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. 2012
  2. Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    23.04.201227.04.2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionEducation

  3. Strategie-Workshop „Auf dem Weg zum Wahljahr 2013“

    Tils, R. (Organiser)

    20.04.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  4. Corruption and Trust: A model design

    Kubbe, I. (Speaker)

    29.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Tagung der Sektion „Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft“ 2012

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Participant)

    29.03.201231.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Bürgerbeteiligung für den kommunalen Klimaschutz 2012

    Saretzki, T. (Keynote speaker)

    28.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association - PSA 2012

    Welzel, C. (Speaker) & Alexander, A. (Speaker)

    22.03.201225.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. The Australian National University

    Stumpf, S. (Visiting researcher)

    21.03.201210.05.2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  9. Sind die Deutschen die Lehrmeister Europas?

    Grotz, F. (Panel participant)

    15.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. Teilnahme Konstituierende Sitzung DFG-Fachkollegium Politikwissenschaft

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)

    14.03.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  11. Vorlesung "Das deutsche Regierungssystem in vergleichender Perspektive"

    Grotz, F. (Lecturer)

    12.03.201216.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  12. 14th General Online Research Conference - GOR 2012

    Kunert, J. S. (Speaker)

    06.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Workshop "Klimaanpassungsstrategie"

    Ebermann, V. (Consultant)

    22.02.2012

    Activity: Consultancy

  14. 1st ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques 2012

    Kubbe, I. (Participant)

    11.02.201218.02.2012

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

  15. Gründungstagung der Sektion Methoden der Politikwissenschaft der Deutschen vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft - DVPW 2012

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Participant)

    09.02.201211.02.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 51st Annual Meeting der Western Regional Science Association - WRSA 2012

    Welzel, C. (Speaker) & Alexander, A. (Speaker)

    08.02.201211.02.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. University of Copenhagen

    Reiser, M. (Visiting researcher)

    02.201207.2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  18. “Corruption and Trust: A Model Design”

    Kubbe, I. (Lecturer)

    26.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. Technikpolitik, Technikfolgen-Abschätzung und Partizipation

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    26.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. Workshop "Sektorale und regionale ökonomische Bewertung" Umweltbundesamt 2012

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    19.01.2012

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

  21. 2nd Transatlantic Conference on Transparancy Research 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Auftaktveranstaltung des Projekts Jugend und Demokratie 2012

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  23. Europa-Union, Kreisverband Hamburg-Harburg

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  24. German Research Foundation (External organisation)

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Member)

    20122015

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  25. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  26. Society for Civic Education Didactics and Civic Youth and Adult Education e.V. (External organisation)

    Oeftering, T. (Member)

    20122016

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsEducation

  27. The Future of the EU after Lisbon - the Crisis and Democracy in Europe

    Friedrich, D. (Lecturer)

    2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  28. University of California, Irvine

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  29. University of California, Irvine

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Visiting researcher)

    20122013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  30. 2011
  31. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Chair)

    12.201105.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  32. “Assessing Representative Democracy, the Democratic Deficit and Institutional Reform

    Grotz, F. (Lecturer)

    25.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  33. Politische Korruption in Europa

    Kubbe, I. (Speaker)

    25.11.201127.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  34. Politischer Parallelismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Ergebnisse einer statistisch-vergleichenden Analyse

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    25.11.201127.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. 2. Workshop Netzwerk Medienstrukturen - 2011

    Buß, B. (Speaker)

    13.10.201115.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. Natur und Landschaft in der niedersächsischen Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel

    Ebermann, V. (Oral presentation)

    22.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  37. Workshop: Anwerben - Andocken - Anwenden - 2011

    Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)

    22.09.201123.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. Hitze in der Stadt - Strategien für eine klimaangepasste Stadtentwicklung - ExWoSt-Zwischenkonferenz 2011

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. 8. Workhop Biodiversiät und Klima - BfN 2011

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    31.08.201103.09.2011

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

  40. Bringing the region back in? German Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) between regional engagement and isolated business

    Hufnagl, M. (Speaker) & Schulze, N. (Speaker)

    25.08.201127.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Multi-Level Parties and Local Interest Representation: First Approaches Towards a More Encompassing Research Design

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    24.08.201127.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. Process Tracing Methodology - 2011

    Seha, E. M. (Participant)

    01.08.201105.08.2011

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

  43. Time Series Analysis for Political and Social Scientists - 2011

    Kubbe, I. (Participant)

    01.08.201112.08.2011

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

  44. 6th General Conference of the The European Consortium for Political Research - ECPR 2011

    Friedrich, D. (Organiser)

    08.2011

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

  45. Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences – Linking Theory and Empirical Research

    Seha, E. M. (Participant)

    17.07.201129.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. Regionales Management von Klimafolgen - KFM (klimazwei) 2011

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    05.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. 18th International Conference of the Council for European Studies - CES 2011

    Friedrich, D. (Organiser)

    07.2011

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

  48. Klausurtagung niedersächsische Regierungskommission "Klimaschutz"

    Ebermann, V. (Consultant)

    29.06.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  49. Research Committee 'Political Socialization and Education' - IPSA 2011

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    23.06.201125.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. DFG-Forschungsinitiative Heterogenität der Universitäten Hamburg und Lüneburg 2011 (Event)

    Lutter, A. (Member)

    06.2011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

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