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.
Re-thinking Solidarity and Care Infrastructures in Belarusian Protest Art 2020–2021
Davydzik, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Zukunftslabor Gesellschaft und Arbeit
Bernard, A. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.19 → 31.03.25
Project: Research
Mobile Medienkultur in Japan. Entwurf eines kulturorientierten Kontextualisierungskonzepts der Mobilkommunikation
Peil, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.05 → 12.07.10
Project: Dissertation project
Gründungsmitglied des Initiativkollegs Sinne – Technik – Inszenierung. Medien und Wahrnehmung an der Universität Wien
Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.07 → 01.06.10
Project: Research
Representation in the European Union
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Kröger, S. (Partner)
28.11.09 → 15.01.13
Project: Research
Förderung der Regelprofessur im Fach Kunstgeschichte im Rahmen des Professorinnenprogramms an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
van Riesen, K. (Coordination) & Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.10.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Individual grant
Methods and Techniques of Political Science
Griaznova, O. (Project manager, academic)
15.09.20 → 28.01.21
Project: Teaching
FLiF+: Forschungsbasiertes Lernen im Fokus plus
Hochmann, L. (Project staff)
01.10.16 → 31.12.20
Project: Teaching
Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.16 → 31.05.17
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Impact of Idealism. The Legacy of Post-Kantian German Thought
Jamme (✝), C. (Project manager, academic)
18.02.09 → 01.10.11
Project: Research
Critical Art(ist)s and Urban Development - A collaborative study comparing German and Israeli Cities
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), de-Shalit, A. (Partner) & Hoop, M. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.04.16 → 31.03.19
Project: Research
DCRL (2017 - 2022): Digital Cultures Research Lab (2017 - 2022)
Bachmann, G. (Project manager, academic), Bernard, A. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Beverungen, A. (Project manager, academic), Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Leeker, M. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
Utopie-Konferenz 2018
Prien-Ribcke, S. (Project manager, academic), Precht, R. D. (Partner) & Jamme (✝), C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 30.04.19
Project: Scientific event
Glasmoden – Die naturkundlichen Objekte von Vater und Sohn Blaschka zwischen Handwerk, Wissenschaft und Kunst
Huber, F. (Project manager, academic)
22.01.19 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Strategische Steuerung in Party-Government-Systemen (II)
Tils, R. (Project staff), Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.08 → 23.11.11
Project: Research
ISTME: In Search of Transcultural Memory in Europe
Hobuß, S. (Partner)
30.10.12 → 29.10.16
Project: Research
Den Himmel zeichnen - Eine Veranstaltung in der Historischen Sternwarte Göttingen
Steierwald, U. (Project manager, academic) & Reiners, A. (Partner)
14.09.23 → 31.12.23
Project: Scientific event
“Teaching the Crisis. Geographies, Methodologies, Perspectives”, International Summer School
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.13 → 15.09.13
Project: Scientific event
Groove the City 2018
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project staff) & Gaupp, L. (Project staff)
30.08.18 → 31.03.19
Project: Scientific event
Significant: Details Conversations with Women in Science
Fuchs, M. (Project manager, academic), Gupta, S. (Coordination) & Hoppenhaus, K. (Project staff)
01.01.13 → 30.06.13
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
KunstFestSpiele heute
Woisnitza, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.19 → 29.02.20
Project: Scientific event
SES²: Smart Emergency Supply System: Intelligente Notstromversorgungssysteme unter Einbeziehung regenerativer Energien - Teilvorhaben: Soziologische Begleitforschung zum Smart Emergency Supply System
Burkart, G. (Project manager, academic), Müller, T. (Project staff), Maischatz, K. (Project staff), Ortjohann, E. (Coordination), Siekhaus, K.-H. (Project manager, academic), Blümel, A. (Project manager, academic) & Richter, A. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.08.09 → 31.07.13
Project: Research
Städte des Willkommens, der Zuflucht und der Solidarität: Wie auf der kommunalen Ebene globale Verantwortung übernommen wird
Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic)
12.10.20 → 31.01.21
Project: Teaching
Jubiläumsvortrag über James Krüss
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.07 → 23.01.08
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Art and Civic Media
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.11 → 01.05.15
Project: Research
MONA: Modes of sustainability-related research in comparison (MONA): Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes - a comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Jahn, S. (Project staff)
15.04.13 → 08.09.21
Project: Research
Smartness as Wealth
Beverungen, A. (Project manager, academic), Halpern, O. (Project manager, academic), Steinberg, M. (Project manager, academic), Nag, A. (Project manager, academic) & Cirolia, L. R. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.23 → 30.09.27
Project: Research
"Other Knowledge" in Artistic Research and Aesthetic Theory
Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.17 → 30.04.23
Project: Research
Die (Re-)Produktion sozialer Ungleichheit über die Alltagspraxis Humor
Moebius, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.13 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Neocolonialism and Film
Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic) & Rizk, P. (Project manager, academic)
14.10.24 → 31.01.25
Project: Teaching
NMUN: National Model United Nations 2010 - New York
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.10 → 24.06.10
Project: Teaching
Spitzenfrauen im Fokus der Medien - die mediale Repräsentation von weiblichen und männlichen Führungskräften in Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft. Teilprojekt 2: Rezeption, quantitative Textanalyse, Bildanalyse
Röser, J. (Project manager, academic), Müller, K. (Project staff), Lünenborg, M. (Project manager, academic), Maier, T. (Project staff) & Grittmann, E. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.08 → 17.03.11
Project: Research
ZOMiDi: Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen und die Herausforderungen von Migration und Diversität
Karakayali, S. (Project manager, academic), von Unger, H. (Project manager, academic) & Schönwälder, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.18 → 31.07.21
Project: Research
Decolonial Thought and Practice
Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic)
04.04.23 → 04.07.23
Project: Teaching
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)
06.06.11 → 09.02.12
Project: Scientific event
Parlamentarische Sozialisation von Landtagsabgeordneten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Borchert, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.10 → …
Project: Research
Phenomenality of the Unphenomenal: Neural Nets and Embodied Cognition
Förster-Beuthan, Y. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.15 → …
Project: Research
The Determinants of Political Corruption in Comparative Perspective
Kubbe, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.10 → 09.12.14
Project: Dissertation project
FLiF: Forschungsbasiertes Lernen im Fokus
Hochmann, L. (Project staff)
01.04.14 → 30.09.16
Project: Teaching
Strategic policy making in research and innovation policy (working titel)
Hufnagl, M. (Project manager, academic)
10.10.11 → 01.04.15
Project: Dissertation project
Bürgermeisterwahlkämpfe im Professionalisierungsdiskurs der Wahlkampfforschung. Ein kandidatenzentrierter Vergleich in niedersächsischen Städten
Freund, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.10 → 23.07.13
Project: Dissertation project
Einwanderungsland Europa - Wie begegnet Lüneburg der Welt?
