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. 2015
  2. Society for Civic Education Didactics and Civic Youth and Adult Education e.V. (External organisation)

    Tonio Oeftering (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsEducation

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

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  4. Victoria University of Wellington (External organisation)

    Marion Reiser (Coordinator)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  5. „Votum – Beiträge aus Politischer Bildung und Politikwissenschaft" (Journal)

    Tonio Oeftering (Editor)

    2015 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsEducation

  6. Workshop des Arbeitskreises Natur-Ressourcen-Konflikte - 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    09.01.2015

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

  7. Politik als Experiment?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    12.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" - 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    15.01.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Politikwissenschaft in den Kulturwissenschaften

    Vera van Hüllen (Panel participant)

    27.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. Guest lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Game Theory and Applications for Political Science

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Speaker)

    01.02.201513.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    03.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. 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

  14. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    18.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    24.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Tagung der Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft - DVPW 2015

    Ina Kubbe (Organiser) & Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    25.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Verfassungspolitik in Albanien: Machtinstrument oder heilige Kuh?

    Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann (presenter)

    25.02.201527.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  18. 6. Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    26.02.2015

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

  19. Tel Aviv University

    Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)

    26.02.201506.04.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  20. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. Sachverständige im Bayerischen Landtag: Ausschuss für Kommunale Fragen, Innere Sicherheit und Sport

    Marion Reiser (Reviewer)

    04.03.2015

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  22. Just Leave Us Alone: The Arab League and Human Rights

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    07.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  23. Why Being Democratic is Just Not Enough: The EU’s Governance Transfer

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter) & Tanja A. Börzel (Coauthor)

    07.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  24. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    18.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  25. Jahreskolloquium 2015 der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung - AFK 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Moderator)

    19.03.201521.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Interdisziplinäre Tagung Kompetenz zum Widerstand: Eine vernachlässigte Bildungsaufgabe - 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  27. "Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  28. Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  29. The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  30. Key Lecture: The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    07.04.201510.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  31. Experiments in Social Sciences: Method School

    Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)

    10.04.201511.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  32. 73d Annual COnference of the Midwest Political Science Association - MPSA 2015

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    16.04.201519.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Konferenz „Politische Kommunikation und Interessenvertretung erleben”

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)

    16.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  34. Was sind epistemische Regime?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    28.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  35. Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person - A Tribute to a Stellar Career

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  36. Boston University

    Esther Marie Seha (Visiting researcher)

    01.05.201531.07.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  37. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    21.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. Methods and Methodologies for Researching Globalization and Development - 2015

    Stefan Kruse (Speaker)

    28.05.201529.05.2015

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

  39. Tagung der GPJE 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    11.06.201513.06.2015

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

  40. Keyonte: Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person – A Tribute to a Stellar Career

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    22.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  41. Oslo University

    Marion Reiser (Visiting researcher)

    07.201510.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  42. Einmal AstEI, immer AstEI

    Vera van Hüllen (Panel participant)

    03.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  43. Workshop on "The State and beyond: Actor constellations in resource conflicts" - 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Organiser)

    17.07.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  44. Food and Political Science: A mutually enlightening relationship?

    Esther Marie Seha (Oral presentation)

    06.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  45. Local Interest Representation in Multi-Level Parties

    Marion Reiser (Lecturer)

    25.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  46. 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

  47. Reciprocity and Democracy

    Ina Kubbe (presenter)

    26.08.201529.08.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  48. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  49. Stein Rokkan Award Ceremony: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  50. The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch