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. DVPW Kongress 2024, Panel "The Climate Crisis and Taxation"

    Lukas Hakelberg (Organiser)

    27.09.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  2. Doktorandinnen- und Doktorandenworkshop der Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

    Ina Kubbe (Organiser)

    19.06.201420.06.2100

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Doktorandenkurs: Fallauswahl und komparative Methoden in den Sozialwissenschaften - 2013

    Veit Ebermann (Participant)

    18.01.201325.01.2013

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

  4. Disaggregating Democracy and the Legitimization of Functionally Fragmented Governance beyond the State

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Katja Heeß (Speaker)

    04.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  6. Die Entwicklung der Regierungssysteme im post-sozialistischen Europa

    Esther Seha (Speaker)

    01.06.201203.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. DFG-Forschungsinitiative Heterogenität der Universitäten Hamburg und Lüneburg 2011 (Event)

    Andreas Lutter (Member)

    06.2011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  8. Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen e.V. (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser) & Michael Rose (Moderator)

    01.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  12. 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

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

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    30.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  14. Demokratie in der Krise? Alternative Autoritarismus? Vergleiche – Gefahren – Perspektiven

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    14.03.2018

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

  15. Demokratieexport? Dilemmata externer Demokratieförderung

    Vera van Hüllen (Lecturer)

    01.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  16. 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

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

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Data Analysis: MAXQDA

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    25.09.2014

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

  19. Corruption in Comparative Perspective

    Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)

    02.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. “Corruption and Trust: A Model Design”

    Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)

    26.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch