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.

 

  1. Urbane Kreativitätsimpulse durch 2-3 Straßen?

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Behnke, C. (Project staff), Grigoleit, A. (Project staff), Hahn, J. (Project staff), Körs, A. (Project staff) & Nerlich, M. R. (Project staff)

    14.09.1031.05.11

    Project: Research

  2. Emotionalisierung der Religion. Neue emotionale Stile im Kontext religöser Erfahrung

    Herbrik, R. (Project manager, academic) & Knoblauch, H. (Project manager, academic)

    20.10.1030.09.13

    Project: Research

  3. The Mediatized Home: Changes of Domestic Communication Cultures

    Röser, J. (Project manager, academic) & Peil, C. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.11.1028.09.12

    Project: Research

  4. MOPP: Moral Philosophy & Politics

    Schefczyk, M. (Project manager, academic)

    31.01.1105.12.22

    Project: Research

  5. Hermann Bahr: Ein österreichischer Kritiker der europäischen Avantgarden

    Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1105.02.14

    Project: Research

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

    Seha, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1110.07.14

    Project: Dissertation project

  7. College-Studien in der Praxis- Nachhaltiges Nutzungskonzept für das Heimathaus

    Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Kirschner, U. (Project staff)

    01.04.1130.09.11

    Project: Practical Project

  8. Jahrestagung des Fachverbands Kulturmanagement: Jahrestagung Fachverband Kulturmanagement

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Coordination), Mandel, B. (Coordination), Kirchberg, V. (Coordination) & Ober-Heilig, N. (Project staff)

    01.06.1130.06.12

    Project: Scientific event

  9. Migration in die DDR, Archiv und Online Bibliographie

    Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.11 → …

    Project: Teaching

  10. Radius of Art: Creative politicization of the public sphere - Cultural potential forces for social transformation

    Gad, D. (Coordination), Löschmann, H. (Coordination), Kagan, S. (Partner), Müffelmann, A. (Coordination), Eckstein, K. (Coordination), Merkel, C. M. (Partner), Jarchow, U. (Partner), Thoss, M. M. (Partner), Classen, R. (Partner), aus dem Moore, E. (Partner), Winkler, S. (Partner), Müller, E. (Partner) & Ernst, R. (Partner)

    06.06.1109.02.12

    Project: Scientific event

  11. DoktorandInnen-Workshop Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (2011)

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

    17.06.1118.06.11

    Project: Scientific event

  12. Hör.Spiel.Gut H A S S E L B U R G – Mehr als ein Museum

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Flach, A. (Project staff) & Brinker, H. C. (Partner, non-academic)

    01.07.1102.02.12

    Project: Practical Project

  13. Workshop externe PR Print oder Online

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Adam, U. (Project staff)

    01.07.1131.07.11

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  14. Supercomputing. Medienkulturen zwischen Parallelität und Scalability

    Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic) & Engemann, C. (Project manager, academic)

    27.07.1131.03.13

    Project: Research

  15. PML: Post-Media Lab

    Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic), Apprich, C. (Project staff) & Schultz, O. L. (Project staff)

    01.09.1131.05.14

    Project: Research

  16. Symposion: Soziale Medien - Neue Massen?

    Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.09.1103.02.15

    Project: Scientific event

  17. Die Experimentalkultur in einer Seifenblase. Das epistemische Potenzial in Chardins Malerei

    Hosseini, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.11 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  18. Mode und Accessoires. Fetischistische Strukturen in der Malerei Pierre-Auguste Renoirs (AT)

    Sawer, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.11 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  19. New technologies, new sound practices

    Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Hanacek, M. (Partner)

    01.10.1131.05.12

    Project: Scientific event

  20. Project Quality Audit

    Rau, A. (Project manager, academic), Preuschl, C. (Project manager, academic) & Heuser, G. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.10.1130.09.16

    Project: Teaching

  21. Strategiebildung in der subnationalen Klimaanpassungspolitik (Arbeitstitel)

    Ebermann, V. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1130.09.14

    Project: Dissertation project

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

    Hufnagl, M. (Project manager, academic)

    10.10.1101.04.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  23. Art and Civic Media

    Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1101.05.15

    Project: Research

  24. Repression, Mobilization, and Civil Society

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

    01.01.1231.12.16

    Project: Research

  25. URL: Research Lab

    Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1210.06.15

    Project: Research

  26. Was machen eigentlich Parlamente?

    Koß, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1231.12.18

    Project: Research

  27. 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)

    01.02.1201.02.15

    Project: Dissertation project

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

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1231.03.13

    Project: Research

  29. Nachbarschafts-Technologien. Mathematik und Medien dynamischer Netzwerke

    Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic) & Harks, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1204.02.13

    Project: Scientific event

  30. Subnationale Demokratiemuster in Asien und Lateinamerika

    Böttcher, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1201.09.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  31. Studienergänzung Public Relations 5

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Adam, U. (Project staff)

    01.03.1231.07.13

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  32. 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)

    06.03.1230.08.14

    Project: Scientific event

  33. Touristische Potenziale der Samtgemeinde Horneburg

    Pries, M. (Project manager, academic)

    10.03.1211.07.12

    Project: Research

  34. College Studien in der Praxis- Wirtschaftsförderung der Samtgemeinde Horneburg & GD Incentives GmbH

    Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Pries, M. (Project staff)

    01.04.1230.09.12

    Project: Practical Project

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

    Stumpf, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1231.03.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  36. Messung der Wirkung von Architektur als Erlebnisträger beim Museumsbesuch

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ober-Heilig, N. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1223.06.14

    Project: Research

  37. Social Desirability Bias im Kulturbereich

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Mers, A. (Project staff), Heinen, A. (Project staff), Bögel, P. M. (Project staff) & Sikkenga, J. (Project staff)

    01.04.1231.05.17

    Project: Research

  38. Reisegeschwindigkeitsprofile in deutschen Städten im Zuge der Innovation Pedelec

    Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)

    02.04.1231.12.13

    Project: Research

  39. Der deutsche Gatsby x 8: eine Ausstellung

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    10.04.1201.07.12

    Project: Practical Project

  40. Grundversorgung 2.0 (Basic Provision 2.0)

    Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1230.06.15

    Project: Research

  41. Teilmaßnahme 1.1 KT 11: Hybrid Publishing

    Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Beverungen, A. (Project staff), Bunz, M. (Project manager, academic), Heise, C. (Project staff), Kuper, H.-G. (Project staff), Loebel, J.-M. (Project staff), Worthington, S. (Project staff), Hall, G. (Partner), Levin, T. (Partner), Lovink, G. (Partner), Shah, N. N. (Project staff), Amorosa, J. (Project staff), Burkhardt, M. (Project staff), Dieter, M. (Project staff), Gollner, U. (Project staff), Hui, Y. (Project staff), Kirchner, A. (Project staff), Kral, C. (Project staff), Le, M. (Project staff) & Peters, H. (Project staff)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.05.1231.03.16

    Project: Research

  42. IP TM 1.1 KT 11: Internes Projektbudget KT 11 - Hybrid Publishing

    Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic) & Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.05.1231.03.16

    Project: Other

  43. Workshop PM/PV

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Adam, U. (Project staff)

    01.05.1231.05.12

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  44. 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)

    26.06.1231.12.12

    Project: Research