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
  1. European University, Florenz

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)

    01.2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  2. European Summer School in Local Government Studies 2002

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    17.07.200226.07.2002

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. European Consortium for Political Research Summer School - ECPR 2015

    Marion Reiser (Organiser)

    13.09.201519.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  4. European Consortium for Political Research - ECPR2003

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    18.09.200321.09.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. European Communication Research and Education Association (External organisation)

    Björn Buß (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  6. Europa-Union, Kreisverband Hamburg-Harburg

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Estland, ein wichtiger Partner in der EU: Sicherheitspolitische Aspekte im Rahmen der Ratspräsidentschaft

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    28.11.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  8. Erhalt und Zusammenbruch der legislativen Demokratie. Frankreich und Deutschland im Vergleich

    Michael Koß (Oral presentation)

    14.11.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  9. Environmental governance research: Interdisciplinary, Policy-oriented - and Cumulative?

    Michael Rose (Speaker) & Jens Newig (Coauthor)

    25.08.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Environmental Governance of the Belt and Road Initiative

    Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Edward Challies (Coauthor), Simon Bager (Coauthor) & Patrick Meyfroidt (Coauthor)

    05.09.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Environmental Governance of a Belt and Road Project in Montenegro – National Agency and External Influences

    Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor) & Patrick Meyfroidt (Coauthor)

    07.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Entwicklung von Klimaanpassungsstrategien in föderalen Politiksystemen: der Fall Niedersachsen

    Veit Ebermann (Oral presentation)

    17.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Entwicklung von Klimaanpassungsstrategien auf Länderebene: ein Fallstudienvergleich

    Veit Ebermann (Oral presentation)

    21.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. Entwicklung der niedersächsichen Strategie zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel

    Veit Ebermann (Oral presentation)

    30.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  15. Empirical Research Methods on Legitimacy: Repertory Grid as the Interface between „Measuring“ and „Evaluating“

    Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann (presenter)

    26.08.201529.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  16. Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Conference - 2019

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Einwanderungsland Europa - Was kann politische Bildung?

    Tonio Oeftering (Panel participant)

    23.02.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  18. Einmal AstEI, immer AstEI

    Vera van Hüllen (Panel participant)

    03.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. Eingeladener Vortrag zu 'Der politisch-planerische Umgang mit der "Sozialen Mischung"'

    Sybille Münch (Speaker)

    21.01.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  20. Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken. Eine empirische Bedarfsanalyse.

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    13.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  21. ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences: Qualitative Interpretive Methods

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    13.02.201520.02.2015

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

  22. ECPR Joint Sessions, Workshop No. 6: ‚Comparative Perspectives on Local Party Politics’ 2007

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    07.05.200712.05.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. ECPR Joint Sessions, Workshop: ‚Local political leadership in a changing context’ - 2006

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    25.04.200630.04.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  24. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Universität St. Gallen 2011

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops - ECPR 2019

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2018

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    04.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. ECPR General Conference 2022

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    22.08.202226.08.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. ECPR General Conference 2018, Section "Taxation in the 21st Century"

    Lukas Hakelberg (Organiser)

    22.08.201825.08.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. ECPR General Conference 2018

    Pavel Satra (presenter)

    23.08.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  30. Earth System Governance Taskforce on Knowledge Cumulation (External organisation)

    Jens Newig (Office)

    2021 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsTransfer

  31. DVPW Kongress 2024, Panel "The Climate Crisis and Taxation"

    Lukas Hakelberg (Organiser)

    27.09.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. Doktorandinnen- und Doktorandenworkshop der Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

    Ina Kubbe (Organiser)

    19.06.201420.06.2100

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Doktorandenkurs: Fallauswahl und komparative Methoden in den Sozialwissenschaften - 2013

    Veit Ebermann (Participant)

    18.01.201325.01.2013

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

  34. Disaggregating Democracy and the Legitimization of Functionally Fragmented Governance beyond the State

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Direkte Demokratie in der Kritik: Emanzipatorische Perspektiven in Zeiten des Rechtspopulismus

    Katja Heeß (Speaker)

    04.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  36. Die Entwicklung der Regierungssysteme im post-sozialistischen Europa

    Esther Seha (Speaker)

    01.06.201203.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. DFG-Forschungsinitiative Heterogenität der Universitäten Hamburg und Lüneburg 2011 (Event)

    Andreas Lutter (Member)

    06.2011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  38. Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen e.V. (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  39. Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    07.09.201610.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. Designed to fail?: Regional human rights institutions in the Middle East and North Africa and the 'Arab Spring'

    Vera van Hüllen (Oral presentation)

    25.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  41. Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser) & Michael Rose (Moderator)

    01.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  42. Der „fachdidaktische Code“ der Lebenswelt- und/oder (?) Situationsorientierung in der fachdidaktischen Diskussion der sozialwissenschaftlichen Unterrichtsfächer sowie des Lernfeldkonzepts

    Tonio Oeftering (Organiser)

    07.03.201608.03.2016

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

  43. "Der aktuelle Stand der Didaktik im Fach Politik"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    30.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  44. Demokratie in der Krise? Alternative Autoritarismus? Vergleiche – Gefahren – Perspektiven

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    14.03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  45. Demokratieexport? Dilemmata externer Demokratieförderung

    Vera van Hüllen (Lecturer)

    01.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  46. Democratic Anger and Anxiety

    Marion Reiser (Participant)

    10.11.201611.11.2016

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

  47. Declining Trust in Institutions: Why We Should Not Worry

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  48. Data Analysis: MAXQDA

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    25.09.2014

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

  49. Corruption in Comparative Perspective

    Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)

    02.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  50. “Corruption and Trust: A Model Design”

    Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)

    26.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch