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. 2016
  2. 10th ECPR General Conference 2016

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    07.09.201610.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    07.09.201610.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting - APSA 2016

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    01.09.201604.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 9th CIS Summer Seminar on Sociological and Political Research 2016

    Xavier Romero (Speaker)

    08.2016

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

  6. 6th ECPR Graduate Student Conference 2016

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    10.07.201613.07.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Präsentation "Leader Effects of Prime Ministers in Parliamentary Elections"

    Jan Günter Berz (Speaker)

    10.07.201613.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  8. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Jan Günter Berz (Member)

    13.06.201631.08.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. Soziologie der Parlamente?

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    10.06.201611.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Workshop on "Political Executives in Democratic and Autocratic Regimes"

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)

    02.06.201603.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch