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
- 2014
Book Launch: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)
02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Chair)
02.2014 → 06.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015
Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)
30.01.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
28.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014
Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)
16.01.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wahrheit und Wahrhaftigkeit
Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)
14.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
University of Siena
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)
01.01.2014 → 15.02.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Key Lecture: "Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change"
Christian Welzel (Speaker)
01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
University of California, Irvine
Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)
01.2014 → 04.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e.V. (AFK) (External organisation)
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research