Center for the Study of Democracy

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at Leuphana University Lüneburg conducts research on democratic structures and procedures in politics and society, economics and the environment. The central focus of research is on questions of legitimacy and performance of democracy in the 21st century. The Center's research activities focus on three main areas: Value Change and Human Empowerment, Party Government and Institutional Change and Participation and Public Policy. In addition, the CSD engages in active promotion of younger researchers as well as in international and regional networking of democracy research institutions.

Topics

  • Value Change and Human Empowerment
  • Party Government and Institutional Change
  • Participation and Public Policy
  1. 2015
  2. Tagung der GPJE 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    11.06.201513.06.2015

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

  3. Methods and Methodologies for Researching Globalization and Development - 2015

    Stefan Kruse (Speaker)

    28.05.201529.05.2015

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

  4. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    21.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Boston University

    Esther Marie Seha (Visiting researcher)

    01.05.201531.07.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  6. Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person - A Tribute to a Stellar Career

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Was sind epistemische Regime?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    28.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. 73d Annual COnference of the Midwest Political Science Association - MPSA 2015

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    16.04.201519.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Konferenz „Politische Kommunikation und Interessenvertretung erleben”

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser)

    16.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  10. Experiments in Social Sciences: Method School

    Ina Kubbe (Lecturer)

    10.04.201511.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  11. Key Lecture: The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    07.04.201510.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Interdisziplinäre Tagung Kompetenz zum Widerstand: Eine vernachlässigte Bildungsaufgabe - 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  14. "Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen"

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  15. Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen

    Tonio Oeftering (Lecturer)

    25.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  16. Jahreskolloquium 2015 der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung - AFK 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Moderator)

    19.03.201521.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    18.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Just Leave Us Alone: The Arab League and Human Rights

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    07.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  19. Why Being Democratic is Just Not Enough: The EU’s Governance Transfer

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter) & Tanja A. Börzel (Coauthor)

    07.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  20. Sachverständige im Bayerischen Landtag: Ausschuss für Kommunale Fragen, Innere Sicherheit und Sport

    Marion Reiser (Reviewer)

    04.03.2015

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  21. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  22. 6. Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2015

    Tonio Oeftering (Participant)

    26.02.2015

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

  23. Tel Aviv University

    Ina Kubbe (Visiting researcher)

    26.02.201506.04.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  24. Tagung der Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft - DVPW 2015

    Ina Kubbe (Organiser) & Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    25.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Verfassungspolitik in Albanien: Machtinstrument oder heilige Kuh?

    Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann (presenter)

    25.02.201527.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  26. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    24.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  27. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (presenter)

    18.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences: Qualitative Interpretive Methods

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    13.02.201520.02.2015

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

  29. Guest Lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    03.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  30. Game Theory and Applications for Political Science

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Speaker)

    01.02.201513.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  31. Guest lecture: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  32. Politikwissenschaft in den Kulturwissenschaften

    Vera van Hüllen (Panel participant)

    27.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  33. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" - 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    15.01.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Politik als Experiment?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    12.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  35. Workshop des Arbeitskreises Natur-Ressourcen-Konflikte - 2015

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    09.01.2015

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

  36. Politikberatung

    Michael Koß (Consultant)

    2015 → …

    Activity: Consultancy

  37. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

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

    Tonio Oeftering (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsEducation

  39. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (External organisation)

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  40. Victoria University of Wellington (External organisation)

    Marion Reiser (Coordinator)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  41. „Votum – Beiträge aus Politischer Bildung und Politikwissenschaft" (Journal)

    Tonio Oeftering (Editor)

    2015 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsEducation

  42. 2014
  43. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    16.12.201417.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  44. Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    12.12.201413.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  45. Interdisciplinary (Anti-)Corruption Research? Research project planning meets anti-corruption practitioners

    Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)

    11.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  46. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    04.12.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. Corruption in Comparative Perspective

    Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)

    02.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  48. Guest Lecture: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  49. Keynote Lecture: "Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?"

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  50. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    26.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  51. 2nd Interdisciplinary Insights on Fraud and Corruption - I2FC 2014

    Ina Kubbe (presenter)

    22.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  52. 57th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association - ASA 2014

    Sebastian Elischer (Speaker)

    21.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  53. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    20.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  54. Workshop der HSE

    Christian Welzel (Keynote Speaker)

    10.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  55. 4th Annual Research Conference of the Laboratory of Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2014

    Christian Welzel (Keynote speaker)

    09.11.201413.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  56. Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    05.11.201406.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  57. Briefing Note: "Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys"

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  58. Colloquium Presentation at the Political Science Department, Georg-August-University, Goettingen

    Christian Welzel (presenter)

    11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  59. IPSA Research Committee on Political Sociology (External organisation)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Executive member)

    11.2014

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  60. Keynote Lecture: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  61. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    23.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  62. Understanding Corruption by Means of Experiments

    Ina Kubbe (Oral presentation)

    23.10.201424.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  63. Colloquium an der Higher School of Economics

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    15.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  64. Annual Meeting, German Political Science Association - Comparative Politics Section 2013

    Christian Welzel (Participant)

    09.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  65. Colloquium Presentation: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  66. Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Office)

    10.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  67. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Marion Reiser (Member)

    10.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  68. Data Analysis: MAXQDA

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    25.09.2014

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

  69. Qualitative Research: Interviews

    Lena Wach (Participant)

    22.09.2014

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

  70. 24th PhD Summer School on Political Parties in New Democracies

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Organiser), Esther Marie Seha (Organiser) & Ina Kubbe (Organiser)

    07.09.201413.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  71. European University, Florenz

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)

    09.201412.2014

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  72. Kolloquium "Politik von unten" - Arbeitskreis soziale Bewegung der DVPW

    Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop (Participant)

    09.2014

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

  73. 110th American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition - APSA 2014

    Sebastian Elischer (Participant)

    29.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. 110th American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition - APSA 2014

    Christian Welzel (presenter)

    16.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  75. Doktorandinnen- und Doktorandenworkshop der Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

    Ina Kubbe (Organiser)

    19.06.201420.06.2100

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  76. 6. Kolloquium des Nachwuchsnetzwerkes Politische Kommunikation - NaPoKo 2014

    Jessica Sabrina Kunert (Organiser)

    06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  77. 7. Doktoranden-Workshop des Norddeutsches Netzwerk der Demokratieforschung

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    06.2014

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

  78. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Keynote Speaker)

    21.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  79. Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015

    Vera van Hüllen (Organiser)

    14.05.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  80. Summer Retreat of the BIGSSS 2014

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    05.2014

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

  81. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    28.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  82. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    09.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  83. 42nd Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research - ECPRJS 2014

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (presenter)

    08.04.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  84. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    07.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  85. Autocratic Adaptation, Autocratic Legacies and Fundamentalist Islam in Niger

    Sebastian Elischer (Lecturer)

    03.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  86. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Lecturer)

    02.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  87. 4th Annual Research Conference of the Laboratory of Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2014

    Christian Welzel (Speaker)

    04.2014

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

  88. Book Presenation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  89. Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  90. Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  91. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Member)

    04.201403.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  92. From Sacrificing Life to Living It: Moral Evolution and the Emerging Mass Basis of Global Peace

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    31.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  93. Sektionstagung der DVPW Sektion Policy-Analyse und Verwaltungswissenschaft 2014

    Thomas Saretzki (Organiser)

    17.03.201418.03.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  94. “The Bigger Picture of Corruption: A Comparative Analysis of Europe and the Rest of the World”, 03.03.2014.

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    03.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  95. Bi-annual General Assembly of the World Values Survey Association - WVS 2014

    Christian Welzel (presenter)

    03.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  96. Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  97. Experimentelle Politik?

    Thomas Saretzki (Speaker)

    21.02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  98. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    12.02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  99. 5th IPSA Summer School 2014

    Marcus Kronfeldt (Participant)

    02.02.201414.02.2014

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

  100. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association - WRSA 2014

    Christian Welzel (presenter)

    02.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  101. Book Launch: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"

    Christian Welzel (Oral presentation)

    02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch