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. FLiF: Forschungsbasiertes Lernen im Fokus

    Hochmann, L. (Project staff)

    01.04.1430.09.16

    Project: Teaching

  2. Nicht-sprachliche Klangzeichen

    Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.1430.04.17

    Project: Research

  3. „What is Political Education?“ An Enquiry of Student Teachers´ Ideas

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Fischer, F. (Partner)

    01.04.1431.03.16

    Project: Teaching

  4. Mediengeschichte u. kritische Publizistik

    Lahme, T. M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1429.02.20

    Project: Other

  5. MOOC Managing the Arts: Marketing for Cultural Organizations

    Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Ober-Heilig, N. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Shah, N. N. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1431.01.20

    Project: Teaching

  6. Videos für Wikipedia-Artikel

    Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.05.1431.12.14

    Project: Research

  7. Regionalism and its Causes in sub-Saharan Africa

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.14 → …

    Project: Research

  8. Salafism in the Sahel

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.1431.12.15

    Project: Research

  9. Local Interest Representation in Multi-Level Parties

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.14 → …

    Project: Research

  10. Forschungsschwerpunkt Dimensionen der Sorge

    Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Lindemann, G. (Project manager, academic), Karle, I. (Project manager, academic) & Werner, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1430.08.19

    Project: Research

  11. Personalization of Politics

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Garzia, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1431.08.17

    Project: Research

  12. 24th ECPR PhD Summer School on “Political Parties in New Democracies”

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

    07.09.1413.09.14

    Project: Scientific event

  13. “Expanding the Margins: Migration, Mobilities, Borders”, International Summer School

    Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)

    21.09.1426.09.14

    Project: Scientific event

  14. Hypothetizität. Kernkraft, Computersimulation und das ›German Manhattan Project‹

    Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1420.08.20

    Project: Research

  15. Lüneplaner

    Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.14 → …

    Project: Practical Project

  16. Metaphorology of Flows and Streams

    Denecke, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1406.04.19

    Project: Dissertation project

  17. Social Protest in Africa's Hybrid Regimes

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1430.09.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  18. In der Schwebe. Zu Tisch bei Edouard Manet

    Berroth, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1431.03.15

    Project: Other

  19. CCP: Complexity or control? Paradigms for sustainable development

    Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Laubichler, M. (Project manager, academic), Herberg, J. (Coordination), Caniglia, G. (Project staff), Leistert, O. (Project staff), Schrickel, I. (Project staff), Meyer, E. (Project staff) & Schmieg, G. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.01.1531.03.20

    Project: Research

  20. Diffusing the EU Model? The European Union’s Influence on Regional Organizations

    Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1531.12.17

    Project: Research

  21. Phenomenality of the Unphenomenal: Neural Nets and Embodied Cognition

    Förster-Beuthan, Y. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.15 → …

    Project: Research

  22. SaM: Die Stadt als Möglichkeitsraum

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic), Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Holz, V. (Project staff), Hauerwaas, A. (Project staff), Grigoleit, A. (Project staff) & Wedler, P. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.02.1531.01.18

    Project: Research

  23. SaM: Stadt als Möglichkeitsraum

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic), Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Holz, V. (Project staff) & Hauerwaas, A. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.02.1531.01.19

    Project: Research

  24. The Gender-Governance Link: Gender equality and public goods provision

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic), Alexander, A. (Partner) & Klasen, S. (Partner)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.02.1531.07.18

    Project: Research

  25. Treueschwur und Realitätsverlust. Phasen und Dispositive auditiver Medienkultur

    Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Pelleter, M. (Project manager, academic)

    19.02.1520.02.15

    Project: Scientific event

  26. Die heiligen Kanäle

    Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1531.08.17

    Project: Other

  27. Internationale Tagung: Julius Meier-Graefe - Grenzgänger der Künste

    Marchal, S. (Project manager, academic)

    05.03.1507.03.15

    Project: Scientific event

  28. Akteur-Kunst-Theorie. Kunsttheoretische Potentiale der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie

    Weinert, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1510.01.24

    Project: Dissertation project

  29. Tischszenen: Der Tisch als Versammlungsort, Denkraum und Instrument der Ordnung.

    Berroth, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.15 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  30. Alice 150: celebrating Alice in Wonderland

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

    21.04.1507.07.15

    Project: Practical Project

  31. Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung

    O'Sullivan, E. (Partner), Dettmar, U. (Partner), von Glasenapp, G. (Partner), Tomkowiak, I. (Partner) & Roeder, C. (Partner)

    01.05.1515.01.17

    Project: Other

  32. Netzwerk "Externe Demokratisierungspolitik" (EDP)

    van Hüllen, V. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1530.04.19

    Project: Other

  33. Frontier Zones

    Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)

    27.05.1515.12.17

    Project: Other

  34. Repräsentationsvorstellungen von Abgeordneten

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.15 → …

    Project: Research

  35. RCA-SP5: Performing Anonymity - Sub-Project of "Reconfiguring Anonymity - Contemporary Forms of Reciprocity, Identifiability and Accountability in Transformation"

    Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic), Broeckmann, A. (Coordination), Knecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Bachmann, G. (Project manager, academic), Bialski, P. (Project staff), Koch, G. (Project manager, academic) & Zurawski, N. (Project manager, academic)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    01.07.1531.12.18

    Project: Research

  36. Dourgouti Island Hotel Project

    Genidogan, K. (Partner, non-academic)

    01.08.1531.10.16

    Project: Practical Project

  37. ESA RN2: 9th Midterm Conference of the Research Network Sociology of the Arts at the European Sociological Association: "Arts And Creativity: Working on Identity and Difference"

    Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Guerra, P. (Project manager, academic) & Moreira, T. (Project staff)

    01.09.1531.12.16

    Project: Scientific event

  38. CES Summer School: Artistic and Other Creative Practices as Drivers for Urban Resilience

    Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Duxbury, N. (Project manager, academic), Haley, D. (Project manager, academic), Blanc, N. (Project manager, academic) & Holz, V. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1530.11.16

    Project: Scientific event

  39. Diversität in Kreativnetzwerken als Bedingung nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Dollereder, L. (Project staff)

    01.09.1531.12.16

    Project: Research

  40. Investigating Logistics: Lifestyles, Migration and the Common(s)

    Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1531.12.16

    Project: Scientific event

  41. Einwanderungsland Europa - Wie begegnet Lüneburg der Welt?

    Prien-Ribcke, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, A. (Partner)

    01.10.1531.07.17

    Project: Scientific event

  42. Media and Participation. Between demand and entitlement, TP 5: Participatory Critique as Transforming and Transversal "With"

    Bippus, E. (Partner), Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic), Nigro, R. (Partner), Ochsner, B. (Project manager, academic) & Hörl, E. (Partner)

    01.10.1531.07.22

    Project: Research

  43. Sculpture in the Augmented Field (working title)

    Kölmel, M.-J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.15 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  44. The ParlSpeech Data Set

    Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1517.05.17

    Project: Research