Prien-Ribcke, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, A. (Partner)
01.10.15 → 31.07.17
Project: Scientific event
Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
24.06.19 → …
Project: Research
Social Protest in Africa's Hybrid Regimes
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Rück(ver)bindung mit dem (im)materiellen Kulturgut aus der Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Felicitas Sabel, L. (Project manager, academic)
15.01.25 → 15.02.25
Project: Practical Project
Der deutsche Gatsby x 8: eine Ausstellung
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)
10.04.12 → 01.07.12
Project: Practical Project
New technologies, new sound practices
Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Hanacek, M. (Partner)
01.10.11 → 31.05.12
Project: Scientific event
The construction of national identity in ABC books and picturebooks from the 19th century to the present
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic), Immel, A. (Partner), Lathey, G. (Partner), Morgado, M. R. (Partner), Rutschmann, V. (Partner) & Renonciat, A. (Partner)
04.12.09 → …
Project: Research
Ecologies, Collections, and Contested Heritage: (Un-)Natural History and Italian Colonial Ambitions in Africa
Schulz, V.-S. (Project manager, academic) & Gabriel, J. M. (Project manager, academic)
Project: Scientific event
Instrumentality meets Materiality
Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Wolf, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.19 → 31.10.19
Project: Scientific event
DigiTaL: Teilprojekt „Skills for a Digital Future“ im Projekt "Leuphana: Digital Transformation Lab for Teaching and Learning" (DigiTaL)
Köllner, G. (Project staff), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic) & Webersik, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.21 → 31.07.24
Project: Teaching
Mediengeschichte u. kritische Publizistik
Lahme, T. M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.14 → 29.02.20
Project: Other
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
01.02.15 → 31.01.18
Project: Research
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
01.05.12 → 31.03.16
Project: Other
Videos für Wikipedia-Artikel
Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.05.14 → 31.12.14
Project: Research
Internationales Symposium "Narrating Culture(s) in Museums and Exhibitions"
Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic) & Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic)
18.01.18 → 19.01.18
Project: Scientific event
Leuphana Soundscape
Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Engelberg, B. (Project staff)
01.07.13 → 30.06.14
Project: Practical Project
Deliberative Bürgerbeteiligung in der deutschen Debatte um Priorisierung in der medizinischen Versorgung - Potentiale und Grenzen
Stumpf, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 31.03.15
Project: Dissertation project
Transmoderne Formationen – Die Gruppe H2SO4 in Georgien der 1920er
Tchelidze, K. (Project manager, academic)
Project: Dissertation project
PusH: Precarious Housing in Europe. Pushing for Innovation in Higher Education
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic) & Siede, A. (Project staff)
01.09.19 → 31.08.22
Project: Research
Klimafolgenanpassung: Klimafolgenanpassung - Analyse der Entwicklung einer Klimaanpassungsstrategie für Niedersachsen
Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic), Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ebermann, V. (Project staff)
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz
01.04.11 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
Treueschwur und Realitätsverlust. Phasen und Dispositive auditiver Medienkultur
Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Pelleter, M. (Project manager, academic)
19.02.15 → 20.02.15
Project: Scientific event
Jugend und Politik - ein schwieriges Verhältnis? Schüler als Jugendforscher
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Lutter, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.12 → 31.03.15
Project: Practical Project
Transform: Transform
Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic) & Steinbrügge, B. (Project staff)
01.10.05 → 06.04.09
Project: Research
DigID: Doing Digital Identities
Scheel, S. (Project manager, academic), El-Kahil, S. (Project staff), O'Brien, O. (Project staff), Lambert, L. (Project staff) & Hargyono, S. (Project staff)
01.02.23 → 31.01.28
Project: Research
ANTIRA: Konflikte um Antisemitismus und Rassismus. Aktuelle Kontroversen zwischen Solidarität und Instrumentalisierung in Deutschland
Karakayali, S. (Project manager, academic) & Opratko, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.25 → 31.10.25
Project: Research
Archivio Nicola Massimo De Feo
Nigro, R. (Coordination), Marzocca, O. (Coordination), Casale, R. (Coordination), Ciccarelli, R. (Project staff), Licinio, A. (Project staff), Marzocca, O. (Project staff), Nigro, R. (Project staff), Casale, R. (Project staff), Gadaleta, C. (Project staff), di Girolamo, C. (Project staff), Papagni, S. (Project staff) & Spagnuolo, M. (Project staff)
01.02.20 → …
Project: Research
Netzwerk "Externe Demokratisierungspolitik" (EDP)
van Hüllen, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.15 → 30.04.19
Project: Other
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)
01.09.15 → 30.11.16
Project: Scientific event
The Political Careers of Prime Ministers in Europe, 1945-2019
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Vercesi, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.17 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
Transkulturalität der europäischen Literatur. Zwischen islamischer Aufklärung und jüdischem Exil (DFG Heisenbergförderung)
Meyzaud, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.25 → 31.12.27
Project: Research
Die Dialektik des Body Politic: Eine Studie zum Wandel des neuzeitlich sozialen Körpers
Esch, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Förderung Autorenworkshop Sonderheft ZPOL November 2018 durch Thyssenstiftung
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic), Barbehön, M. (Partner) & Schlag, G. (Partner)
01.10.18 → 31.03.19
Project: Scientific event
The Image of Politics and Politicians
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Gloe, M. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.08 → 17.03.10
Project: Scientific event
PriMus: Promovieren im Museum
Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic) & Klinkenbusch, I. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.17 → 01.09.20
Project: Research
PPGG-Programm PELP -Public Policy and Good Governance
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.09 → 30.06.15
Project: Teaching
Werkzeug Windkanal. Simulationen in der Stadtklimaforschung
Zindel, H. (Project manager, academic)
15.07.17 → …
Project: Research
Workshop externe PR Print oder Online
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Adam, U. (Project staff)
01.07.11 → 31.07.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Field Research: Art World Zurich
Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic), Prinz, S. (Partner) & Tarnai, C. (Partner)
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
01.12.08 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
Sicherheit für wen? Bedeutungen und Praktiken von Sicherheit aus geflüchteter und polizeilicher Sicht
Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.21 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Linie Figur Grund. Tanzdarstellungen bei Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Mordhorst, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.12 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Autocracies in International Relations (winter semester 2018-19, bachelor Political Science)
Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)
15.10.18 → 01.02.19
Project: Teaching
Modellkommunen-Gesetz (ModKG): Wissenschaftliche Begleitforschung zum Gesetz zur modellhaften Erweiterung kommunaler Handlungsspielräume (Modellkommunen-Gesetz - ModKG)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Meyer, H. (Project staff)
01.09.05 → 11.03.10
Project: Research
Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Die neuen EU-Staaten im Vergleich.
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Grotz, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.08 → 31.08.10
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
Gamers' games: narratives of opposition, independence and engagement in video game culture
Ruffino, P. (Project manager, academic)
22.09.09 → 01.01.14
Project: Dissertation project
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
01.02.15 → 31.01.19
Project: Research
BMoS: Blockchains. Media of Sovereignty
Leistert, O. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.20 → 31.05.23
Project: Research
Pratiques de pouvoir et formes de représentation
Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.10 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
UMS: Urban Music Studies Scholars´Network
Kuchar, R. (Project manager, academic), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project manager, academic), Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Gaupp, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → …
Project: Research
Chronotope: Time has come today. Special time patterns of pop-musical chronotopes and their impact on the temporal differentiation of life worlds since the 1960s
Schrage, D. (Project manager, academic), Respondek, L. (Project staff) & Schwetter, H. (Project staff)
01.03.14 → 20.10.15
Project: Research
Zukunft machen. Vergangene und gegenwärtige Zukünfte des Silicon Valleys
Bachmann, G. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.11.19 → 30.11.23
Project: Research
The Mediatized Home: Changes of Domestic Communication Cultures
Röser, J. (Project manager, academic) & Peil, C. (Project staff)
01.11.10 → 28.09.12
Project: Research
Leadership: Eine Frage der Persönlichkeit? Ein Vergleich des Führungshandelns von Bundeskanzlerin Merkel angesichts der Währungs- und Migrationskrise
Wehrkamp, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → 01.06.20
Project: Dissertation project
Imaginäre Identitätsmythen der exotischen Stadt. Kulturpolitik und Musikvermittlung im postmigrantischen Prozess
Gaupp, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.07 → 29.09.14
Project: Dissertation project
LESÖB: Lebensweltorientierte Konstruktion von (nachhaltigen) Lernaufgaben in der sozioökonomischen Bildung
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Fischer (✝), A. (Project manager, academic), Oppermann, J. (Project staff) & Hantke, H. (Project staff)
01.10.17 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Willkommen in Niedersachen (WIN)
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.18 → 30.11.18
Project: Other