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. 6th Pan-European Conference of the ECPR's Standing Group on the European Union 2012

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  2. 6th Pan-European Conference of the ECPR's Standing Group on the European Union 2012

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

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

  3. 6th General Conference of the The European Consortium for Political Research - ECPR 2011

    Dawid Friedrich (Organiser)

    08.2011

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

  4. 6th ECPR Graduate Student Conference 2016

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    10.07.201613.07.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 6. Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    26.02.2015

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

  6. 6. Kolloquium des Nachwuchsnetzwerkes Politische Kommunikation - NaPoKo 2014

    Jessica Sabrina Kunert (Organiser)

    06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 6. Doktorandenworkshop des Netzwerks Norddeutscher Demokratieforschung - NND 2013

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser)

    31.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 5th IPSA Summer School 2014

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Participant)

    02.02.201414.02.2014

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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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