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
- Academic councils, panels and committees
Verein für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Coordinator)
11.09.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
- Consultancy
Sachverständiger im Finanzausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages zum ATAD-Umsetzungsgesetz
Lukas Hakelberg (Consultant)
03.05.2021Activity: Consultancy
- Guest lectures
“Assessing Representative Democracy, the Democratic Deficit and Institutional Reform
Florian Grotz (Lecturer)
25.11.2011 → 26.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Autocratic Adaptation, Autocratic Legacies and Fundamentalist Islam in Niger
Sebastian Elischer (Lecturer)
03.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Launch: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Presenation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
12.12.2014 → 13.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Center for Voting and Parties
Marion Reiser (Speaker)
18.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Colloquium an der Higher School of Economics
Christian Welzel (Lecturer)
15.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Colloquium Presentation at the Political Science Department, Georg-August-University, Goettingen
Christian Welzel (presenter)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Colloquium Presentation: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Coming to Terms with the Imperial Presidency? Constitutional Reform in Kenya
Sebastian Elischer (Oral presentation)
27.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Containing and Accomodating Salafism in the Sahel: Insights and Lessons from Niger
Sebastian Elischer (Oral presentation)
12.12.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
“Corruption and Trust: A Model Design”
Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)
26.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research