School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Research School
Organisation profile
Leuphana University Lüneburg's School of Culture and Society is driven by the deep conviction that contemporary scientific and societal challenges can only be addressed by transcending traditional academic disciplines. Our college’s five institutes feature more than one hundred faculty from disciplines including art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography, and history. Together, they form a highly integrated network in terms of both their research and teaching, continuing a successful tradition of cooperation and collaboration in cultural studies that has defined our programme for almost forty years.
Main research areas
Culture and Society at Leuphana
More than 100 academics from the humanities and social sciences work at the School of Culture and Society at Leuphana. They pursue the shared goal of further developing the cultural studies project in the context of changing socio-cultural conditions. The point is not to dissolve individual disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, but rather to establish a specific cultural studies programme that aims at a critique of the present.
Research Areas
The School of Culture and Society focuses on cross-disciplinary research that explores questions that are highly significant to contemporary society. Our two primary research areas (Digital Cultures and Cultures of Critique) and our one research initiative (Cultures of Conflict) form a framework for innovative, advanced research in cultural studies. All of these research areas rely heavily on collaboration, and they include colloquia, conferences, and summer programs as well as ongoing collaborations with numerous externally funded projects.
- Visiting an external academic institution
University of Vienna
Warnke, M. (Visiting researcher)
13.10.2015 → 15.10.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Vienna
Warnke, M. (Visiting lecturer)
01.03.2010 → 31.07.2010Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Western Sydney University
Beverungen, A. (Visiting researcher)
01.02.2017 → 31.03.2017Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Zentrum für Unabhängige Sozialforschung
Kubbe, I. (Visiting researcher)
04.2006 → 07.2006Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Zurich University of the Arts
Zindel, H. (Visiting researcher)
06.2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- Hosting an academic visitor
John Solomos
Karakayali, S. (Host)
11.10.2021Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
J. Pedro Lorente
Kirchberg, V. (Host)
21.07.2023 → 28.07.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Sabine Knierbein
Kirchberg, V. (Host)
07.08.2023 → 12.08.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Sigrún Lilja Einarsdottir
Kirchberg, V. (Host)
07.12.2023 → 11.12.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
- Academic Consultant
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
2016 → 2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Architektur Weltweit DAAD
Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)
2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
BA-Arbeiten 2016
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2016Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
BA-Arbeiten 2018
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
B.A.-Arbeiten 2019
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
BA-Arbeiten 2020
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
DFG-Gutachtertätigkeit
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
19.07.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
DFG-Gutachtertätigkeit
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
29.07.2009Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
DFG-Gutachtertätigkeit
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
08.02.2009Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
DFG-Gutachtertätigkeit
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
11.01.2009Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
DFG-Gutachtertätigkeit
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
28.06.2007Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation "Contested Constitutions: Constitutional Design, Conflict and Change in Post-Communist East Central Europe"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
10.12.2009Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation "Government alternation in Western Europe : a comparative exploration"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
19.05.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation "Leaders over parties? The personalization of politics and voting behavior in contemporary Western Democracies"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
05.07.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation "Participation and Democracy: Dynamics, Causes and Consequences of Elite-Challenging Activities"
Welzel, C. (Reviewer), Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer) & Boehnke, K. (Reviewer)
29.06.2009Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation "State interests vs citizens’ preferences : on which side do (Labour) parties stand?"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
31.03.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation: "The Effects of Democratization in Party Leadership Selection: A Comparative Analysis of Leadership Races in Five European Countries"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
01.2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation: "The Formation of Minority Governments in Central and Eastern Europe"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
06.2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation "The Institutionalisation of Party Systems in East Central Europe"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
06.06.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Dissertation "The institutionalization of party systems in East Central Europe : explaining variation"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
07.06.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Erasmus + Mobilität mit Partnerländern (KA107)
Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)
2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Evaluierung des Deutschen Museums von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (DM) in München
Kirchberg, V. (Reviewer)
17.01.2024 → 19.01.2024Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Expertise für die Kommission zur Erstellung des 7. Familienberichts
Müller, T. (Reviewer), Bird, K. (Reviewer) & Bohns, S. (Reviewer)
2004Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Externe Gutachten in einem W1 Berufungsverfahren
Henkel, A. (Reviewer)
05.12.2016Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Fachgespräch Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis90/Die Grünen zum Thema „Facebooks Libra und andere Kryptowährungen“
Leistert, O. (Reviewer)
11.09.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Fachgespräch "Zuwanderung - Konsequenzen für die Städtebauförderung"
Münch, S. (Reviewer)
26.01.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Gutachten für die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendien-Programm für Postdoktoranden
Barron, A. (Reviewer)
16.09.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Gutachten in einem Berufungsverfahren
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
02.10.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Gutachten Tenure Track
Leeb, S. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Gutachten Tenure Track
Leeb, S. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Gutachter im Akkreditierungsverfahren des M.A. Studiengangs "Sound Studies" der UdK Berlin
Großmann, R. (Reviewer)
2006Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Gutachtertätigkeit für die Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
29.05.2009Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Hamburger interkulturelle Beratungsstellen für Opfer von häuslicher Gewalt und Zwangsheirat LÂLE und verikom-i.bera der Träger Interkulturelle Begegnungsstätte e.V. und verikom e.V.
Alicke, T. (Reviewer) & Münch, S. (Reviewer)
06.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
International Program Committee/Art Jury
Broeckmann, A. (Reviewer)
10.06.2021 → 16.06.2022Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Jury Wettbewerb VIDA LIFE 15: Kunstwettbewerb
Broeckmann, A. (Reviewer)
25.09.2013 → 28.09.2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Klausurtagung niedersächsische Regierungskommission "Klimaschutz"
Ebermann, V. (Consultant)
29.06.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Kontinuität von Wissenschaft und Kunst: Das qualitative Feldexperiment der Offenen Bibliotheken in Hamburg (CD-Rom)
Wuggenig, U. (Reviewer)
1998Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
MA-Arbeit 2017
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
MA-Arbeiten 2016
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2016Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
MA-Arbeiten 2018
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
M.A.-Arbeiten 2019
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education