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Center for the Study of Democracy

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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
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  1. 24th ECPR PhD Summer School on “Political Parties in New Democracies”

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)

    07.09.14 → 13.09.14

    Project: Scientific event

  2. A-CLIM: Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Development in Lower Saxony

    Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic), Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic) & Ebermann, V. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.10.12 → 22.01.15

    Project: Research

  3. Autocracies' Counterintuitive Delegation Preferences to International Human Rights Organizations

    Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.16 → 30.09.19

    Project: Dissertation project

  4. Autocracies in International Relations (winter semester 2018-19, bachelor Political Science)

    Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)

    15.10.18 → 01.02.19

    Project: Teaching

  5. Bürgermeisterwahlkämpfe im Professionalisierungsdiskurs der Wahlkampfforschung. Ein kandidatenzentrierter Vergleich in niedersächsischen Städten

    Freund, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.10 → 23.07.13

    Project: Dissertation project

  6. CAPFLO - Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Kochskämper, E. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.01.16 → 30.06.19

    Project: Research

  7. Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany – theories, concepts and practice

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ngcoza, K. (Partner)

    01.01.17 → 30.11.17

    Project: Research

  8. Deliberative Bürgerbeteiligung in der deutschen Debatte um Priorisierung in der medizinischen Versorgung - Potentiale und Grenzen

    Stumpf, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.12 → 31.03.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  9. Die Europäische Union als Diskurs: "Europa für Bürgerinnen und Bürger" dank einer aktivierten Zivilgesellschaft? (Arbeitstitel)

    Wach, L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.14 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  10. Directly Elected Mayors: Impact on the Local Party System

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Bottom, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.13 → …

    Project: Research

  11. Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.16 → 31.05.17

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  12. E-Participation in the European Multi-Level System. Supply and Use of New Digital Media in the European Parliament.

    Kunert, J. S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.12 → 01.02.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  13. Executive Power in Parliamentary Democracies (2013-2017)

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.13 → 31.08.17

    Project: Research

  14. Exhibition Project “Hitler´s Crimes: A French Occupying Forces´ Exhibition 1945-1946“ Conducted at Freiburg University of Education

    Oeftering, T. (Project staff), Uhl, H. (Project manager, academic) & Merz, H.-G. (Project manager, academic)

    10.03.04 → …

    Project: Practical Project

  15. Exhibition Project “Political Caricatures of the Conflict in Iraq“

    Oeftering, T. (Project staff), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Merz, H.-G. (Project manager, academic)

    05.03.03 → 31.03.04

    Project: Practical Project

  16. Förderung Autorenworkshop Sonderheft ZPOL November 2018 durch Thyssenstiftung

    Münch, S. (Project manager, academic), Barbehön, M. (Partner) & Schlag, G. (Partner)

    01.10.18 → 31.03.19

    Project: Scientific event

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

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.12 → 31.03.13

    Project: Research

  18. "Freiwillige Rückkehr" - Implementierung und Politisierung im europäischen Mehrebenensystem

    Münch, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.19 → 30.11.19

    Project: Research

  19. Gastdozentur Prof. Pettai, Uni Tartu

    Pettai, V. A. (Project manager, academic) & Müller-Rommel, F. (Coordination)

    01.10.08 → 01.02.11

    Project: Teaching

  20. Individuelle und systemische Belastungen im flexiblen Kapitalismus. Demokratietheoretische Implikationen einer kritischen Theorie sozialen Stresses

    Schottdorf, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.16 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  21. IniVPol: Instrumente in der Verbraucherpolitik

    Leipold, A. (Project staff) & Loer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.17 → 31.12.19

    Project: Research

  22. Integration Through Trust

    Sandermann, P. (Project manager, academic), Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic), Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Münch, S. (Project manager, academic), Husen, O. (Project manager, academic), Kakar, H. (Project staff), Siede, A. (Project staff), Schwenker, V. S. (Project staff), Wenzel, L. (Project staff) & Winkel, M. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.02.19 → 31.05.22

    Project: Research

  23. Intra-party Competition: District Nomination of the Candidates for the Federal Elections 2009

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.08 → …

    Project: Research

  24. Jugend und Politik - ein schwieriges Verhältnis? Schüler als Jugendforscher

    Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Lutter, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    01.09.12 → 31.03.15

    Project: Practical Project

  25. Kommunale Wählergemeinschaften in Ost- und Westdeutschland

    Reiser, M. (Coordination) & Holtmann, E. (Project manager, academic)

    15.09.04 → 31.07.12

    Project: Research

  26. Leadership: Eine Frage der Persönlichkeit? Ein Vergleich des Führungshandelns von Bundeskanzlerin Merkel angesichts der Währungs- und Migrationskrise

    Wehrkamp, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.17 → 01.01.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  27. LESÖB: Lebensweltorientierte Konstruktion von (nachhaltigen) Lernaufgaben in der sozioökonomischen Bildung

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, A. (Project manager, academic), Oppermann, J. (Project staff) & Hantke, H. (Project staff)

