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
- 2015
„Votum – Beiträge aus Politischer Bildung und Politikwissenschaft" (Journal)
Tonio Oeftering (Editor)
2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Education
- 2014
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
16.12.2014 → 17.12.2014Activity: 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
Interdisciplinary (Anti-)Corruption Research? Research project planning meets anti-corruption practitioners
Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)
11.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014
Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)
04.12.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Corruption in Comparative Perspective
Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)
02.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Guest Lecture: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Christian Welzel (Lecturer)
12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Keynote Lecture: "Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?"
Christian Welzel (Lecturer)
12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
26.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2nd Interdisciplinary Insights on Fraud and Corruption - I2FC 2014
Ina Kubbe (presenter)
22.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
57th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association - ASA 2014
Sebastian Elischer (Speaker)
21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014
Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)
20.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop der HSE
Christian Welzel (Keynote Speaker)
10.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
4th Annual Research Conference of the Laboratory of Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2014
Christian Welzel (Keynote speaker)
09.11.2014 → 13.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
05.11.2014 → 06.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Briefing Note: "Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys"
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Colloquium Presentation at the Political Science Department, Georg-August-University, Goettingen
Christian Welzel (presenter)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
IPSA Research Committee on Political Sociology (External organisation)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Executive member)
11.2014Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Keynote Lecture: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014
Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)
23.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research