School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Faculty
Organisation profile
The School of Culture and Society continues an almost thirty-year tradition of teaching and research in cultural studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. At the faculty, more than one hundred scholars from disciplines such as art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography and history teach and conduct research in a total of five institutes. The faculty currently offers three majors ("Cultural Studies," "Studium Individuale", and "Digital Media") and four minors ("Philosophy," "Digital Media / Information Technology and Culture", and "Studium Individuale") at Leuphana College and four master's degrees ("Critical Studies - Arts - Theory - History", "Media and Digital Cultures", "Culture and Organization" and "Theory and History of Modernity").
Topics
Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Kulturforschung fragt nach den historischen und kulturellen Grundlagen, Praktiken und Werten der Zivilgesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus der Perspektive der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften verbindet die Initiative zwei anwendungsorientierte Forschungsschwerpunkte (Kunst & visuelle Kultur, Medienkultur & Kommunikation) mit einem starken Kernbereich Integrativer Kulturforschung. Beteiligt sind derzeit etwa 20 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Kunst, Medien, Philosophie, Geschichte, Literatur, Soziologie, Politik, Informatik und Geographie/Raumwissenschaft.
Assistive Media - Subproject 2
Hagen, W., Müggenburg, J., Harasser, K., Mills, M. & Macele, P.
01.10.18 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
A Survey of Surveys - Eine international vergleichende Metastudie repräsentativer Bevölkerungsanalysen des Kulturkonsums
Kirchberg, V. & Kuchar, R.
30.09.09 → 31.03.11
Project: Research
Autocracies' Counterintuitive Delegation Preferences to International Human Rights Organizations
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Autocracies in International Relations (winter semester 2018-19, bachelor Political Science)
15.10.18 → 01.02.19
Project: Teaching
Automating the Logistical City: Space, Algorithm, Speculation
Beverungen, A., Antenucci, I., Voigt, M., Rossiter, N., Mattern, S. & Halpern, O.
01.09.21 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
KARAMOJA: Awareness raising of Europeans on issues of sustainability in semi-pastoral societies of developing countries: the case of the Karimojong people in North-Eastern Uganda
01.01.08 → 14.07.09
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Bestimmung impliziter Motive der Weiterempfehlungsabgabe in Kulturinstitutionen - eine qualitative Studie
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. & Sikkenga, J.
15.01.09 → 31.05.13
Project: Research
Bürgermeisterwahlkämpfe im Professionalisierungsdiskurs der Wahlkampfforschung. Ein kandidatenzentrierter Vergleich in niedersächsischen Städten
Freund, C.
01.05.10 → 23.07.13
Project: Dissertation project
CAPFLO - Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation
01.01.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
Career patterns and political performance of Prime Ministers in Central East European Democracies
01.02.18 → 30.06.20
Project: Research
CES Summer School: Artistic and Other Creative Practices as Drivers for Urban Resilience
Kagan, S., Duxbury, N., Haley, D., Blanc, N. & Holz, V.
01.09.15 → 30.11.16
Project: Scientific event
Cities on Demand? Unboxing Urban Un_Certainties from Amazon’s Algorithmic Architectures and Forecasted Futures
01.04.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany – theories, concepts and practice
Oeftering, T. & Ngcoza, K.
01.01.17 → 30.11.17
Project: Research