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. 2014
  2. Book Launch: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Chair)

    02.201406.2014

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  4. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    30.01.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    28.01.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    16.01.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Wahrheit und Wahrhaftigkeit

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    14.01.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. University of Siena

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)

    01.01.201415.02.2014

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  9. Key Lecture: "Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change"

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    01.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. University of California, Irvine

    Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)

    01.201404.2014

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  11. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e.V. (AFK) (External organisation)

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)

    2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  12. German National Academic Foundation (External organisation)

    Jens Newig (Office)

    20142022

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  13. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    20142019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  14. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)

    Michael Koß (Member)

    20142019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  15. Professor Müller-Rommel im internationalem Beirat am European University Institute, Florenz

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Consultant)

    2014

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  16. Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica (Journal)

    Michael Koß (Editorial Board)

    2014 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  17. University of California, Irvine

    Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)

    2014

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  18. 2013
  19. Annual International Conference of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe" - KFG 2013

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    12.12.201314.12.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Containing and Accomodating Salafism in the Sahel: Insights and Lessons from Niger

    Sebastian Elischer (Oral presentation)

    12.12.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. Fortschritt bis zum Kollaps: Wie Zivilisationen an ökologischen Grenzen scheitern können

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Lecturer)

    10.12.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  22. Was heißt "kritische" Politikwissenschaft?

    Thomas Saretzki (Panel participant)

    28.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch