reviewer), Niclas Meyer (Reviewer), Esther Schricke (Reviewer) & Thomas Stahlecker (Reviewer)
07.11.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
- Peer review of project proposals
Teilnahme Konstituierende Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Reviewer)
14.03.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Teilnahme Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Reviewer)
10.05.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Teilnahme Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Reviewer)
18.10.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
- Peer review of publicationen
Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)
Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)
04.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of European Integration (Journal)
Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)
02.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Politische Vierteljahresschrift (Journal)
Michael Koß (Reviewer)
27.01.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Review of International Organizations (Journal)
Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)
04.2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
West European Politics (Journal)
Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)
03.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- Conference Presentations
36. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft: "Persönlichkeit und Politik"
Henrike Wehrkamp (Speaker)
29.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3rd International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
10.01.2013 → 11.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
8. Heppenheimer Tage zur Christlichen Gesellschaftsethik
Alexander Leipold (Speaker)
20.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Annual Meeting WPSA Conference
Stefan Kruse (Speaker)
18.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Assessing knowledge cumulation in earth system governance research: An analysis of 100 published ESG papers
Michael Rose (Speaker) & Jens Newig (Speaker)
21.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ausländerbehörden zwischen “Willkommen“ und Rückkehr
Sybille Münch (Speaker)
18.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bringing the region back in? German Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) between regional engagement and isolated business
Miriam Hufnagl (Speaker) & Nicole Schulze (Speaker)
25.08.2011 → 27.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Building trust in early childhood education and care. The role of local civil society
Sybille Münch (Speaker) & Anna Siede (Speaker)
11.10.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Corruption and Trust: A model design
Ina Kubbe (Speaker)
29.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Entwicklung der Regierungssysteme im post-sozialistischen Europa
Esther Seha (Speaker)
01.06.2012 → 03.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Disaggregating Democracy and the Legitimization of Functionally Fragmented Governance beyond the State
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2018
Xavier Romero (Speaker)
04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Governance of a Belt and Road Project in Montenegro – National Agency and External Influences
Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor) & Patrick Meyfroidt (Coauthor)
07.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Governance of the Belt and Road Initiative
Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Edward Challies (Coauthor), Simon Bager (Coauthor) & Patrick Meyfroidt (Coauthor)
05.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental governance research: Interdisciplinary, Policy-oriented - and Cumulative?
Michael Rose (Speaker) & Jens Newig (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Evidence-based policy-making? Die Bedeutung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse in politischen Prozessen
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
24.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Explaining the performance of participatory and collaborative governance in addressing long-term environmental policy issues
Jens Newig (Speaker), Michael Rose (Coauthor) & Nicolas Wilhelm Jager (Coauthor)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Christian Welzel (Keynote Speaker)
21.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Integrativ-strategische Politikfelder für den Umgang mit Komplexität?
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
21.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International experience and recommendations
Michael Koß (Oral presentation)
09.12.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interpreting challenges to democracy as stress: Conceptual implications and analytical perspectives
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
06.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Is Neoliberalism Still Spreading?
Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)
11.06.2018 → 13.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" der GPJE
Lena Wach (Speaker)
17.11.2016 → 18.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Modes and impacts of sustainability research. Introducing ‘MONA: Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes – A comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects’
Jens Newig (Speaker)
08.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Multi-Level Parties and Local Interest Representation: First Approaches Towards a More Encompassing Research Design
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
24.08.2011 → 27.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Negotiating Democracy (Promotion) with Authoritarian Regimes:The EU & North Africa
Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)
05.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
No participation without representation: demands and supplies on representation in European participatory governance
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Paper: The Multilevel Governance of Deportation – is Access to local Membership possible?
Sybille Münch (Speaker)
05.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Paths to Power and Legitimacy: The Impact of Legislators’ Experience on Policy-Making in the European Parliament
Eugenio Salvati (presenter) & Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)
29.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Podiumsdiskussion
Sybille Münch (Speaker)
25.06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Police, Politics, Polis – Policing refugees in the city
Sybille Münch (Speaker) & Marilena Geugjes (Speaker)
08.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Politikfelder als Strategie? Genese, Grenze und Dynamik der Klima- und Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker) & Ralf Tils (Speaker)
26.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Politische Korruption in Europa
Ina Kubbe (Speaker)
25.11.2011 → 27.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Politischer Parallelismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Ergebnisse einer statistisch-vergleichenden Analyse
Björn Buß (Speaker)
25.11.2011 → 27.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Präsentation: Deutsche Migrationspolitik im Mehrebenensystem. Zur Rolle von Städten und Kommunen bei Abschiebung und Rückkehrförderung
Sybille Münch (Speaker)
04.10.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexive Demokratie: eine metapolitische Reaktion auf die dritte demokratische Transformation
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
31.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Relating future challenges, civil society and technology assessment in participatory processes of research and innovation policy – transforming future high-tech strategies?
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
09.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Repräsentation und innerparteiliche Kandidatenaufstellung. Repräsentationsvorstellungen und Selektionskriterien bei der Aufstellung der Direktkandidaten
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
24.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research