    01.10.17 → 31.12.18

    Project: Research

  28. Local Interest Representation in Multi-Level Parties

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.14 → …

    Project: Research

  29. MONA: Modes of sustainability-related research in comparison (MONA): Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes - a comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Jahn, S. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    15.04.13 → 08.09.21

    Project: Research

  30. Music and Politics. Political Cultural Education as an Access to Politics for Adolescents!?

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Gloe, M. (Project manager, academic)

    06.03.12 → 30.08.14

    Project: Scientific event

  31. NMUN : National Model Univer Nations (NMUN) 2008-2010

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.08 → 01.09.10

    Project: Teaching

  32. Ökonomische Ungleichheit und der Einfluss von Diskurskoalitionen auf Vermögensbesteuerung in Deutschland, 1995-2015. Eine Diskursnetzwerkanalyse von Policy-Wandel in der Steuerpolitik

    Leipold, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.15 → 11.05.16

    Project: Research

  33. Parlamentarische Sozialisation von Landtagsabgeordneten

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Borchert, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.10 → …

    Project: Research

  34. Party Government in the New Europe. London: Routledge

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Keman, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.09 → 31.10.11

    Project: Research

  35. Party Politics and Democracy in Europe

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.02.14 → 03.07.14

    Project: Scientific event

  36. Peace Counts School Freiburg

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)

    08.03.07 → …

    Project: Practical Project

  37. Personalization of Politics

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Garzia, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.14 → 31.08.17

    Project: Research

  38. Political Culture and Political Development

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Dalton, R. J. (Partner)

    01.01.09 → 31.12.13

    Project: Research

  39. Political Discourses of Business and Capital Taxation. A Comparative Network Analysis of Tax Policy-Focused Media and Parliamentary Debates in the U.S. and Germany, 1965-2015

    Leipold, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.16 → 30.09.19

    Project: Dissertation project

  40. Political Parties in Africa: Ethnicity and Party Formation

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.12 → 01.09.14

    Project: Research

  41. Post-sozialistische Regierungssystemreform: Armenien, Kroatien, Russland und die Ukraine im Vergleich

    Seha, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.11 → 10.07.14

    Project: Dissertation project

  42. PPGG-Programm PELP -Public Policy and Good Governance

    Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.09 → 30.06.15

    Project: Teaching

  43. Professionalisierung der Kommunalpolitik in deutschen Großstädten

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.01 → 30.05.05

    Project: Research

  44. Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Die neuen EU-Staaten im Vergleich.

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Grotz, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.08 → 31.08.10

    Project: Research

  45. Regionalism and its Causes in sub-Saharan Africa

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.14 → …

    Project: Research

  46. Repräsentationsvorstellungen von Abgeordneten

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.15 → …

    Project: Research

  47. Representation in the European Union

    Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Kröger, S. (Partner)

    28.11.09 → 15.01.13

    Project: Research

  48. Repression, Mobilization, and Civil Society

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic), Inglehart, R. C. (Partner) & Deutsch, F. (Partner)

    01.01.12 → 31.12.16

    Project: Research

  49. Salafism in the Sahel

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.13 → …

    Project: Research

  50. Scholarship for a visiting scientist via Wissenschaft.Niedersachsen.Weltoffen

    Münch, S. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.02.18 → 31.01.21

    Project: Research

  51. Social Protest in Africa's Hybrid Regimes

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.14 → 30.09.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  52. Strategic policy making in research and innovation policy (working titel)

    Hufnagl, M. (Project manager, academic)

    10.10.11 → 01.04.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  53. Strategiebildung in der subnationalen Klimaanpassungspolitik (Arbeitstitel)

    Ebermann, V. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.11 → 30.09.14

    Project: Dissertation project

  54. Subnationale Demokratiemuster in Asien und Lateinamerika

    Böttcher, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.12 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  55. The Determinants of Political Corruption in Comparative Perspective

    Kubbe, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.10 → 09.12.14

    Project: Dissertation project

  56. The Image of Politics and Politicians

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Gloe, M. (Project manager, academic)

    05.03.08 → 17.03.10

    Project: Scientific event

  57. The ParlSpeech Data Set

    Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.15 → 17.05.17

    Project: Research

  58. The Political Careers of Prime Ministers in Europe, 1945-2019

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Vercesi, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.17 → 31.12.20

    Project: Research

  59. TRUDEM: Trust in European Democracies - WP4: Democratic systems and national cultures: transition and interplay of values

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.23 → 31.12.25

    Project: Research

  60. Value Orientations and Cooperation: Exploring the Value-Behavior Link

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Thöni, C. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.01.13 → 31.08.17

    Project: Research

  61. Vorhabensteil: Sprachliche Heterogenität im schulischen Fachunterricht der Sekundarstufe I

    Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Schwippert, K. (Partner), Lutter, A. (Partner), Neumann, A. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner) & Holle, K. (Project staff)

    26.06.12 → 31.12.12

    Project: Research

  62. „What is Political Education?“ An Enquiry of Student Teachers´ Ideas

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Fischer, F. (Partner)

    01.04.14 → 31.03.16

    Project: Teaching

  63. ZDEMO/GIGA Professur für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Coordination) & Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.12 → 02.01.18

    Project: Research