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. Autoren-Workshop

    Christian Welzel (Organiser)

    17.05.201619.05.2016

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

  2. Autocratic Adaptation, Autocratic Legacies and Fundamentalist Islam in Niger

    Sebastian Elischer (Lecturer)

    03.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. 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

  4. Ausländerbehörden zwischen “Willkommen“ und Rückkehr

    Sybille Münch (Speaker)

    18.09.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Auftaktveranstaltung des Projekts Jugend und Demokratie 2012

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  6. Auftaktveranstaltung der Reihe „Förder-institutionen im Gespräch“: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    30.06.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. “Assessing Representative Democracy, the Democratic Deficit and Institutional Reform

    Florian Grotz (Lecturer)

    25.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Assessing knowledge cumulation in earth system governance research: An analysis of 100 published ESG papers

    Michael Rose (Speaker) & Jens Newig (Speaker)

    21.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e.V. (AFK) (External organisation)

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)

    2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  10. 'A Professional Elite? Pre-Parliamentary Experience and Leadership Roles in the European Parliament'

    Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)

    11.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  11. Annual Meeting WPSA Conference

    Stefan Kruse (Speaker)

    18.04.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association's - APSA 2012

    Amy Alexander (Speaker)

    30.08.201202.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association - APSA 2013

    Christian Welzel (presenter)

    29.08.201301.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Christian Welzel (presenter)

    09.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. 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

  16. Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    15.07.201327.07.2013

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

  17. Annual International Conference of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe" - KFG 2013

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    12.12.201314.12.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 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

  19. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    18.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association - EPSA 2019

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch