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. Re-thinking Solidarity and Care Infrastructures in Belarusian Protest Art 2020–2021

    Davydzik, V. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.22 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  2. Representation in the European Union

    Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Kröger, S. (Partner)

    28.11.0915.01.13

    Project: Research

  3. Methods and Techniques of Political Science

    Griaznova, O. (Project manager, academic)

    15.09.2028.01.21

    Project: Teaching

  4. FLiF+: Forschungsbasiertes Lernen im Fokus plus

    Hochmann, L. (Project staff)

    01.10.1631.12.20

    Project: Teaching

  5. Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.1631.05.17

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  6. Impact of Idealism. The Legacy of Post-Kantian German Thought

    Jamme (✝), C. (Project manager, academic)

    18.02.0901.10.11

    Project: Research

  7. 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

    01.10.1631.07.22

    Project: Research

  8. Utopie-Konferenz 2018

    Prien-Ribcke, S. (Project manager, academic), Precht, R. D. (Partner) & Jamme (✝), C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1830.04.19

    Project: Scientific event

  9. Strategische Steuerung in Party-Government-Systemen (II)

    Tils, R. (Project staff), Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.0823.11.11

    Project: Research

  10. ISTME: In Search of Transcultural Memory in Europe

    Hobuß, S. (Partner)

    30.10.1229.10.16

    Project: Research

  11. Den Himmel zeichnen - Eine Veranstaltung in der Historischen Sternwarte Göttingen

    Steierwald, U. (Project manager, academic) & Reiners, A. (Partner)

    14.09.2331.12.23

    Project: Scientific event

  12. “Teaching the Crisis. Geographies, Methodologies, Perspectives”, International Summer School

    Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1315.09.13

    Project: Scientific event

  13. Groove the City 2018

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project staff) & Gaupp, L. (Project staff)

    Stiftung Niedersachsen

    30.08.1831.03.19

    Project: Scientific event

  14. Significant: Details Conversations with Women in Science

    Fuchs, M. (Project manager, academic), Gupta, S. (Coordination) & Hoppenhaus, K. (Project staff)

    01.01.1330.06.13

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  15. KunstFestSpiele heute

    Woisnitza, M. (Project manager, academic)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    01.02.1929.02.20

    Project: Scientific event

  16. 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

    01.08.0931.07.13

    Project: Research

  17. Jubiläumsvortrag über James Krüss

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

    01.09.0723.01.08

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  18. Art and Civic Media

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

    01.11.1101.05.15

    Project: Research

  19. Die heiligen Kanäle

    Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1531.08.17

    Project: Other

  20. 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)

    01.10.2330.09.27

    Project: Research

  21. "Other Knowledge" in Artistic Research and Aesthetic Theory

    Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.10.1730.04.23

    Project: Research

  22. Die (Re-)Produktion sozialer Ungleichheit über die Alltagspraxis Humor

    Moebius, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.13 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  23. Stipendium

    Jamme (✝), C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.0915.06.10

    Project: Other

  24. Neocolonialism and Film

    Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic) & Rizk, P. (Project manager, academic)

    14.10.2431.01.25

    Project: Teaching

  25. NMUN: National Model United Nations 2010 - New York

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

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    01.02.1024.06.10

    Project: Teaching

  26. 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)

    01.02.1831.07.21

    Project: Research

  27. Decolonial Thought and Practice

    Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic)

    04.04.2304.07.23

    Project: Teaching

  28. 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

  29. Parlamentarische Sozialisation von Landtagsabgeordneten

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Borchert, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.10 → …

    Project: Research

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

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

    01.01.15 → …

    Project: Research

  31. The Determinants of Political Corruption in Comparative Perspective

    Kubbe, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1009.12.14

    Project: Dissertation project

  32. FLiF: Forschungsbasiertes Lernen im Fokus

    Hochmann, L. (Project staff)

    01.04.1430.09.16

    Project: Teaching

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

    Hufnagl, M. (Project manager, academic)

    10.10.1101.04.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  34. Einwanderungsland Europa - Wie begegnet Lüneburg der Welt?

