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. 5th International Annual Conference Laboratory for Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2015

    Stefan Kruse (Speaker)

    16.11.201520.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  2. 5. Tagung des EU-Forschungsverbundes CAPRIGHT - Resources, Rights and Capabilities, towards a social foundation for Europe 2010

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012

    Esther Marie Seha (presenter)

    04.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser)

    04.05.2012

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

  5. 5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012

    Veit Ebermann (Participant)

    04.05.2012

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

  6. 58th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2017

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    25.02.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 57th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association - ASA 2014

    Sebastian Elischer (Speaker)

    21.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2013

    Vera van Hüllen (Chair)

    03.04.201306.04.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association - WRSA 2014

    Christian Welzel (presenter)

    02.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 51st Annual Meeting der Western Regional Science Association - WRSA 2012

    Christian Welzel (Speaker) & Amy Alexander (Speaker)

    08.02.201211.02.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. 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

  12. 4th Annual Research Conference of the Laboratory of Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2014

    Christian Welzel (Keynote speaker)

    09.11.201413.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. 4th Annual Research Conference of the Laboratory of Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2014

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    04.2014

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

  14. 4. Doktoranden-Workshop des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - 2011

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    29.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. 4. Doktoranden-Workshop des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - 2011

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    29.04.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. 42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. 42nd Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research - ECPRJS 2014

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (presenter)

    08.04.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. 3. Sitzung der Ethik-Kommission der DVPW

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    21.06.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 3rd International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    10.01.201311.01.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch