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. 2019
  2. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops - ECPR 2019

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Conference - 2019

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)

    Jens Newig (Chair)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. University of Strathclyde

    Xavier Romero (Visiting researcher)

    2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  6. European University, Florenz

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)

    01.2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  7. Convegno Nazionale. Il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri dallo Stato liberale allo Stato democratico fino all'Unione europea - 2019

    Michelangelo Vercesi (Speaker)

    20.02.201922.02.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Stadt und sozialer Zusammenhalt

    Sybille Münch (Speaker)

    21.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  9. How Can We Measure Party Institutionalisation in Times of Personal Politics? A New Index and the Case of the Italian 5SM

    Michelangelo Vercesi (Speaker)

    13.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute

    Stefan Kruse (Oral presentation)

    27.03.201929.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Annual Meeting WPSA Conference

    Stefan Kruse (Speaker)

    18.04.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch