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. Politikwissenschaftliche Strategieanalyse als akteurorientierte Prozessforschung

    Veit Ebermann (Oral presentation)

    16.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. 13th Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association - EUSA 2013

    Jessica Sabrina Kunert (presenter)

    09.05.201311.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association - EUSA 2016

    Vera van Hüllen (Coauthor) & Tanja A. Börzel (Speaker)

    09.05.201311.05.2100

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 23rd Eu­ro­pean Con­sor­ti­um for Po­li­ti­cal Re­se­arch Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy - ECPR 2013

    Esther Marie Seha (Organiser) & Ina Kubbe (Organiser)

    01.05.201330.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Workshop on “The Design of International Institutions: Theory Meets Data” - 2013

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    26.04.201327.04.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. What is Human Rights Education? Scientific and didactic perspectives.

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    22.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2013

    Vera van Hüllen (Chair)

    03.04.201306.04.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. State-Building and the European Union’s Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    03.04.201306.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. The EU’s Governance Transfer. From External Promotion to Internal Protection?

    Vera van Hüllen (Speaker)

    03.04.201306.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Comparative Politics (Journal)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Editor)

    01.04.20132015

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch