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. Cultures of Critique: Forms, Media, Effects

    Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic) & Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.10.1631.07.21

    Project: Research

  2. RVF 3.0: Radverkehrsförderung 3.0 - barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital

    Pez, P. (Project manager, academic) & Seidel, A. (Project staff)

    15.10.2031.12.24

    Project: Research

  3. Grey Media

    Conrad, L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.16 → …

    Project: Research

  4. Nicht-sprachliche Klangzeichen

    Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.1430.04.17

    Project: Research

  5. Value Orientations and Cooperation: Exploring the Value-Behavior Link

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Thöni, C. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.01.1331.08.17

    Project: Research

  6. Bestimmung impliziter Motive der Weiterempfehlungsabgabe in Kulturinstitutionen - eine qualitative Studie

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Sikkenga, J. (Project manager, academic)

    15.01.0931.05.13

    Project: Research

  7. Klang (ohne) Körper I

    Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic), Harenberg, M. (Project manager, academic), Weissberg, D. (Project manager, academic), Köpp, K. (Project manager, academic) & Saxer, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1201.09.13

    Project: Research

  8. Internationale Tagung "Gustave Courbet und die Narrative der modernen Malerei“

    Marchal, S. (Project manager, academic)

    27.03.1929.03.19

    Project: Scientific event

  9. Verfassungspolitik in Kroatien

    Seha, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.13 → …

    Project: Research

  10. Medien der Assistenz/ Assistive Media

    Wiechern, A.-L. (Project manager, academic) & Müggenburg, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1831.12.21

    Project: Research

  11. Peace Counts School Freiburg

    Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)

    08.03.07 → …

    Project: Practical Project

  12. Weiterempfehlung als informative und soziale Funktion in Kulturinstitutionen

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Sikkenga, J. (Project manager, academic)

    15.01.0931.05.13

    Project: Dissertation project

  13. Strategiebildung in der subnationalen Klimaanpassungspolitik (Arbeitstitel)

    Ebermann, V. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1130.09.14

    Project: Dissertation project

  14. TIMELY: Time in Mental Activity

    Förster-Beuthan, Y. (Partner)

    01.01.10 → …

    Project: Research

  15. 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

  16. Messung der Wirkung von Architektur als Erlebnisträger beim Museumsbesuch

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ober-Heilig, N. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1223.06.14

    Project: Research

  17. Cultures of Critique: Forms, Media, Effects

    Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.2131.12.25

    Project: Research

  18. Gastdozentur Prof. Pettai, Uni Tartu

    Pettai, V. A. (Project manager, academic) & Müller-Rommel, F. (Coordination)

    01.10.0801.02.11

    Project: Teaching

  19. Back to the Future. Öffnungen der Zukunft nach der ›Breiten Gegenwart‹

    Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.20 → …

    Project: Research

  20. Schlüsselbegriffe der Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur

    Sieber, J. (Project manager, academic)

    05.04.1806.07.18

    Project: Teaching

  21. Plutonium Worlds. Computer Simulation and Nuclear Energy 1950-1980

    Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.13 → …

    Project: Research

  22. Emotionalisierung der Religion. Neue emotionale Stile im Kontext religöser Erfahrung

    Herbrik, R. (Project manager, academic) & Knoblauch, H. (Project manager, academic)

    20.10.1030.09.13

    Project: Research

  23. Socio-Economic Inequality and Its Effect on Liberal Democratic Culture across the World

    Schmitz, A.-E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1730.09.22

    Project: Dissertation project

  24. ASSiST: International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation

    Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Koefoed, O. (Partner), Savova, N. D. (Partner), Cozzolino, F. (Partner), Radhika, P. N. (Partner) & Sanguinetti, I. (Partner)

    15.08.1029.08.10

    Project: Teaching

  25. Repräsentationsvorstellungen von Abgeordneten

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.15 → …

    Project: Research

  26. Gamification. Shifting Boundaries between the Ludic and the Non-Ludic

    Fuchs, M. (Project manager, academic), Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Raessens, J. (Partner) & Bogost, I. (Partner)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.1830.06.21

    Project: Research

  27. 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

  28. Industriekultur im Leinebergland

    Pries, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.0815.10.09

    Project: Research

  29. Arbeitsgruppe Konsumsoziologie

    Schrage, D. (Project manager, academic) & Hellmann, K.-U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.02 → …

    Project: Research

  30. Willkommen in Niedersachsen (WIN)

    Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)

    04.04.1830.09.18

    Project: Other

  31. Party Politics and Democracy in Europe

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

    German Research Foundation

    01.02.1403.07.14

    Project: Scientific event

  32. IniVPol: Instrumente in der Verbraucherpolitik

    Leipold, A. (Project staff) & Loer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1731.12.19

    Project: Research

  33. College-Studien in der Praxis- Wie lassen sich Versorgungslücken im ländlichen Raum schließen?

    Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1331.03.14

    Project: Practical Project

  34. Mediengeschichte von den Anfängen bis heute

    Faulstich, W. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.9631.12.11

    Project: Teaching

  35. Sustainable Creative Cities: The role of the arts in globalized urban context

    Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Sasaki, M. (Project manager, academic) & Verstraete, K. (Partner, non-academic)

    05.07.1008.02.11

    Project: Research

  36. Entrainment: Temporal Structuring of Creative Projects

    Schüßler, E. (Project manager, academic), Grabher, G. (Project manager, academic), Sydow, J. (Project manager, academic) & Hoop, M. (Project staff)

    01.10.2331.05.25

    Project: Research

  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. 33 1/3 Revolutions

    Fuchs, M. (Project manager, academic)

    16.05.1629.05.16

    Project: Non-academic projects

  39. Kunst in neuen Kontexten: Die Artist Placement Group als Case Study

    Jordan, U. (Project manager, academic) & Waligorski, A. (Project manager, academic)

    25.10.1326.01.14

    Project: Teaching

  40. Gastwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. David Sperling

    Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)

    06.06.1624.06.16

    Project: Research

  41. Migrationspolitiken im Mehrebenensystem

    Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.2201.10.22

    Project: Teaching

  42. Assistive Media - Subproject 2

    Hagen, W. (Project manager, academic), Müggenburg, J. (Project manager, academic), Harasser, K. (Partner), Mills, M. (Partner) & Macele, P. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.10.1831.12.21

    Project: Research

  43. Regionalism and its Causes in sub-Saharan Africa

    Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.14 → …

    Project: Research

  44. republicart: republicart

    Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic) & Stoller, D. (Project staff)

    30.04.0230.03.05

    Project: Research

  45. Reale Utopien - Ursachen und Wirkungen

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Blieffert, S. (Project manager, academic)

    15.05.2231.08.23

    Project: Research

  46. Methodenkritik und feministische Institutionskritik. Kritik, Interventionen und neue Formen des Sprechens

    Sieber, J. (Project manager, academic) & Wulff, N. (Project manager, academic)

    06.04.2010.07.20

    Project: Teaching

  47. Strategische Steuerung in Party-Government-Systemen

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

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.0630.09.10

    Project: Research

  48. E-Participation in the European Multi-Level System. Supply and Use of New Digital Media in the European Parliament.

    Kunert, J. S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1201.02.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  49. UNIBRAL

    Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0831.12.11

    Project: Other

  50. NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätserfordernissen im ländlichen Raum

    Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic), 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) & Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.03.1628.02.19

    Project: Research

  51. Professionalisierung der Kommunalpolitik in deutschen Großstädten

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.0130.05.05

    Project: Research

  52. Nachbarschafts-Technologien. Mathematik und Medien dynamischer Netzwerke

    Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic) & Harks, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1204.02.13

    Project: Scientific event

  53. bLÜmsday 2010: Bloomsday in Lüneburg

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

    22.06.1003.02.11

    Project: Practical Project

  54. TrICo Subprojekt - Community Art and Culture

    Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Cnossen, B. (Project manager, academic), Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Bartusch, L. (Project manager, academic), Schellmann, M. (Project staff) & Börner, S. (Project staff)

    01.04.2331.12.27

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  55. Soziale Netzwerkanalyse von Kunst und Kultur in der Region Lüneburg

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.0825.05.13

    Project: Research

  56. Encounter: An art research workshop with Bracha Ettinger

    Genidogan, K. (Project manager, academic)

    15.05.1715.05.20

    Project: Scientific event

  57. Evaluation des Projektes "RAUMsichten"

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Behnke, C. (Partner) & Grigoleit, A. (Partner)

    03.11.0931.12.12

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  58. Zukünfte des Erinnerns in der Postmigrationsgesellschaft: Konflikte, Kontinuitäten, Konkurrenzen

    Drews, K. (Project manager, academic), Kollender, E. (Project manager, academic) & Schoop, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.2531.10.26

    Project: Research

  59. Mode und Accessoires. Fetischistische Strukturen in der Malerei Pierre-Auguste Renoirs (AT)

    Sawer, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.11 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  60. „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

  61. Futurhythmaschinen. Drum-Machines und die klanglichen Zukünfte auditiver Kultur im 20. Jahrhundert

    Pelleter, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1230.11.18

    Project: Dissertation project

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

    Marchal, S. (Project manager, academic)

    05.03.1507.03.15

    Project: Scientific event

  63. Demokratische Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa

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

    01.05.0924.11.09

    Project: Scientific event

  64. Der Körper auf Tauchstation: Zu einer Wissensgeschichte der Immersion

    Kasprowicz, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1301.12.16

    Project: Dissertation project

  65. Einfluss der Vertrauensentwicklung, unternehmerischer Wandel

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Eichenlaub, A. (Project staff)

    01.05.0930.08.11

    Project: Research

  66. Touristische Potenziale der Samtgemeinde Horneburg

    Pries, M. (Project manager, academic)

    10.03.1211.07.12

    Project: Research

  67. Directly Elected Mayors: Impact on the Local Party System

    Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Bottom, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.13 → …

    Project: Research

  68. Tourismusregionen als lernende Regionen: Organisation und Kooperation für wissensintensive Dienstleistungen im Tourismus

    Wöhler, K. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.0028.02.01

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  69. Translate: Translate

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

    Europäische Union

    01.10.0506.04.09

    Project: Research

  70. DFG-Network: Sound in Media Culture. Aspects of a Cultural History of Sound

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

    01.03.1001.03.13

    Project: Research

  71. Meta-Image – a collaborative environment for the image discourse

    Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Schirmbacher, P. (Partner), Dieckmann, L. (Project manager, academic) & Kliemann, A. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.10.0913.10.15

    Project: Research

  72. Video-Podcast-Projekt

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Adam, U. (Project staff)

    01.09.1230.11.12

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  73. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1231.03.13

    Project: Research

  74. Dourgouti Island Hotel Project

    Genidogan, K. (Partner, non-academic)

    01.08.1531.10.16

    Project: Practical Project

  75. Putting the figure on the map: Imagining sameness and difference for children. Conference, Princeton University, 11. -13.09.2013

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic) & Immel, A. (Partner)

    01.09.1231.12.13

    Project: Scientific event

  76. Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Erinnerungskultur

    Hobuß, S. (Partner), Dhouib, S. (Project manager, academic) & Jürgens, A. (Partner)

    20.02.1331.12.15

    Project: Research

  77. Media & Paranoia

    Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    01.09.1831.08.19

    Project: Individual grant

  78. Entsolidarisierung und Rassismus

    Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1631.12.16

    Project: Research

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