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