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. Séminaire evoREG: Innovation, connectivité et évolution : quelles perspectives et politiques pour le Rhin Supérieur? - evoREG 2013

    Miriam Hufnagl (Speaker)

    23.01.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Doktorandenkurs: Fallauswahl und komparative Methoden in den Sozialwissenschaften - 2013

    Veit Ebermann (Participant)

    18.01.201325.01.2013

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

  4. 3rd International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice

    Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)

    10.01.201311.01.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Cambridge University Press (Publisher)

    Christian Welzel (Editor)

    2013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  6. Journal of European Public Policy (Journal)

    Dawid Friedrich (Editor) & Sandra Kröger (Editorial Board)

    2013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  7. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Christian Welzel (Visiting lecturer)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  8. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  9. Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)

    Vera van Hüllen (Editor)

    20132015

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  10. University of California, Irvine

    Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch