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
- 2016
1. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" - AJEB der GPJE 2016
Oeftering, T. (Organiser)
17.11.2016 → 18.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" der GPJE
Wach, L. (Speaker)
17.11.2016 → 18.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Democratic Anger and Anxiety
Reiser, M. (Participant)
10.11.2016 → 11.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Member)
01.11.2016 → 30.10.2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)
Reiser, M. (Chair)
18.10.2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Parteienforschung 2016
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
14.10.2016 → 15.10.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Social Movements Conference
Wienkoop, N.-K. (presenter)
10.10.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3-Ländertagung
Saretzki, T. (Opponent)
30.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
10th ECPR General Conference 2016
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting - APSA 2016
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
01.09.2016 → 04.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
9th CIS Summer Seminar on Sociological and Political Research 2016
Romero, X. (Speaker)
08.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag: "Was ist politische Bildung" Eine qualitative Studie zu den Vorstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden."
Oeftering, T. (Speaker)
13.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
6th ECPR Graduate Student Conference 2016
Wach, L. (Participant)
10.07.2016 → 13.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Präsentation "Leader Effects of Prime Ministers in Parliamentary Elections"
Berz, J. G. (Speaker)
10.07.2016 → 13.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Berz, J. G. (Member)
13.06.2016 → 31.08.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Soziologie der Parlamente?
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
10.06.2016 → 11.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop on "Political Executives in Democratic and Autocratic Regimes"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Organiser)
02.06.2016 → 03.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Demokratieexport? Dilemmata externer Demokratieförderung
van Hüllen, V. (Lecturer)
01.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The European Union as an external actor in the 'Arab Spring'
van Hüllen, V. (Lecturer)
30.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer