Center for the Study of Democracy
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Democracy was founded on 2 June 2004 on the recommendation of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. Hans Dieter Klingemann. Founding Director and Head of the CSD from 2004 to 2018 was Professor Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel.
The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) brings together the research activities of the members of the Institute for Political Science (IPW) under one roof. The Center is primarily concerned with the analysis of democratic orders and processes. The research activities can be divided into three core areas:
- The institutional, ideational and material foundations of democratic orders;
- The drivers of political change in these orders;
- And the impact of democratic policymaking on society, economy and the environment.
The Centre is also actively involved in promoting young scientists and fosters the international and regional networking of research institutions devoted to the study of democracy.
Main research areas
The activities of the CSD include:
- Implementing research projects on the three core topics: foundations, transformation, and impact of democracy
- Organization of international conferences and workshops on current issues of democracy research
- Collection and coordination of international data sets, especially the World Values Survey, the Comparative Political Data Set, and the database on Central and Eastern European Political Systems and Governments
- Promotion of research in the form of doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships at the Center
- Hosting regular guest lectures by internationally renowned scientists and early career researchers
- Active scientific promotion of young talent in the form of regular doctoral seminars on theories and methods of democracy research as well as in the form of summer schools for doctorate students and inter-university graduate networks
- Establishing contacts between science and practice
Teaching
- PHD-Summerschool
- Politikberatung
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)
2011Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Comparative Cross-National Surveys Data - 2013
Kronfeldt, M. (Participant)
28.07.2013 → 11.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling 2018
Kruse, S. (Participant)
11.07.2018 → 13.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Multi-Level Parties and Local Interest Representation: First Approaches Towards a More Encompassing Research Design
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
24.08.2011 → 27.08.2011Activity: 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’
Newig, J. (Speaker)
08.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Methods and Methodologies for Researching Globalization and Development - 2015
Kruse, S. (Speaker)
28.05.2015 → 29.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Methodenworkshop: Einführung in die Grounded-Theory-Methodologie (GTM) - 2013
Ebermann, V. (Participant)
23.09.2013 → 24.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Meta analysis as a strategy of evidence-based participation research: The example of the project ‘EDGE’
Newig, J. (Speaker)
28.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
MEPs on the Web - different from national MPs or just the same? Socialisation and the new digital media in the European Parliament
Kunert, J. S. (Oral presentation)
28.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research