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. 2023
  2. Reflexive Demokratie: eine metapolitische Reaktion auf die dritte demokratische Transformation

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    31.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. The Colonial Origins of Tax Havenry

    Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)

    22.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)

    20.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Podiumsdiskussion: Neue Technologien und jüdische Ethik

    Séville, A. (Speaker)

    15.03.2023

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

  6. 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

  7. 2022
  8. International experience and recommendations

    Koß, M. (Oral presentation)

    09.12.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Science, Technology and Democracy: Interactions in Change

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    09.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

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