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. 2012
  2. University of California, Irvine

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)

    20122013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  3. 2011
  4. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Chair)

    12.201105.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

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

    Florian Grotz (Lecturer)

    25.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Politische Korruption in Europa

    Ina Kubbe (Speaker)

    25.11.201127.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Björn Buß (Speaker)

    25.11.201127.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. 2. Workshop Netzwerk Medienstrukturen - 2011

    Björn Buß (Speaker)

    13.10.201115.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Veit Ebermann (Oral presentation)

    22.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Workshop: Anwerben - Andocken - Anwenden - 2011

    Miriam Hufnagl (Speaker)

    22.09.201123.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Veit Ebermann (Participant)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. 8. Workhop Biodiversiät und Klima - BfN 2011

    Veit Ebermann (Participant)

    31.08.201103.09.2011

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

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

    Miriam Hufnagl (Speaker) & Nicole Schulze (Speaker)

    25.08.201127.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    24.08.201127.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Process Tracing Methodology - 2011

    Esther Marie Seha (Participant)

    01.08.201105.08.2011

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

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

    Ina Kubbe (Participant)

    01.08.201112.08.2011

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

  17. 6th General Conference of the The European Consortium for Political Research - ECPR 2011

    Dawid Friedrich (Organiser)

    08.2011

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

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

    Esther Marie Seha (Participant)

    17.07.201129.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Veit Ebermann (Participant)

    05.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 18th International Conference of the Council for European Studies - CES 2011

    Dawid Friedrich (Organiser)

    07.2011

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

  21. Klausurtagung niedersächsische Regierungskommission "Klimaschutz"

    Veit Ebermann (Consultant)

    29.06.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

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

    Marion Reiser (Speaker)

    23.06.201125.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch