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.
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
Socio-Economic Inequality and Its Effect on Liberal Democratic Culture across the World
Schmitz, A.-E. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.17 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
Social Protest in Africa's Hybrid Regimes
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Social Desirability Bias im Kulturbereich
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Mers, A. (Project staff), Heinen, A. (Project staff), Bögel, P. M. (Project staff) & Sikkenga, J. (Project staff)
01.04.12 → 31.05.17
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
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
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)
SIBA: Sicherheit und Reisen
Wöhler, K. (Project manager, academic), Sonnenberg, G. (Project staff), Kummerer, A. (Project staff) & Demski, D. (Project staff)
01.01.07 → 31.12.09
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
SFB 1512 "Intervening Arts": Artistic Way of Life as Intervention (A06)
Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Woisnitza, M. (Project staff) & Kipke, A. (Project staff)
01.01.22 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Selbstorganisation: Diskurse, Praktiken, Technologien
Conrad, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → …
Project: Research
Sculpture in the Augmented Field (working title)
Kölmel, M.-J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Scoring - Analysis of the Social Credit System in the PRC and Scoring in the West, Subproject: Data Infrastructure in East and West
Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Woesler, M. (Project manager, academic), Martin, D. (Project manager, academic), Nax, C. (Project staff) & Song, Y. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.07.21 → 31.05.25
Project: Research
Schwärme. Medienkulturen der Intransparenz
Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.05 → 30.11.10
Project: Dissertation project
Schottland-Inititave des MWK
Bialski, P. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
22.11.19 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
Scholarship for a visiting scientist via Wissenschaft.Niedersachsen.Weltoffen
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.18 → 31.01.21
Project: Research
Schlüsselbegriffe der Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur
Sieber, J. (Project manager, academic)
05.04.18 → 06.07.18
Project: Teaching
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
Re-thinking Solidarity and Care Infrastructures in Belarusian Protest Art 2020–2021
Davydzik, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
republicart: republicart
Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic) & Stoller, D. (Project staff)
30.04.02 → 30.03.05
Project: Research
LoMAR: Reproductive Loss and Bereavement in Medically Assisted Reproduction
Böcker, J. (Project manager, academic) & Jakoby, N. (Coordination)
01.04.23 → 30.06.24
Project: Research
Repression, Mobilization, and Civil Society
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic), Inglehart, R. C. (Partner) & Deutsch, F. (Partner)
01.01.12 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Representation in the European Union
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Kröger, S. (Partner)
28.11.09 → 15.01.13
Project: Research
Repräsentationsvorstellungen von Abgeordneten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.15 → …
Project: Research
RIR: Relationen im Raum, Teilprojekt Informatische Aufarbeitung
Brocke, M. (Coordination), Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Kollatz, T. (Partner) & Arnold, I. (Partner)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
12.07.12 → 30.07.15
Project: Research
Reisegeschwindigkeitsprofile in deutschen Städten im Zuge der Innovation Pedelec
Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)
02.04.12 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
FWF-Projekt (P20421): Regulierungswissen und Möglichkeitssinn 1914-1933
Pias, C. (Partner)
01.06.08 → 01.06.10
Project: Research
Regionalism and its Causes in sub-Saharan Africa
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.14 → …
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
VERA: Reflexive Responsibilisierung. Verantwortung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Lüdtke, N. (Project staff), Buss, K. (Project staff), Lindemann, G. (Project manager, academic), Alkemeyer, T. (Project manager, academic), Paech, N. (Project manager, academic), Schulz, R. (Project manager, academic), Pfriem, R. (Project manager, academic), Hochmann, L. (Project manager, academic), Buschmann, N. (Project manager, academic) & Sulmowski, Y. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
Reale Utopien - Ursachen und Wirkungen
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Blieffert, S. (Project manager, academic)
15.05.22 → 31.08.23
Project: Research
RVF 3.0: Radverkehrsförderung 3.0 - barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital
Pez, P. (Project manager, academic) & Seidel, A. (Project staff)
15.10.20 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
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
Queer Cities: Cruising, Spaces and Encounters
Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic)
04.04.23 → 07.07.23
Project: Teaching
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)
01.09.12 → 31.12.13
Project: Scientific event
PAESE 3.0: Provenance and Collection Research Digital - Subproject: PAESE 3.0
Rother, L. (Project manager, academic), Andratschke, C. (Partner) & Köhler, R. (Project staff)
01.11.24 → 31.10.28
Project: Research
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
Project Quality Audit
Rau, A. (Project manager, academic), Preuschl, C. (Project manager, academic) & Heuser, G. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.10.11 → 30.09.16
Project: Teaching
Professionalisierung der Kommunalpolitik in deutschen Großstädten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.01 → 30.05.05
Project: Research
"Privat/Öffentlich V“. 20. Workshop der AG „GeschlechterGesellschaftsTheorien“, 03. – 05. November 2016, an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Burkart, G. (Project manager, academic)
03.11.16 → 05.11.16
Project: Scientific event
‚Primitive Communism‘ as a narrative concept between 1848 and 1940
Hügel, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Primeval Times and Environment. Staging Prehistory in Modern Age
Wessely, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.17 → 31.03.21
Project: Research
Present and Future of Urban FRONTIER ZONES in Tunis
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.20 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
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
Praxes of the Transitory: Restitution, Museum Practice, and the (Im)material Cultural Heritage of the Tairona’s Descendants in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Felicitas Sabel, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Pratiques de pouvoir et formes de représentation
Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.10 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
PPGG-Programm PELP -Public Policy and Good Governance
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.09 → 30.06.15
Project: Teaching