Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Die Professur für Politische Kulturforschung beschäftigt sich mit Modernisierung, sozialer Wandel, und Human Empowerment; Demokratisierung, Demokratiemessung und Qualität von Governance; Werteformation, kultureller Wandel und öffentliche Meinung; Protestbeteiligung und soziale Bewegungen sowie Zivilgesellschaft und Sozialkapital.
Main research areas
- Modernisation, Social Change, and Human Empowerment
- Democratization, Democratization Rating and Quality of Governance
- Value Formation, Cultural Change and Public Opinion
- Protest Involvement and Social Transactions
- Civil Society and Social Capital
Keywords
- Politics
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Research collaborations from the last five years
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Profiles
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Embracing Transformation: Democratic Resilience — Democracy’s Sustainability in the Global Polycrisis Era
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Séville, A. (Project manager, academic), Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic), Rose, M. (Coordination) & Bade, L. (Project staff)
01.09.25 → 30.08.30
Project: Research
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The Cool Water Effect: Why Human Civilization Turned towards Emancipation in Cold-Wet Regions
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.26
Project: Research
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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
Research output
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Individualism–collectivism: Reconstructing Hofstede’s dimension of cultural differences.
Akaliyski, P., Vignoles, V. L., Welzel, C. & Minkov, M., 2026, In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 130, 2, p. 308-356 49 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access23 Citations (Scopus) -
Shifts in emancipative values during times of crises: Longitudinal evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
Korsunava, V., Sokolov, B. & Welzel, C., 03.2026, In: Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 29, 1, 17 p., e70078.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The democracy falling narrative: debunking stereotypes about democratic deconsolidation in the EU
Brunkert, L. J., Puranen, B., Turska-Kawa, A. & Welzel, C., 2026, In: European Political Science Review. 18, 1, p. 40-66 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Cultural Evolution and Subjective Wellbeing: Rising Individualism Rewires Happiness from Religion to Subjective Freedom
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
12.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods - 2019
Kruse, S. (Participant)
22.07.2019 → 18.08.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
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Intensive Quantitative Methods Course for PhD students, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Kruse, S. (Lecturer)
13.05.2019 → 18.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Prizes
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Academic Honors Medal by the National Research University - Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia
Welzel, C. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Alexander L. George Award 2014
Welzel, C. (Recipient), 07.2014
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Alexander L. George Award 2014 for Freedom Rising as the best book of the year published in political psychology (ISPP - International Society for Political Psychology)
Welzel, C. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
Press/Media
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Der Wahlsieg von Donald Trump: Politologen der Leuphana diskutieren mit Lüneburger Bürgerinnen und Bürger
16.11.16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
Datasets
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Δείκτης κριτικής-φιλελεύθερης δημοκρατικής επιθυμίας
Welzel, C. (Creator), Κατάλογος Δεδομένων SoDaNet, 2022
DOI: 10.17903/fk2/lwrjya, https://datacatalogue.sodanet.gr/citation?persistentId=doi:10.17903/FK2/LWRJYA
Dataset
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Δείκτης (αδρός) δημοκρατικής επιθυμίας
Welzel, C. (Creator), Κατάλογος Δεδομένων SoDaNet, 2022
DOI: 10.17903/fk2/isl8x4, https://datacatalogue.sodanet.gr/citation?persistentId=doi:10.17903/FK2/ISL8X4
Dataset
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Δείκτης σταθμισμένης φιλελεύθερης δημοκρατίας
Welzel, C. (Creator), Κατάλογος Δεδομένων SoDaNet, 2022
DOI: 10.17903/fk2/p5uerr, https://datacatalogue.sodanet.gr/citation?persistentId=doi:10.17903/FK2/P5UERR
Dataset