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. 2017
  2. Aggressive Steuervermeidung multinationaler Unternehmen - ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    23.11.201724.11.2017

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

  3. Polis-Kolloquium des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft, FernUniversität in Hagen

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    21.11.2017

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

  4. "Fees must fall" - South African Student Protests in the Context of (informal) Citizenship Education."

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    06.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  5. Herbsttagung der DVPW Sektion „Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte“ 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    28.09.201729.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. CfP Sektionstagung 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    21.09.201722.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Sommerakademie der Grünen Akademie der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    02.09.201703.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  8. Spanish Association of Political Science (AECPA) Conference 2017

    Xavier Romero (presenter)

    09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Berlin Summer School

    Lea-Katharina Rzadtki (Participant)

    16.07.201727.07.2017

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

  10. Verbraucherpolitik jenseits des Otto Normalverbrauchers

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    10.07.2017

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

  11. 12th Interpretative Policy Analysis Conference - IPA 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    06.07.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Interpreting challenges to democracy as stress: Conceptual implications and analytical perspectives

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    06.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. International Closing Conference of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    22.06.201724.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Jahrestagung der GPJE 2017

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant) & Julia Oppermann (Participant)

    22.06.201724.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  15. Preisverleihung des „bap‐Preis Politische Bildung 2017“

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    15.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  16. Tuesday Seminar, Kolloquium des ZDEMO 2017

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    13.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  17. BarCamp Menschenrechte – stiftung.gemeinsam.stärken

    Tonio Oeftering (Organiser)

    13.05.2017

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

  18. Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken. Eine empirische Bedarfsanalyse.

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    13.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  19. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe Hermeneutische Politikdidaktik der GPJE 2017

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    06.05.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  20. Workshop des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung für Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser)

    05.05.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Direkte Demokratie in der Kritik: Emanzipatorische Perspektiven in Zeiten des Rechtspopulismus

    Katja Heeß (Speaker)

    04.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  22. 75th Annual MPSA Conference Midwestern Political Science Association - 2017

    Stefan Kruse (presenter)

    06.04.201709.04.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. Workshop on Integrity in Non-medical Research

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    03.04.201704.04.2017

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

  24. 75th Annual Midwestern Political Science Association Conference - MPSA 2017

    Xavier Romero (presenter)

    04.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Jornada de Comportament Polític i Opinió Pública 2017

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    03.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. 58th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2017

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    25.02.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  27. Leuven-Montréal Winter School on Elections 2017

    Jan Günter Berz (Speaker)

    25.02.201705.03.2017

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

  28. Politisierung von Experimenten – Experimentalisierung des Politischen?

    Thomas Saretzki (Lecturer)

    18.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  29. German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)

    Thomas Saretzki (Member)

    20172022

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  30. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    20172019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  31. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Publisher)

    Tonio Oeftering (Editor)

    2017 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesEducation

  32. Sachverständige in der Enquete-Kommission 'Stärkung der Demokratie' im Landtag Sachsen-Anhalt

    Marion Reiser (Reviewer)

    2017

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  33. 2016
  34. "Was ist Politische Bildung? Eine empirische Erhebung der Vorstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden."

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    19.12.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  35. "Der aktuelle Stand der Didaktik im Fach Politik"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    30.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  36. Meta analysis as a strategy of evidence-based participation research: The example of the project ‘EDGE’

    Jens Newig (Speaker)

    28.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  37. Kinderuni 2016

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    19.11.2016

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

  38. 1. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" - AJEB der GPJE 2016

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    18.11.2016

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

  39. Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung - eine Bestandsaufnahme

    Tonio Oeftering (Organiser)

    17.11.201618.11.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  40. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" der GPJE

    Lena Wach (Speaker)

    17.11.201618.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Democratic Anger and Anxiety

    Marion Reiser (Participant)

    10.11.201611.11.2016

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

  42. German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)

    01.11.201630.10.2018

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  43. Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Chair)

    18.10.2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  44. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Parteienforschung 2016

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    14.10.201615.10.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. Social Movements Conference

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (presenter)

    10.10.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. 3-Ländertagung

    Thomas Saretzki (Opponent)

    30.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. 10th ECPR General Conference 2016

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    07.09.201610.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    07.09.201610.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting - APSA 2016

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    01.09.201604.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. 9th CIS Summer Seminar on Sociological and Political Research 2016

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    08.2016

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

  51. 6th ECPR Graduate Student Conference 2016

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    10.07.201613.07.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  52. Präsentation "Leader Effects of Prime Ministers in Parliamentary Elections"

    Jan Günter Berz (Speaker)

    10.07.201613.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  53. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Jan Günter Berz (Member)

    13.06.201631.08.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  54. Soziologie der Parlamente?

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    10.06.201611.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  55. Workshop on "Political Executives in Democratic and Autocratic Regimes"

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)

    02.06.201603.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  56. Demokratieexport? Dilemmata externer Demokratieförderung

    Vera van Hüllen (Lecturer)

    01.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Vera van Hüllen (Lecturer)

    30.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  58. Autoren-Workshop

    Christian Welzel (Organiser)

    17.05.201619.05.2016

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

  59. Interactions between social movements and international organisations

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    06.05.2016

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

  60. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2016

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    17.03.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  61. Der „fachdidaktische Code“ der Lebenswelt- und/oder (?) Situationsorientierung in der fachdidaktischen Diskussion der sozialwissenschaftlichen Unterrichtsfächer sowie des Lernfeldkonzepts

    Tonio Oeftering (Organiser)

    07.03.201608.03.2016

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

  62. Workshop, International Academy Berlin: Qualitative Content Analysis

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    03.03.201604.03.2016

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

  63. Public Lecture & Kick-Off-Meeting of the Working Group “Movements & Institutions”

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Organiser)

    26.02.2016

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

  64. Einwanderungsland Europa - Was kann politische Bildung?

    Tonio Oeftering (Panel participant)

    23.02.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  65. Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2016

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    23.02.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  66. POLITIKUM - Analysen, Kontroversen, Bildung: Vierteljahreszeitschrift des Wochenschau Verlags

    Marion Reiser (Consultant)

    20162019

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  67. 2015
  68. Re-Reading Risse - 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Participant)

    18.12.201519.12.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  69. Designed to fail?: Regional human rights institutions in the Middle East and North Africa and the 'Arab Spring'

    Vera van Hüllen (Oral presentation)

    25.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  70. 5th International Annual Conference Laboratory for Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2015

    Stefan Kruse (Speaker)

    16.11.201520.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  71. LCSR International Annual Research Conference 2015

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Participant)

    16.11.201520.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  72. Tagung der Sektion Land- und Agrarsoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DGS 2015

    Esther Marie Seha (Speaker)

    06.11.201507.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. Local responses to international democracy promotion efforts: EU cooperation with Morocco & Tunisia before the Arab Spring

    Vera van Hüllen (Oral presentation)

    23.10.201524.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  74. Workshop on Gender Responsive Policy Making - 2015

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Organiser)

    21.10.201522.10.2015

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

  75. Declining Trust in Institutions: Why We Should Not Worry

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  76. Conference Analyzing Panel and Spatial Data - 2015

    Stefan Kruse (Participant)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

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

  77. German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)

    Vera van Hüllen (Office)

    24.09.20152018

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  78. 26. Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft - 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Participant)

    21.09.201525.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  79. 25th ECPR PhD Summer School on "Political Parties and Democracy" - 2015

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)

    13.09.201519.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  80. European Consortium for Political Research Summer School - ECPR 2015

    Marion Reiser (Organiser)

    13.09.201519.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  81. Tagung Bridging and Bonding - 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (presenter)

    12.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Coordinator)

    11.09.2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  83. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  84. Stein Rokkan Award Ceremony: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  85. The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  86. Empirical Research Methods on Legitimacy: Repertory Grid as the Interface between „Measuring“ and „Evaluating“

    Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann (presenter)

    26.08.201529.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  87. Reciprocity and Democracy

    Ina Kubbe (presenter)

    26.08.201529.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  88. Local Interest Representation in Multi-Level Parties

    Marion Reiser (Lecturer)

    25.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  89. Food and Political Science: A mutually enlightening relationship?

    Esther Marie Seha (Oral presentation)

    06.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  90. Workshop on "The State and beyond: Actor constellations in resource conflicts" - 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Organiser)

    17.07.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  91. Einmal AstEI, immer AstEI

    Vera van Hüllen (Panel participant)

    03.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  92. Oslo University

    Marion Reiser (Visiting researcher)

    07.201510.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch