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.
24th ECPR PhD Summer School on “Political Parties in New Democracies”
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
07.09.14 → 13.09.14
Project: Scientific event
33 1/3 Revolutions
Fuchs, M. (Project manager, academic)
16.05.16 → 29.05.16
Project: Non-academic projects
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)
01.09.15 → 31.12.16
Project: Scientific event
Affect- and Psychotechnolog Studies. Emergent Technologies of Affective and Emotional (Self-)Control
Pias, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schrape, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.15 → 30.03.17
Project: Research
Akteur-Kunst-Theorie. Kunsttheoretische Potentiale der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie
Weinert, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
‚Alger la Blanche‘ becomes ‚Alger la Rouge‘ – On the heritage of the anti-colonial movements in contemporary art
Volz, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Alice 150: celebrating Alice in Wonderland
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)
21.04.15 → 07.07.15
Project: Practical Project
Alltag im Dissens: Eine Studie zum Gebrauch (imaginären) Rechts von Reichsbürger:innen (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur)
Kretschmann, A. (Project manager, academic), Hundertmark, B. (Project staff) & Rowitz, L. (Project staff)
01.04.23 → 31.05.26
Project: Research
Alternative Datenpraktiken zwischen Data Commons und Datensouveränität: Technopolitische Modalitäten von Teilhabe und Subjektivierung in Technokollektiven (Arbeitstitel)
Wessalowski, N. (Project manager, academic)
03.06.20 → …
Project: Dissertation project
A Museum of Memory for Colombia: The emergence of a controversial space
Rueda, D. C. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.23 → …
Project: Dissertation project
A-CLIM: Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Development in Lower Saxony
Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic), Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic) & Ebermann, V. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.12 → 22.01.15
Project: Research
Arbeitsgruppe Konsumsoziologie
Schrage, D. (Project manager, academic) & Hellmann, K.-U. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.02 → …
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
Art and Civic Media
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.11 → 01.05.15
Project: Research
TM 1.1 KT 09 - Segmented Media: Art and Civic Media - Neue Medienformate für die gesellschaftlichen Bedürfnisse von morgen
Pias, C. (Project manager, academic) & Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.01.12 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
Art and (Un-)Sustainability
Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.06 → 31.10.10
Project: Dissertation project
Art, Decoloniality and Popular Knowlegde
Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic)
14.10.24 → 31.01.25
Project: Teaching
Assistive Media
Müggenburg, J. (Project manager, academic), Hagen, W. (Project manager, academic), Macele, P. (Project staff), Harasser, K. (Partner) & Mills, M. (Partner)
01.10.18 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Assistive Media - Subproject 2
Hagen, W. (Project manager, academic), Müggenburg, J. (Project manager, academic), Harasser, K. (Partner), Mills, M. (Partner) & Macele, P. (Project staff)
01.10.18 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
A Survey of Surveys - Eine international vergleichende Metastudie repräsentativer Bevölkerungsanalysen des Kulturkonsums
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Kuchar, R. (Project staff)
30.09.09 → 31.03.11
Project: Research
((audio)) Ästhetische Strategien
Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic), Pelleter, M. (Project staff) & Otto, A. (Partner)
01.10.97 → …
Project: Research
Autocracies' Counterintuitive Delegation Preferences to International Human Rights Organizations
Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
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
Automating the Logistical City: Space, Algorithm, Speculation
Beverungen, A. (Project manager, academic), Antenucci, I. (Project staff), Voigt, M.-L. (Project staff), Hille, L. (Project staff), Rossiter, N. (Partner), Mattern, S. (Partner) & Halpern, O. (Partner)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
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
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Kagan, S. (Project staff)
01.01.08 → 14.07.09
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Back to the Future. Öffnungen der Zukunft nach der ›Breiten Gegenwart‹
Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.20 → …
Project: Research
Bargfost Symposium, Campinas Brasilien
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
14.03.16 → 16.03.16
Project: Research
Bestimmung impliziter Motive der Weiterempfehlungsabgabe in Kulturinstitutionen - eine qualitative Studie
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Sikkenga, J. (Project manager, academic)
15.01.09 → 31.05.13
Project: Research
Between Logistics and Migration: Duisburg and the New Silk Road
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
Beyond the Protest: Self-Organization in Russian Anti-War Ecology of Resistance, Solidarity, and Aid
Kalinina, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.22 → 01.09.25
Project: Dissertation project
BMoS: Blockchains. Media of Sovereignty
Leistert, O. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.20 → 31.05.23
Project: Research
bLÜmsday 2010: Bloomsday in Lüneburg
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)
22.06.10 → 03.02.11
Project: Practical Project
Body narratives and world-making. A practice-based seminar on performance studies and art
Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic)
02.04.24 → 03.07.24
Project: Teaching
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
CAPFLO - Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Kochskämper, E. (Project staff)
01.01.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
Career patterns and political performance of Prime Ministers in Central East European Democracies
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.18 → 30.06.20
Project: Research
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
Cities on Demand? Unboxing Urban Un_Certainties from Amazon’s Algorithmic Architectures and Forecasted Futures
Voigt, M.-L. (Project staff)
01.04.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany – theories, concepts and practice
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ngcoza, K. (Partner)
01.01.17 → 30.11.17
Project: Research
Civil Society in 2024 Russia
Kalinina, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.24 → 30.11.24
Project: Practical Project
CLICK Festival - First Viewer Television
Ruffino, P. (Project manager, academic)
07.05.13 → 12.05.13
Project: Practical Project
College-Studien in der Praxis- Nachhaltiges Nutzungskonzept für das Heimathaus
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Kirschner, U. (Project staff)
01.04.11 → 30.09.11
Project: Practical Project
College-Studien in der Praxis- Wie lassen sich Versorgungslücken im ländlichen Raum schließen?
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.13 → 31.03.14
Project: Practical Project
College Studien in der Praxis- Wirtschaftsförderung der Samtgemeinde Horneburg & GD Incentives GmbH
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Pries, M. (Project staff)
01.04.12 → 30.09.12
Project: Practical Project
Commodified Agency: Social Space and the Digital Value Chain
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.04.22 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
CCP: Complexity or control? Paradigms for sustainable development
Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Laubichler, M. (Project manager, academic), Herberg, J. (Coordination), Caniglia, G. (Project staff), Leistert, O. (Project staff), Schrickel, I. (Project staff), Meyer, E. (Project staff) & Schmieg, G. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.15 → 31.03.20
Project: Research
Converging institutions? How do regional institutions stimulate the innovation process of nanotechnologies in economy an d society? A German-French comparison
Papilloud, C. (Project manager, academic) & Ott, I. (Project manager, academic)
15.11.07 → 14.06.10
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
CSR-Kommunikation: Einflussfaktoren der Glaubwürdigkeit
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Bögel, P. M. (Project manager, academic)
15.09.12 → 30.06.16
Project: Dissertation project
Cultures of Critique: Forms, Media, Effects
Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic) & Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 31.07.21
Project: Research
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)
01.04.21 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
CURE: Cultures of Rejection: Conditions of Acceptability in Socio-Spatial and Digital Environments in Contemporary Europe
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic), Fiket, I. (Partner), Sauer, B. (Partner), Bojanic, S. (Partner), Jonsson, S. (Partner) & Harder, A. (Project staff)
15.01.19 → 23.02.22
Project: Research
«Curtius Academy» im Rahmen des European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities (2023-2026)
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Steyaert, C. (Partner) & Holt, R. (Partner)
01.10.23 → 30.09.26
Project: Research
Das Unwort erklärt die Untat – Die „Döner-Mordserie“ und der Umgang mit Gewalt an Migrantinnen und Migranten in den Medien
Grittmann, E. (Project manager, academic) & Thomas, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.13 → 12.02.15
Project: Research
Dawn of the Doomed: The Religious and Political "Zombies' of the Anthropocene"
Wessely, C. (Project manager, academic), Stoffel, P. (Project manager, academic), Lindemann, U. (Project manager, academic) & Asmuth, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.25 → 31.08.26
Project: Research
Decentering Italian Colonial Heritage
Schulz, V.-S. (Project manager, academic) & Gabriel, J. M. (Project manager, academic)
Project: Scientific event
Decolonial Thought and Practice
Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic)
04.04.23 → 04.07.23
Project: Teaching
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
Demokratiefindung in der ehemaligen DDR
Thaysen, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.90 → 30.10.93
Project: Research
Demokratische Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.09 → 24.11.09
Project: Scientific event
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
Der deutsche Gatsby x 8: eine Ausstellung
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)
10.04.12 → 01.07.12
Project: Practical Project
Der Körper auf Tauchstation: Zu einer Wissensgeschichte der Immersion
Kasprowicz, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.13 → 01.12.16
Project: Dissertation project
Der Sound der Leuphana. Campus Compilation
Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Engelberg, B. (Project staff)
01.10.12 → 01.05.13
Project: Practical Project
Design Process. Software, Computation, and Cultural Techniques in Architecture
Stöcklmayr, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.13 → …
Project: Research
D’EST: A Multi-Curatorial Online Platform for Video Art from the Former ‘East’ and ‘West’
Gerhardt, U. (Project manager, academic)
15.02.18 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Deutsch-Türkischer Journalistendialog: Die Berichterstattung der Medien über die NSU-Morde vor dem November 2011
Grittmann, E. (Project manager, academic)
27.02.14 → 23.10.14
Project: Scientific event
Meta-Image II: Development of a distributed virtual environment for research and communication for the discourse of images in art history
Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Dieckmann, L. (Project manager, academic) & Bredekamp, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.12 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
MECS: DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)
Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Vehlken, S. (Project staff), Schrape, N. (Project staff), Schrickel, I. (Project staff), Stöcklmayr, N. (Project staff), Engemann, C. (Project staff), Winter, F. (Project staff) & Wellmann, J. (Project staff)
01.01.13 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
DFG-Network: Sound in Media Culture. Aspects of a Cultural History of Sound
Großmann, R. (Partner) & Hanacek, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.10 → 01.03.13
Project: Research
DFH Digital Anthropologies
Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.19 → 31.12.19
Project: Scientific event
Die Aktualität der Romantik
Förster, Y. (Partner), Vieweg, K. (Project manager, academic) & Deiters, F.-J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.10 → 01.05.12
Project: Research
Die Bedeutung von Kunst und Kultur für die Stadtentwicklung - Ein Vergleich von Baltimore und Hamburg
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.04 → …
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
Die Europäische Union als Diskurs: "Europa für Bürgerinnen und Bürger" dank einer aktivierten Zivilgesellschaft? (Arbeitstitel)
Wach, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Die Experimentalkultur in einer Seifenblase. Das epistemische Potenzial in Chardins Malerei
Hosseini, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.11 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Die (Re-)Produktion sozialer Ungleichheit über die Alltagspraxis Humor
Moebius, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.13 → …
Project: Dissertation project
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
Die wirtschaftlich-kulturelle Bedeutung des Rohstoffs Ton für die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg
Pries, M. (Project manager, academic), Herdeg, U. (Partner) & Seidel, A. (Project staff)
01.01.10 → 26.01.16
Project: Research
Diffusing the EU Model? The European Union’s Influence on Regional Organizations
Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.15 → 31.12.17
Project: Research
DCRL: Digital Cultures Research Lab (2013 - 2016)
Bachmann, G. (Project manager, academic), Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Leeker, M. (Project manager, academic), Beverungen, A. (Project staff), Bialski, P. (Project manager, academic), Kaldrack, I. (Project manager, academic), Simons, S. (Project manager, academic), Sprenger, F. (Project manager, academic), Sander, N. (Partner), Gupta, S. (Coordination) & Feigelfeld, P. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
21.02.13 → 30.06.19
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
DigiTaL - Digital Transformation Lab for Teaching and Learning
Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic) & Webersik, J. (Project manager, academic)
Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre
01.08.21 → 31.12.25
Project: Teaching
Digitisation of Labour: Configurations of Real and Virtual Migration
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic), Altenried, M. (Project staff) & Wallis, M. (Project staff)
01.05.18 → 30.04.21
Project: Research
Directly Elected Mayors: Impact on the Local Party System
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Bottom, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.13 → …
Project: Research
Dis/connectivity. Imaginaries, Media Technologies, Politics
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Stäheli, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.18 → 30.04.22
Project: Research
Diversität in Kreativnetzwerken als Bedingung nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Dollereder, L. (Project staff)
01.09.15 → 31.12.16
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
DoktorandInnen-Workshop Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (2011)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
17.06.11 → 18.06.11
Project: Scientific event
Dourgouti Island Hotel Project
Genidogan, K. (Partner, non-academic)
01.08.15 → 31.10.16
Project: Practical Project
Duke University - Leuphana University Gender, Queer and Transgender Studies Workshop for Doctoral Candidates
Trott, B. (Project manager, academic) & Rosenberg, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.23 → …
Project: Teaching
Dynamik, Gründe und Folgen des postindustriellen Wertewandels: Deutschlands Werteentwicklung im internationalen Vergleich
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.10 → 30.06.11
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
Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.16 → 31.05.17
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Einfluss der Vertrauensentwicklung, unternehmerischer Wandel
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Eichenlaub, A. (Project staff)
01.05.09 → 30.08.11
Project: Research
Einfluss impliziter Motive auf die Weiterempfehlungsabgabe in Kulturinstitutionen - eine quantitative Studie
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Sikkenga, J. (Project manager, academic)
15.01.09 → 31.05.13
Project: Research
Einsatz von Architektur bei der Markenbildung von Kulturunternehmen
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ober-Heilig, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.09 → 23.06.14
Project: Dissertation project
