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

Service offers

  • PHD-Summerschool
  • Politikberatung
  1. Published

    Resistance to international democracy promotion in Morocco and Tunisia

    van Hüllen, V., 2017, In: Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal. 2, 5, p. 637-657 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. E-pub ahead of print

    Rethinking Measurement Equivalence in Comparative Political Research

    Zhirkov, K. & Welzel, C., 23.03.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Political Research Quarterly. 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Reviving wood-pastures for biodiversity and people: A case study from western Estonia

    Roellig, M., Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Sammul, M., von Wehrden, H., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2016, In: Ambio. 45, 2, p. 185-195 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published
  5. Published

    Salafisten in Afrika: nicht zwingend Wegbereiter des Terrorismus

    Elischer, S., 2014, Hamburg: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 7 p. (GIGA Focus Afrika; vol. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Scale in environmental governance: moving from concepts and cases to consolidation

    Newig, J. & Moss, T., 06.11.2017, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 19, 5, p. 473-479 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Schwache Regierungschefs? Politische Erfahrung und Amtsdauer von Premierministern in Mittel- und Osteuropa

    Grotz, F. & Müller-Rommel, F., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 46, 2, p. 310-327 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Social Policy in the European Union by Karen M Anderson. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

    Vercesi, M., 08.2017, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 15, 3, p. 490-491 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  9. Published

    Society and territory: making sense of Italian populism from a historical perspective

    Vercesi, M., 02.2023, In: Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 31, 1, p. 111-131 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Sprache und inklusive politische Bildung: Anstöße zum Weiterdenken - eine Replik

    Oeftering, T., 2015, Didaktik der inklusiven politischen Bildung . Dönges, C., Hilpert, W. & Zurstrassen, B. (eds.). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, p. 139-142 4 p. (Schriftenreihe; vol. 1617).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review