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. 2013
  2. Speaking with a Single Voice: Internal Cohesiveness and External Effectiveness of the EU in World Politics, Workshop an der TU Dresden - 2013

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    23.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 1st International Summer School on Evolution

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Participant)

    15.07.201319.07.2013

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

  4. Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    15.07.201327.07.2013

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

  5. 8th International Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference - IPA 2013

    Thomas Saretzki (Chair)

    03.07.201305.07.2013

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

  6. Small N-Analysis and process tracing - GIGA Workshop 2013

    Stefan Kruse (Participant)

    03.06.201304.06.2013

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

  7. 21. Tagung Junger Osteuropaexperten - DGO JOE 2013

    Björn Buß (Organiser)

    31.05.201302.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 6. Doktorandenworkshop des Netzwerks Norddeutscher Demokratieforschung - NND 2013

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser)

    31.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Entwicklung von Klimaanpassungsstrategien in föderalen Politiksystemen: der Fall Niedersachsen

    Veit Ebermann (Oral presentation)

    17.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch