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.
Individuelle und systemische Belastungen im flexiblen Kapitalismus. Demokratietheoretische Implikationen einer kritischen Theorie sozialen Stresses
Schottdorf, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
NEMo: NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätsbedürfnissen im ländlichen Raum
Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic), Samland, U. (Project staff), Marx Gómez, J. (Project manager, academic), Hahn, A. (Project manager, academic), Köster, F. (Project manager, academic), Taeger, J. (Project manager, academic), Winter, A. J. (Project manager, academic) & Woisetschläger, D. M. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
Phd Program Democracy under Stress (DUS)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Welzel, C. (Coordination)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Other
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
Leipold, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
VERA: Reflexive Responsibilisierung. Verantwortung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Lüdtke, N. (Project staff), Buss, K. (Project staff), Lindemann, G. (Project manager, academic), Alkemeyer, T. (Project manager, academic), Paech, N. (Project manager, academic), Schulz, R. (Project manager, academic), Pfriem, R. (Project manager, academic), Hochmann, L. (Project manager, academic), Buschmann, N. (Project manager, academic) & Sulmowski, Y. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
Sociology of Sustainability
Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Lindemann, G. (Project manager, academic), Lüdtke, N. (Project staff), Neckel, S. (Project manager, academic), Kaldewey, D. (Project manager, academic), Block, K. (Project manager, academic), Barth, T. (Project manager, academic), Besio, C. (Project manager, academic), Böschen, S. (Project manager, academic), Dickel, S. (Project manager, academic), Rödder, S. (Project manager, academic), Schloßberger, M. (Project manager, academic) & Wendt, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
"Privat/Öffentlich V“. 20. Workshop der AG „GeschlechterGesellschaftsTheorien“, 03. – 05. November 2016, an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Burkart, G. (Project manager, academic)
03.11.16 → 05.11.16
Project: Scientific event
Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.16 → 31.05.17
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Between Logistics and Migration: Duisburg and the New Silk Road
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany – theories, concepts and practice
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ngcoza, K. (Partner)
01.01.17 → 30.11.17
Project: Research