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. 2013
  2. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting lecturer)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  3. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  4. Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)

    van Hüllen, V. (Editor)

    20132015

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

  5. University of California, Irvine

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  6. 2012
  7. Wer oder was macht mich zur Persönlichkeit?

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    27.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. 4th Department for Business and Politics Paper Seminar 2012

    Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 6. Workshop des Netzwerks Sozialwissenschaftliche Klimaanpassungsforschung 2012

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Entwicklung von Klimaanpassungsstrategien auf Länderebene: ein Fallstudienvergleich

    Ebermann, V. (Oral presentation)

    21.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Workshop Relevanz regionaler Aktivitäten für Hochschulen und das Wissenschaftssystem 2012

    Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)

    20.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. International Workshop "Expanding the TA landscape in Europe" - PACITA 2012

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    15.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Wirtschaftsfaktor Hochschule: Endbericht zur Metastudie

    Hufnagl, M. (Reviewer), Schubert, T. (Reviewer), Baier, E. (Reviewer), Meyer, N. (Reviewer), Schricke, E. (Reviewer) & Stahlecker, T. (Reviewer)

    07.11.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  14. NNA-Forum "Klimaschutz in Niedersachsen (II)" 2012

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    18.10.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Teilnahme Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)

    18.10.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  16. London School of Economics and Political Science

    Kunert, J. S. (Visiting researcher)

    01.10.201231.03.2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  17. Workshop: Representative Democracy in the 21st Century 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    10.2012

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

  18. Politikfelder als Strategie? Genese, Grenze und Dynamik der Klima- und Nachhaltigkeitspolitik

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker) & Tils, R. (Speaker)

    26.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. 25. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der DVPW 2012

    Kubbe, I. (Moderator)

    24.09.201228.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 25. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der DVPW 2012

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Participant)

    23.09.201227.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. 6th Pan-European Conference of the ECPR's Standing Group on the European Union 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. 6th Pan-European Conference of the ECPR's Standing Group on the European Union 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

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

  23. 42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. 42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association's - APSA 2012

    Alexander, A. (Speaker)

    30.08.201202.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Publisher)

    Lutter, A. (Editor)

    08.2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  27. Unterricht Wirtschaft + Politik (Journal)

    Lutter, A. (Editor)

    08.2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  28. Berlin Summer School "Democracy and Democratization" 2012

    Kubbe, I. (Participant)

    15.07.201227.07.2012

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

  29. “It’s all about profit: Determinants of Corruption in European Comparative Perspective”

    Kubbe, I. (Lecturer)

    11.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  30. 7th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis - IPA 2012

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    06.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  31. The Influence of Media-Politics-Parallelism on Political Participation and Pluralism

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    04.07.201206.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. Understanding Corruptive Behaviour by Means of Experiments

    Kubbe, I. (Speaker)

    04.07.201206.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. Conference on "The European Electoral Heritage: Ten Years of the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters" 2012

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    02.07.201203.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Social Media in der Europapolitischen Kommunikation 2012

    Kunert, J. S. (Participant)

    25.06.201226.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. 13. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Politikdidaktik und politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung - GPJE 2012

    Lutter, A. (Participant)

    22.06.201223.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. Von Kategorien zu Basis- und Fachkonzepten - alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?

    Oeftering, T. (Lecturer)

    21.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  37. Center for Voting and Parties

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    18.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  38. 2nd biennial conference of the European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation - Eu-SPRI Forum 2012

    Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)

    12.06.201213.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. Die Entwicklung der Regierungssysteme im post-sozialistischen Europa

    Seha, E. (Speaker)

    01.06.201203.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. Wandel der Medienstrukturen: Komparative Analyse in zehn mittel- und osteuropäischen Staaten

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    01.06.201203.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Vortrag

    Alexander, A. (Speaker)

    15.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  42. Vortrag

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    15.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  43. Teilnahme Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)

    10.05.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  44. EU-SPRI Early Career Researcher Conference - ECC 2012

    Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)

    09.05.201211.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. 5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012

    Seha, E. M. (presenter)

    04.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. 5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012

    Saretzki, T. (Organiser)

    04.05.2012

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

  47. 5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    04.05.2012

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

  48. Conference: New trends of political representation in the EU: still democratic? 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  49. Unterricht Wirtschaft + Politik (Journal)

    Lutter, A. (Editor)

    05.2012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch