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
Leadership: Eine Frage der Persönlichkeit? Ein Vergleich des Führungshandelns von Bundeskanzlerin Merkel angesichts der Währungs- und Migrationskrise
01.01.17 → 01.01.20
Project: Dissertation project
Autocracies' Counterintuitive Delegation Preferences to International Human Rights Organizations
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Individuelle und systemische Belastungen im flexiblen Kapitalismus. Demokratietheoretische Implikationen einer kritischen Theorie sozialen Stresses
01.10.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
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
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
CAPFLO - Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation
01.01.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research