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. 2014
  2. IPSA Research Committee on Political Sociology (External organisation)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Executive member)

    11.2014

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  3. Keynote Lecture: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    23.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Understanding Corruption by Means of Experiments

    Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)

    23.10.201424.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Colloquium an der Higher School of Economics

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    15.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Annual Meeting, German Political Science Association - Comparative Politics Section 2013

    Christian Welzel (Participant)

    09.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Colloquium Presentation: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Office)

    10.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  10. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Member)

    10.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  11. Data Analysis: MAXQDA

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    25.09.2014

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