Center for the Study of Democracy

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Democracy was founded on 2 June 2004 on the recommendation of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. Hans Dieter Klingemann. Founding Director and Head of the CSD from 2004 to 2018 was Professor Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel. 

The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) brings together the research activities of the members of the Institute for Political Science (IPW) under one roof. The Center is primarily concerned with the analysis of democratic orders and processes. The research activities can be divided into three core areas:

  • The institutional, ideational and material foundations of democratic orders;
  • The drivers of political change in these orders;
  • And the impact of democratic policymaking on society, economy and the environment.

The Centre is also actively involved in promoting young scientists and fosters the international and regional networking of research institutions devoted to the study of democracy.

 

Main research areas

The activities of the CSD include:

  • Implementing research projects on the three core topics: foundations, transformation, and impact of democracy
  • Organization of international conferences and workshops on current issues of democracy research
  • Collection and coordination of international data sets, especially the World Values Survey, the Comparative Political Data Set, and the database on Central and Eastern European Political Systems and Governments
  • Promotion of research in the form of doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships at the Center
  • Hosting regular guest lectures by internationally renowned scientists and early career researchers
  • Active scientific promotion of young talent in the form of regular doctoral seminars on theories and methods of democracy research as well as in the form of summer schools for doctorate students and inter-university graduate networks
  • Establishing contacts between science and practice

Teaching

  • PHD-Summerschool
  • Politikberatung
  1. 2016
  2. 1. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" - AJEB der GPJE 2016

    Oeftering, T. (Organiser)

    17.11.201618.11.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  3. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" der GPJE

    Wach, L. (Speaker)

    17.11.201618.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Democratic Anger and Anxiety

    Reiser, M. (Participant)

    10.11.201611.11.2016

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

  5. German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Member)

    01.11.201630.10.2018

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  6. Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)

    Reiser, M. (Chair)

    18.10.2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  7. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Parteienforschung 2016

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    14.10.201615.10.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Social Movements Conference

    Wienkoop, N.-K. (presenter)

    10.10.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 3-Ländertagung

    Saretzki, T. (Opponent)

    30.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 10th ECPR General Conference 2016

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    07.09.201610.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    07.09.201610.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting - APSA 2016

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    01.09.201604.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. 9th CIS Summer Seminar on Sociological and Political Research 2016

    Romero, X. (Speaker)

    08.2016

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

  14. 6th ECPR Graduate Student Conference 2016

    Wach, L. (Participant)

    10.07.201613.07.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Präsentation "Leader Effects of Prime Ministers in Parliamentary Elections"

    Berz, J. G. (Speaker)

    10.07.201613.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  16. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Berz, J. G. (Member)

    13.06.201631.08.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  17. Soziologie der Parlamente?

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    10.06.201611.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Workshop on "Political Executives in Democratic and Autocratic Regimes"

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Organiser)

    02.06.201603.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Demokratieexport? Dilemmata externer Demokratieförderung

    van Hüllen, V. (Lecturer)

    01.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  20. The European Union as an external actor in the 'Arab Spring'

    van Hüllen, V. (Lecturer)

    30.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

Previous 1...5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ...28 Next