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. 2016
  2. "Der aktuelle Stand der Didaktik im Fach Politik"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    30.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. "Was ist Politische Bildung? Eine empirische Erhebung der Vorstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden."

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    19.12.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  4. 2017
  5. German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)

    Thomas Saretzki (Member)

    20172022

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  6. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    20172019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  7. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Publisher)

    Tonio Oeftering (Editor)

    2017 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesEducation

  8. Sachverständige in der Enquete-Kommission 'Stärkung der Demokratie' im Landtag Sachsen-Anhalt

    Marion Reiser (Reviewer)

    2017

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  9. Politisierung von Experimenten – Experimentalisierung des Politischen?

    Thomas Saretzki (Lecturer)

    18.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. 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

  11. Leuven-Montréal Winter School on Elections 2017

    Jan Günter Berz (Speaker)

    25.02.201705.03.2017

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

  12. Jornada de Comportament Polític i Opinió Pública 2017

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    03.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. 75th Annual Midwestern Political Science Association Conference - MPSA 2017

    Xavier Romero (presenter)

    04.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Workshop on Integrity in Non-medical Research

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    03.04.201704.04.2017

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

  15. 75th Annual MPSA Conference Midwestern Political Science Association - 2017

    Stefan Kruse (presenter)

    06.04.201709.04.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Katja Heeß (Speaker)

    04.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  17. Workshop des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung für Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser)

    05.05.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe Hermeneutische Politikdidaktik der GPJE 2017

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    06.05.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  19. BarCamp Menschenrechte – stiftung.gemeinsam.stärken

    Tonio Oeftering (Organiser)

    13.05.2017

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

  20. Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken. Eine empirische Bedarfsanalyse.

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    13.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  21. Tuesday Seminar, Kolloquium des ZDEMO 2017

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    13.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  22. Preisverleihung des „bap‐Preis Politische Bildung 2017“

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    15.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  23. International Closing Conference of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    22.06.201724.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  24. Jahrestagung der GPJE 2017

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant) & Julia Oppermann (Participant)

    22.06.201724.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  25. 12th Interpretative Policy Analysis Conference - IPA 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    06.07.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Interpreting challenges to democracy as stress: Conceptual implications and analytical perspectives

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    06.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. Verbraucherpolitik jenseits des Otto Normalverbrauchers

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    10.07.2017

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

  28. Berlin Summer School

    Lea-Katharina Rzadtki (Participant)

    16.07.201727.07.2017

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

  29. Spanish Association of Political Science (AECPA) Conference 2017

    Xavier Romero (presenter)

    09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. Sommerakademie der Grünen Akademie der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    02.09.201703.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  31. CfP Sektionstagung 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    21.09.201722.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. Herbsttagung der DVPW Sektion „Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte“ 2017

    Thomas Saretzki (Participant)

    28.09.201729.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. "Fees must fall" - South African Student Protests in the Context of (informal) Citizenship Education."

    Tonio Oeftering (Speaker)

    06.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  34. Polis-Kolloquium des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft, FernUniversität in Hagen

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    21.11.2017

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

  35. Aggressive Steuervermeidung multinationaler Unternehmen - ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    23.11.201724.11.2017

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

  36. 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

  37. 2018
  38. German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)

    Vera van Hüllen (Office)

    20182021

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  39. Politikberatung

    Michael Koß (Consultant)

    2018 → …

    Activity: Consultancy

  40. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    2018

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  41. Wochenschau-Verlag (Publisher)

    Tonio Oeftering (Editor)

    2018

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesEducation

  42. Steuervermeidung im Binnenmarkt

    Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)

    23.01.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  43. 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

  44. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2018

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    04.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. Negotiating Democracy (Promotion) with Authoritarian Regimes:The EU & North Africa

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    05.04.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  46. International Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Authoritarian Regimes Between Commitment and Compliance

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    06.04.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  47. 8th LCSR International Workshop 2018

    Stefan Kruse (presenter)

    10.04.201813.04.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. 8. Heppenheimer Tage zur Christlichen Gesellschaftsethik

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    20.04.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. 38th GESIS Methodenseminar 2018

    Stefan Kruse (Participant)

    17.05.201821.05.2018

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

  50. Is Neoliberalism Still Spreading?

    Lukas Hakelberg (Speaker)

    11.06.201813.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  51. 36. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft: "Persönlichkeit und Politik"

    Henrike Wehrkamp (Speaker)

    29.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  52. Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling 2018

    Stefan Kruse (Participant)

    11.07.201813.07.2018

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

  53. 12th ECPR General Conference 2018

    Stefan Kruse (presenter)

    22.08.201825.08.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  54. 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

  55. ECPR General Conference 2018

    Pavel Satra (presenter)

    23.08.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  56. American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting & Exhibition

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    01.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  57. International Political Science Association (External organisation)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)

    01.09.20182020

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  58. Politik mit dem Verbraucher?

    Alexander Leipold (Participant)

    18.09.2018

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

  59. 27. Congress of the German Political Science Association - GPSA 2018

    Stefan Kruse (presenter)

    25.09.201828.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  60. Politische Diskurse über die Unternehmensbesteuerung

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    27.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  61. 27. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft - DVPW 2018

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    28.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  62. Teaching: Autocracies in International Relations (winter semester 2018-19, bachelor Political Science)

    Pavel Šatra (Speaker)

    10.201802.2019

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

  63. Paper: The Multilevel Governance of Deportation – is Access to local Membership possible?

    Sybille Münch (Speaker)

    05.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. Evidence-based policy-making? Die Bedeutung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse in politischen Prozessen

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    24.11.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  65. 2019
  66. Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association - EPSA 2019

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  67. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops - ECPR 2019

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  68. Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Conference - 2019

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  69. Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)

    Jens Newig (Chair)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  70. University of Strathclyde

    Xavier Romero (Visiting researcher)

    2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  71. European University, Florenz

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)

    01.2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  72. 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

  73. Stadt und sozialer Zusammenhalt

    Sybille Münch (Speaker)

    21.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  74. 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

  75. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute

    Stefan Kruse (Oral presentation)

    27.03.201929.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  76. Annual Meeting WPSA Conference

    Stefan Kruse (Speaker)

    18.04.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  77. International Biennial Conference - EUSA 2019

    Michelangelo Vercesi (Chair)

    09.05.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  78. 'A Professional Elite? Pre-Parliamentary Experience and Leadership Roles in the European Parliament'

    Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)

    11.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  79. Intensive Quantitative Methods Course for PhD students, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Stefan Kruse (Lecturer)

    13.05.201918.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  80. Theorie und Praxis öffentlicher Güter

    Alexander Leipold (Speaker)

    28.06.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  81. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods - 2019

    Stefan Kruse (Participant)

    22.07.201918.08.2019

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

  82. Professionalisation in the European Parliament: The Impact of Different Multi-Level Careers on the Definition of Institutional Leadership

    Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter) & Salvati Eugenio (Coauthor)

    04.09.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  83. 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

  84. Vergleichende Parlamentarismusforschung

    Michael Koß (Speaker)

    10.10.201911.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  85. Workshop für die Autor:innen des Handbooks on the Politics of Taxation

    Lukas Hakelberg (Organiser)

    10.10.2019

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

  86. Building trust in early childhood education and care. The role of local civil society

    Sybille Münch (Speaker) & Anna Siede (Speaker)

    11.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  87. Presentation: Nexus of Housing and Migration

    Sybille Münch (Speaker)

    23.10.2019

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

  88. 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

  89. Paths to Power and Legitimacy: The Impact of Legislators’ Experience on Policy-Making in the European Parliament

    Eugenio Salvati (presenter) & Michelangelo Vercesi (presenter)

    29.11.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  90. 2020
  91. Politische Vierteljahresschrift (Journal)

    Michael Koß (Reviewer)

    27.01.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  92. Journal of European Integration (Journal)

    Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)

    02.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  93. SOLWODI-Fachtagung 2020

    Sybille Münch (Participant)

    03.02.202004.02.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  94. West European Politics (Journal)

    Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)

    03.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  95. Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)

    Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)

    04.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  96. Review of International Organizations (Journal)

    Tobias Lenz (Reviewer)

    04.2020 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch