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
- 2013
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Welzel, C. (Visiting lecturer)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
van Hüllen, V. (Editor)
2013 → 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
University of California, Irvine
Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2012
Wer oder was macht mich zur Persönlichkeit?
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
27.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
4th Department for Business and Politics Paper Seminar 2012
Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6. Workshop des Netzwerks Sozialwissenschaftliche Klimaanpassungsforschung 2012
Ebermann, V. (Participant)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Entwicklung von Klimaanpassungsstrategien auf Länderebene: ein Fallstudienvergleich
Ebermann, V. (Oral presentation)
21.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop Relevanz regionaler Aktivitäten für Hochschulen und das Wissenschaftssystem 2012
Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)
20.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop "Expanding the TA landscape in Europe" - PACITA 2012
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
15.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wirtschaftsfaktor Hochschule: Endbericht zur Metastudie
Hufnagl, M. (Reviewer), Schubert, T. (Reviewer), Baier, E. (Reviewer), Meyer, N. (Reviewer), Schricke, E. (Reviewer) & Stahlecker, T. (Reviewer)
07.11.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
NNA-Forum "Klimaschutz in Niedersachsen (II)" 2012
Ebermann, V. (Participant)
18.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Teilnahme Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
18.10.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
London School of Economics and Political Science
Kunert, J. S. (Visiting researcher)
01.10.2012 → 31.03.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Workshop: Representative Democracy in the 21st Century 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Politikfelder als Strategie? Genese, Grenze und Dynamik der Klima- und Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
Saretzki, T. (Speaker) & Tils, R. (Speaker)
26.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
25. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der DVPW 2012
Kubbe, I. (Moderator)
24.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Repräsentation und innerparteiliche Kandidatenaufstellung. Repräsentationsvorstellungen und Selektionskriterien bei der Aufstellung der Direktkandidaten
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
24.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
25. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der DVPW 2012
Müller-Rommel, F. (Participant)
23.09.2012 → 27.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th Pan-European Conference of the ECPR's Standing Group on the European Union 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
13.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th Pan-European Conference of the ECPR's Standing Group on the European Union 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
13.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association's - APSA 2012
Alexander, A. (Speaker)
30.08.2012 → 02.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Publisher)
Lutter, A. (Editor)
08.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Unterricht Wirtschaft + Politik (Journal)
Lutter, A. (Editor)
08.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Berlin Summer School "Democracy and Democratization" 2012
Kubbe, I. (Participant)
15.07.2012 → 27.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
“It’s all about profit: Determinants of Corruption in European Comparative Perspective”
Kubbe, I. (Lecturer)
11.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Klimawandel - Was können wir tun? Anpassungsempfehlungen für Niedersachsen: (gem. mit Sabine Strube-Neumann, Nds. Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)
Ebermann, V. (Oral presentation)
11.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
7th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis - IPA 2012
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
06.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Influence of Media-Politics-Parallelism on Political Participation and Pluralism
Buß, B. (Speaker)
04.07.2012 → 06.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Understanding Corruptive Behaviour by Means of Experiments
Kubbe, I. (Speaker)
04.07.2012 → 06.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Conference on "The European Electoral Heritage: Ten Years of the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters" 2012
Grotz, F. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 03.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Social Media in der Europapolitischen Kommunikation 2012
Kunert, J. S. (Participant)
25.06.2012 → 26.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
13. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Politikdidaktik und politische Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung - GPJE 2012
Lutter, A. (Participant)
22.06.2012 → 23.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Von Kategorien zu Basis- und Fachkonzepten - alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?
Oeftering, T. (Lecturer)
21.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Center for Voting and Parties
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
18.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2nd biennial conference of the European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation - Eu-SPRI Forum 2012
Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)
12.06.2012 → 13.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Entwicklung der Regierungssysteme im post-sozialistischen Europa
Seha, E. (Speaker)
01.06.2012 → 03.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wandel der Medienstrukturen: Komparative Analyse in zehn mittel- und osteuropäischen Staaten
Buß, B. (Speaker)
01.06.2012 → 03.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teilnahme Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
10.05.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
EU-SPRI Early Career Researcher Conference - ECC 2012
Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)
09.05.2012 → 11.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012
Seha, E. M. (presenter)
04.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012
Saretzki, T. (Organiser)
04.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
5. Doktoranden-Workshop Demokratieforschung des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - NND 2012
Ebermann, V. (Participant)
04.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Conference: New trends of political representation in the EU: still democratic? 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Unterricht Wirtschaft + Politik (Journal)
Lutter, A. (Editor)
05.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Welche Rolle können Unternehmensdialoge im gesellschaftlichen Diskurs spielen? Wie ist der InfoDialog Fracking einzuordnen?: Plenar-Vortrag zusammen mit Dipl.-Umweltwiss. Basil Bornemann
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
25.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research