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

Service offers

  • PHD-Summerschool
  • Politikberatung
  1. 2017
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Politisierung von Experimenten – Experimentalisierung des Politischen?

    Thomas Saretzki (Lecturer)

    18.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  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. 2016
  10. "Was ist Politische Bildung? Eine empirische Erhebung der Vorstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden."

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    19.12.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  11. "Der aktuelle Stand der Didaktik im Fach Politik"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    30.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  12. Meta analysis as a strategy of evidence-based participation research: The example of the project ‘EDGE’

    Jens Newig (Speaker)

    28.11.2016

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