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
Key Lecture: "Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change"
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Just Leave Us Alone: The Arab League and Human Rights
Vera van Hüllen (presenter)
07.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Journal of European Public Policy (Journal)
Dawid Friedrich (Editor) & Sandra Kröger (Editorial Board)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
Journal of European Integration (Journal)
Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)
02.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)
Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)
04.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Jornada de Comportament Polític i Opinió Pública 2017
Xavier Romero (Speaker)
03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Parteienforschung 2016
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
14.10.2016 → 15.10.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung der GPJE 2017
Tonio Oeftering (Participant) & Julia Oppermann (Participant)
22.06.2017 → 24.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe Hermeneutische Politikdidaktik der GPJE 2017
Tonio Oeftering (Participant)
06.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" der GPJE
Lena Wach (Speaker)
17.11.2016 → 18.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Jahrestagung 2005 des Arbeitskreises Parteienforschung der DVPW
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
02.06.2005 → 03.06.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahreskolloquium 2015 der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung - AFK 2015
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Moderator)
19.03.2015 → 21.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
“It’s all about profit: Determinants of Corruption in European Comparative Perspective”
Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)
11.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Is Neoliberalism Still Spreading?
Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)
11.06.2018 → 13.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Is it all about profit?: Corruption in European Comparative Perspective
Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)
11.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
„Is it all about profit? Corruption in European Comparative Perspective”
Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)
10.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
IPSA Research Committee on Political Sociology (External organisation)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Executive member)
11.2014Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods - 2019
Stefan Kruse (Participant)
22.07.2019 → 18.08.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Interpreting challenges to democracy as stress: Conceptual implications and analytical perspectives
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
06.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Workshop "Expanding the TA landscape in Europe" - PACITA 2012
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
15.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop: Contestation of hydraulic fracking in Europe and the USA: policies, publics and democracy - 2013
Thomas Saretzki (Organiser)
10.10.2013 → 12.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Political Science Association - IPSA 2003
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
29.06.2003 → 04.07.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Political Science Association (External organisation)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)
01.09.2018 → 2020Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
International Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Authoritarian Regimes Between Commitment and Compliance
Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)
06.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
International experience and recommendations
Michael Koß (Oral presentation)
09.12.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Internationale Tagung des SFB 580 "Independent Local Lists – A comparative perspective" - 2007
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
13.04.2007 → 14.04.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Internationale Konferenz "Macht – Medien – Mitteleuropa: Dimensionen der Macht und mediales Spektakel" - 2013
Björn Buß (Speaker)
19.09.2013 → 20.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Closing Conference of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700
Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)
22.06.2017 → 24.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Biennial Conference - EUSA 2019
Michelangelo Vercesi (Chair)
09.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Interdisziplinäre Tagung Kompetenz zum Widerstand: Eine vernachlässigte Bildungsaufgabe - 2015
Tonio Oeftering (Participant)
25.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Interdisciplinary (Anti-)Corruption Research? Research project planning meets anti-corruption practitioners
Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)
11.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Interactions between social movements and international organisations
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)
06.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Intensive Quantitative Methods Course for PhD students, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Stefan Kruse (Lecturer)
13.05.2019 → 18.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Integrativ-strategische Politikfelder für den Umgang mit Komplexität?
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
21.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)
Jens Newig (Chair)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)
Marion Reiser (Chair)
18.10.2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)
Marion Reiser (Office)
10.2014 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Inklusion und Politische Bildung - Thesen
Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)
07.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Independent local lists and local parties - Challengers from Bottom Up? - 2009
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
27.11.2009 → 28.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
28.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
How Can We Measure Party Institutionalisation in Times of Personal Politics? A New Index and the Case of the Italian 5SM
Michelangelo Vercesi (Speaker)
13.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag: "Was ist politische Bildung" Eine qualitative Studie zu den Vorstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden."
Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)
13.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag : "Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany - Einblicke in ein aktuelles Forschungsprojekt."
Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)
31.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag: Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany - Einblicke in ein aktuelles binationales Forschungsprojekt
Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)
14.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag: Citizenship Education and Student Protests - Einblicke in ein binationales Forschungsprojekt zum Thema Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany"
Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)
28.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag: "Citizenship Education and Student Protests - Einblicke in ein binationales Forschungsprojekt zum Thema Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany"
Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)
15.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Hitze in der Stadt - Strategien für eine klimaangepasste Stadtentwicklung - ExWoSt-Zwischenkonferenz 2011
Veit Ebermann (Participant)
15.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
23.04.2012 → 27.04.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg
Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)
05.2008 → 06.2008Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Herbsttagung des Arbeitskreises Lokale Politikforschung der DVPW ‚Der Rat, der Bürgermeister und seine Partei – Das kommunale ‚Dreigestirn‘ im Bundesländervergleich
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
15.09.2005 → 16.09.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research