Center for the Study of Democracy

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Democracy was founded on 2 June 2004 on the recommendation of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. Hans Dieter Klingemann. Founding Director and Head of the CSD from 2004 to 2018 was Professor Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel. 

The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) brings together the research activities of the members of the Institute for Political Science (IPW) under one roof. The Center is primarily concerned with the analysis of democratic orders and processes. The research activities can be divided into three core areas:

  • The institutional, ideational and material foundations of democratic orders;
  • The drivers of political change in these orders;
  • And the impact of democratic policymaking on society, economy and the environment.

The Centre is also actively involved in promoting young scientists and fosters the international and regional networking of research institutions devoted to the study of democracy.

 

Main research areas

The activities of the CSD include:

  • Implementing research projects on the three core topics: foundations, transformation, and impact of democracy
  • Organization of international conferences and workshops on current issues of democracy research
  • Collection and coordination of international data sets, especially the World Values Survey, the Comparative Political Data Set, and the database on Central and Eastern European Political Systems and Governments
  • Promotion of research in the form of doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships at the Center
  • Hosting regular guest lectures by internationally renowned scientists and early career researchers
  • Active scientific promotion of young talent in the form of regular doctoral seminars on theories and methods of democracy research as well as in the form of summer schools for doctorate students and inter-university graduate networks
  • Establishing contacts between science and practice

Teaching

  • PHD-Summerschool
  • Politikberatung
  1. 2024
  2. Senat (Organisational unit)

    Séville, A. (Member)

    01.12.202430.11.2026

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  3. German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)

    Koß, M. (Chair)

    01.11.202431.10.2027

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  4. Dekanat Fakultät S (Organisational unit)

    Séville, A. (Member)

    01.10.202430.09.2026

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. Dekanat Fakultät S (Organisational unit)

    Koß, M. (Chair)

    01.10.202430.09.2026

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  6. 29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft - - DVPW 2024

    Hakelberg, L. (Organiser)

    27.09.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2024

    Koß, M. (Speaker)

    25.03.202428.03.2024

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

  8. Joint Sessions of Workshops 2024

    Séville, A. (Organiser) & Koß, M. (Organiser)

    25.03.202428.03.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Schelling-Forum der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

    Séville, A. (Organiser), Paul, H. (Speaker) & Scheunpflug, A. (Speaker)

    01.02.202402.02.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Re/Präsentation. Neue Formen politischer Ansprache und Fürsprache

    Séville, A. (Organiser)

    01.01.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Civic invocations: Contemporary codes of conduct in liberal democracy

    Séville, A. (Speaker)

    2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. Repräsentation und Ressentiment. Gesellschaftswissenschaftliches Kolleg der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

    Koß, M. (Speaker)

    20242025

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

  13. Representation as “experiencing for”? Exposure as a political argument

    Séville, A. (Speaker)

    2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. 2023
  15. Explaining the performance of participatory and collaborative governance in addressing long-term environmental policy issues

    Newig, J. (Speaker), Rose, M. (Coauthor) & Jager, N. W. (Coauthor)

    28.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation

    Saretzki, T. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Moderator)

    01.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  17. The Sustainable State.

    Saretzki, T. (Organiser), Bornemann, B. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Organiser), Laruffa, F. (Organiser) & Marius, C. (Organiser)

    01.06.202303.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Verzichten - müssen, können, lernen

    Séville, A. (Moderator), Schirnding de Almeida, E. (Speaker) & Kleilein, D. (Speaker)

    16.05.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Klimawandel und Demokratie: Kipppunkte der Problembewältigung und Konfliktregelung?

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    10.05.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  20. Reflexive Demokratie: eine metapolitische Reaktion auf die dritte demokratische Transformation

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    31.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. The Colonial Origins of Tax Havenry

    Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)

    22.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  22. US Power and the Harmonization of Company Taxation in the EU

    Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)

    20.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  23. Podiumsdiskussion: Neue Technologien und jüdische Ethik

    Séville, A. (Speaker)

    15.03.2023

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

  24. Kaminabend der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

    Séville, A. (Organiser), Priesemann, V. (Speaker), Strohschneider, P. (Speaker), Hafner, U. (Speaker) & Stöckl, A. (Speaker)

    01.01.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. 2022
  26. International experience and recommendations

    Koß, M. (Oral presentation)

    09.12.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. Science, Technology and Democracy: Interactions in Change

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    09.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  28. Assessing knowledge cumulation in earth system governance research: An analysis of 100 published ESG papers

    Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Speaker)

    21.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. 2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance

    Rose, M. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Organiser)

    20.10.202224.10.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. Sommerakademie der Grünen Akademie der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung - 2022

    Saretzki, T. (Participant)

    26.08.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

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

    Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)

    25.08.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. ECPR General Conference 2022

    Saretzki, T. (Participant)

    22.08.202226.08.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Auftaktveranstaltung der Reihe „Förder-institutionen im Gespräch“: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

    Saretzki, T. (Participant)

    30.06.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. 3. Sitzung der Ethik-Kommission der DVPW

    Saretzki, T. (Participant)

    21.06.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. Promovieren mit Stipendium: Vor- und Nachteile gegenüber Promotionen auf Stellen für wis-senschaftliche Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    22.04.2022

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

  36. Repräsentation und Ressentiment. Gesellschaftswissenschaftliches Kolleg der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

    Koß, M. (Speaker)

    20222023

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

  37. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Newig, J. (Office)

    2022 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  38. 2021
  39. Environmental Governance of a Belt and Road Project in Montenegro – National Agency and External Influences

    Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor) & Meyfroidt, P. (Coauthor)

    07.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. The EU governs beyond borders to address the displacement of environmental impacts

    Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Challies, E. (Coauthor) & Bager, S. (Coauthor)

    31.08.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Police, Politics, Polis – Policing refugees in the city

    Münch, S. (Speaker) & Geugjes, M. (Speaker)

    08.07.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. Rückkehr und Reintegration: Covid-19. Die aktuelle Situation in Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen und Ankerzentren

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    09.02.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

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

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    21.01.2021

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

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

    Newig, J. (Office)

    2021 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsTransfer

  45. Utrecht University

    Newig, J. (Visiting researcher)

    2021 → …

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  46. 2020
  47. Vortrag: Kooptation der "Freiwilligen Rückkehr" in das Migrationsmanagement

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    28.10.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  48. Ausländerbehörden zwischen “Willkommen“ und Rückkehr

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    18.09.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. 3. Konferenz des Netzwerk Fluchtforschung 2020

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    17.09.202019.09.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. Towards Inexperienced Leaders? Changing Prime Ministers’ Political Experiences and Career Profiles in European Democracies

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Coauthor), Vercesi, M. (presenter) & Berz, J. (Coauthor)

    26.08.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  51. The German Assisted Return Regime – an interpretive approach

    Münch, S. (Speaker) & Jantzer, L. (Speaker)

    02.07.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  52. Podiumsdiskussion

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    25.06.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  53. Online-Diskussion: Deutsche Abschiebungspolitik im Praxistest

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.2020

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

  54. Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)

    Lenz, T. (Reviewer)

    04.2020

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

  55. Review of International Organizations (Journal)

    Lenz, T. (Reviewer)

    04.2020 → …

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

  56. West European Politics (Journal)

    Lenz, T. (Reviewer)

    03.2020

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

  57. SOLWODI-Fachtagung 2020

    Münch, S. (Participant)

    03.02.202004.02.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  58. Journal of European Integration (Journal)

    Lenz, T. (Reviewer)

    02.2020

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

  59. Politische Vierteljahresschrift (Journal)

    Koß, M. (Reviewer)

    27.01.2020

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

  60. Workshop "Demokratie und Wissen, Zwischen Expertokratie und Populismus" 2020

    Séville, A. (Organiser) & Münkler, L. (Organiser)

    27.01.202028.01.2020

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

  61. 2019
  62. Paths to Power and Legitimacy: The Impact of Legislators’ Experience on Policy-Making in the European Parliament

    Salvati, E. (presenter) & Vercesi, M. (presenter)

    29.11.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Koß, M. (Oral presentation)

    14.11.2019

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

  64. Presentation: Nexus of Housing and Migration

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    23.10.2019

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

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

    Münch, S. (Speaker) & Siede, A. (Speaker)

    11.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  66. Vergleichende Parlamentarismusforschung

    Koß, M. (Speaker)

    10.10.201911.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  67. Workshop für die Autor:innen des Handbooks on the Politics of Taxation 2019

    Hakelberg, L. (Organiser)

    10.10.2019

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

  68. Environmental Governance of the Belt and Road Initiative

    Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Challies, E. (Coauthor), Bager, S. (Coauthor) & Meyfroidt, P. (Coauthor)

    05.09.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Vercesi, M. (presenter) & Eugenio, S. (Coauthor)

    04.09.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Kruse, S. (Participant)

    22.07.201918.08.2019

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

  71. Theorie und Praxis öffentlicher Güter

    Leipold, A. (Speaker)

    28.06.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

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

    Kruse, S. (Lecturer)

    13.05.201918.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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

    Vercesi, M. (presenter)

    11.05.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  74. International Biennial Conference - EUSA 2019

    Vercesi, M. (Chair)

    09.05.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  75. Annual Meeting WPSA Conference

    Kruse, S. (Speaker)

    18.04.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  76. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute

    Kruse, S. (Oral presentation)

    27.03.201929.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Vercesi, M. (Speaker)

    13.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  78. Stadt und sozialer Zusammenhalt

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    21.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Vercesi, M. (Speaker)

    20.02.201922.02.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  80. Doing Democracy? Democracy and Populism in the EU after the “Refugee Crisis"

    Séville, A. (Speaker)

    01.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  81. European University, Florenz

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Visiting researcher)

    01.2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

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

    Romero, X. (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  83. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops - ECPR 2019

    Romero, X. (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  84. Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Conference - 2019

    Romero, X. (Speaker)

    2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  85. Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)

    Newig, J. (Chair)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  86. University of Strathclyde

    Romero, X. (Visiting researcher)

    2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  87. 2018
  88. Evidence-based policy-making? Die Bedeutung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse in politischen Prozessen

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    24.11.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

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

    Münch, S. (Speaker)

    05.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Šatra, P. (Speaker)

    10.201802.2019

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

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

    van Hüllen, V. (presenter)

    28.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  92. Politische Diskurse über die Unternehmensbesteuerung

    Leipold, A. (Speaker)

    27.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Kruse, S. (presenter)

    25.09.201828.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  94. Politik mit dem Verbraucher?

    Leipold, A. (Participant)

    18.09.2018

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

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

    Romero, X. (Speaker)

    01.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  96. International Political Science Association (External organisation)

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Member)

    01.09.20182020

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  97. ECPR General Conference 2018

    Satra, P. (presenter)

    23.08.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  98. European Consortium for Political Research General Conference - ECPR 2018

    Kruse, S. (presenter)

    22.08.201825.08.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  99. European Consortium for Political Research General Conference - ECPR 2018

    Hakelberg, L. (Organiser)

    22.08.201825.08.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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