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

    01.10.1531.07.17

    Project: Scientific event

  35. Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy

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

    24.06.19 → …

    Project: Research

  36. Social Protest in Africa's Hybrid Regimes

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1430.09.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  37. code/verstehen

    Roloff, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2330.06.24

    Project: Research

  38. Rück(ver)bindung mit dem (im)materiellen Kulturgut aus der Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

    Felicitas Sabel, L. (Project manager, academic)

    15.01.2515.02.25

    Project: Practical Project

  39. Der deutsche Gatsby x 8: eine Ausstellung

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

    10.04.1201.07.12

    Project: Practical Project

  40. New technologies, new sound practices

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

    01.10.1131.05.12

    Project: Scientific event

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. Instrumentality meets Materiality

    Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Wolf, R. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1931.10.19

    Project: Scientific event

  44. Mediengeschichte u. kritische Publizistik

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

    01.05.1429.02.20

    Project: Other

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. Videos für Wikipedia-Artikel

    Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.05.1431.12.14

    Project: Research

  48. Internationales Symposium "Narrating Culture(s) in Museums and Exhibitions"

    Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic) & Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic)

    18.01.1819.01.18

    Project: Scientific event

  49. Leuphana Soundscape

    Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Engelberg, B. (Project staff)

    01.07.1330.06.14

    Project: Practical Project

  50. 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

  51. Transmoderne Formationen – Die Gruppe H2SO4 in Georgien der 1920er

    Tchelidze, K. (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Dissertation project

  52. PusH: Precarious Housing in Europe. Pushing for Innovation in Higher Education

    Münch, S. (Project manager, academic) & Siede, A. (Project staff)

    01.09.1931.08.22

    Project: Research

  53. 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

  54. Jugend und Politik - ein schwieriges Verhältnis? Schüler als Jugendforscher

    Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Lutter, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    01.09.1231.03.15

    Project: Practical Project

  55. Transform: Transform

    Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic) & Steinbrügge, B. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.10.0506.04.09

    Project: Research

  56. 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)

    01.02.2331.01.28

    Project: Research

  57. 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

  58. Netzwerk "Externe Demokratisierungspolitik" (EDP)

    van Hüllen, V. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1530.04.19

    Project: Other

  59. 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

  60. The Political Careers of Prime Ministers in Europe, 1945-2019

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Vercesi, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1731.12.20

    Project: Research

  61. Die Dialektik des Body Politic: Eine Studie zum Wandel des neuzeitlich sozialen Körpers

    Esch, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.22 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  62. Förderung Autorenworkshop Sonderheft ZPOL November 2018 durch Thyssenstiftung

    Münch, S. (Project manager, academic), Barbehön, M. (Partner) & Schlag, G. (Partner)

    01.10.1831.03.19

    Project: Scientific event

  63. The Image of Politics and Politicians

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Gloe, M. (Project manager, academic)

    05.03.0817.03.10

    Project: Scientific event

  64. PriMus: Promovieren im Museum

    Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic) & Klinkenbusch, I. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.01.1701.09.20

    Project: Research

  65. PPGG-Programm PELP -Public Policy and Good Governance

    Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.0930.06.15

    Project: Teaching

  66. Werkzeug Windkanal. Simulationen in der Stadtklimaforschung

    Zindel, H. (Project manager, academic)

    15.07.17 → …

    Project: Research

  67. 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)

  68. Field Research: Art World Zurich

    Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic), Prinz, S. (Partner) & Tarnai, C. (Partner)

    Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst

    01.12.0831.08.17

    Project: Research

  69. Linie Figur Grund. Tanzdarstellungen bei Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

    Mordhorst, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.12 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  70. Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Die neuen EU-Staaten im Vergleich.

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

    01.01.0831.08.10

    Project: Research

  71. 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)

    German Research Foundation

    01.10.1630.09.19

    Project: Research

  72. Gamers' games: narratives of opposition, independence and engagement in video game culture

    Ruffino, P. (Project manager, academic)

    22.09.0901.01.14

    Project: Dissertation project

  73. 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

  74. BMoS: Blockchains. Media of Sovereignty

    Leistert, O. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.06.2031.05.23

    Project: Research

  75. Pratiques de pouvoir et formes de représentation

    Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1031.12.16

    Project: Research

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. 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)

    01.10.1731.12.18

    Project: Research