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
- 2015
Verein für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Coordinator)
11.09.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Modes and impacts of sustainability research. Introducing ‘MONA: Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes – A comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects’
Jens Newig (Speaker)
08.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Stein Rokkan Award Ceremony: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Empirical Research Methods on Legitimacy: Repertory Grid as the Interface between „Measuring“ and „Evaluating“
Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann (presenter)
26.08.2015 → 29.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Reciprocity and Democracy
Ina Kubbe (presenter)
26.08.2015 → 29.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Local Interest Representation in Multi-Level Parties
Marion Reiser (Lecturer)
25.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Partizipation als Legitimationsgrundlage von Demokratie?: Der Beitrag politischer Beteiligungskultur zur Stabilität politischer Systeme
Vera van Hüllen (Lecturer)
17.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Food and Political Science: A mutually enlightening relationship?
Esther Marie Seha (Oral presentation)
06.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research