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. 2013
  2. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Christian Welzel (Visiting lecturer)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  3. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  4. Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)

    Vera van Hüllen (Editor)

    20132015

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  5. University of California, Irvine

    Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  6. 2012
  7. Wer oder was macht mich zur Persönlichkeit?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    27.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. 4th Department for Business and Politics Paper Seminar 2012

    Miriam Hufnagl (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 6. Workshop des Netzwerks Sozialwissenschaftliche Klimaanpassungsforschung 2012

    Veit Ebermann (Participant)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Entwicklung von Klimaanpassungsstrategien auf Länderebene: ein Fallstudienvergleich

    Veit Ebermann (Oral presentation)

    21.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Workshop Relevanz regionaler Aktivitäten für Hochschulen und das Wissenschaftssystem 2012

    Miriam Hufnagl (Speaker)

    20.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. International Workshop "Expanding the TA landscape in Europe" - PACITA 2012

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    15.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch