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.
Transmoderne Formationen – Die Gruppe H2SO4 in Georgien der 1920er
Tchelidze, K. (Project manager, academic)
Project: Dissertation project
Treueschwur und Realitätsverlust. Phasen und Dispositive auditiver Medienkultur
Großmann, R. (Project manager, academic) & Pelleter, M. (Project manager, academic)
19.02.15 → 20.02.15
Project: Scientific event
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)
01.04.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Unfinished Business. Zum Stand der industriepolitischen Interventionen in der Halbleiterund Batterie(zell)produktion
Karakayali, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.25 → 30.11.25
Project: Research
(Un)Mapping Infrastructures: Transnational Perspectives in Modern and Contemporary Art
Dogramaci, B. (Partner), Esner, R. (Partner), Küster, B. (Partner), Langfeld, G. M. (Partner), Lerm-Hayes, C.-M. (Partner), Rother, L. (Partner), Ruckdeschel, A. (Partner), Smolińska, M. (Partner) & Ströbele, U. (Partner)
01.01.19 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Until Covid-19 do us apart. Music Scenes in Lockdown
Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project staff) & Kirchberg, V. (Project staff)
01.03.21 → 01.03.22
Project: Research
Urbane Kreativitätsimpulse durch 2-3 Straßen?
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Behnke, C. (Project staff), Grigoleit, A. (Project staff), Hahn, J. (Project staff), Körs, A. (Project staff) & Nerlich, M. R. (Project staff)
14.09.10 → 31.05.11
Project: Research
Urbane Musikräume im Wandel. DIY geprägte Musikclubs auf St. Pauli zwischen Szene, Stadt und Music Industries
Kuchar, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.09 → 26.10.17
Project: Dissertation project
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
Utopie-Konferenz 2018
Prien-Ribcke, S. (Project manager, academic), Precht, R. D. (Partner) & Jamme, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 30.04.19
Project: Scientific event
Value Orientations and Cooperation: Exploring the Value-Behavior Link
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Thöni, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.13 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Erinnerungskultur
Hobuß, S. (Partner), Dhouib, S. (Project manager, academic) & Jürgens, A. (Partner)
20.02.13 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
Verwaltungsmodernisierung in Niedersachsen - Begleitende Studie zur Aussetzung der gerichtlichen Vorverfahrens
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Meyer, H. (Project staff)
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport
21.09.06 → 02.07.12
Project: Research
Video-Podcast-Projekt
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic) & Adam, U. (Project staff)
01.09.12 → 30.11.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Videos für Wikipedia-Artikel
Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.05.14 → 31.12.14
Project: Research
Visualisierungssoftware und 3D-Beamer für die Universität Lüneburg
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
10.10.05 → …
Project: Research
Vivipoetik – Eine Literaturgeschichte theoretischer Biologien
Huber, F. (Project manager, academic)
22.01.19 → …
Project: Research
Von Open Access zu Open Science: Zum Wandel von wissenschaftlicher Kommunikation im Rahmen der Digitalisierung
Heise, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.12 → 29.01.17
Project: Dissertation project