School of Culture and Society

Organisational unit: Faculty

Organisation profile

The School of Culture and Society continues an almost thirty-year tradition of teaching and research in cultural studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg.  At the faculty, more than one hundred scholars from disciplines such as art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography and history teach and conduct research in a total of five institutes. The faculty currently offers three majors ("Cultural Studies," "Studium Individuale", and "Digital Media") and four minors ("Philosophy," "Digital Media / Information Technology and Culture", and "Studium Individuale") at Leuphana College and four master's degrees ("Critical Studies - Arts - Theory - History", "Media and Digital Cultures", "Culture and Organization" and "Theory and History of Modernity").

Topics

Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Kulturforschung fragt nach den historischen und kulturellen Grundlagen, Praktiken und Werten der Zivilgesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus der Perspektive der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften verbindet die Initiative zwei anwendungsorientierte Forschungsschwerpunkte (Kunst & visuelle Kultur, Medienkultur & Kommunikation) mit einem starken Kernbereich Integrativer Kulturforschung. Beteiligt sind derzeit etwa 20 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Kunst, Medien, Philosophie, Geschichte, Literatur, Soziologie, Politik, Informatik und Geographie/Raumwissenschaft.

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    One voice, one message, but conflicting goals: Cohesiveness and consistency in the European Neighbourhood Policy

    Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V., 08.2014, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 21, 7, p. 1033–1049 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    On Freedom, Power, Justice: Feminist Perspectives

    Schües, C., 1998, Cultural Otherness and Beyond. Gupta, C. & Chattopadhyaya, D. P. (eds.). Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, p. 181-204 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    On Gender Statistics in the Art Field and Leading Positions in the International Sphere

    Hassler, K., 01.2017, In: n.paradoxa. 39, p. 48-55 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    On inter- and transdisciplinarity in culture and sustainability

    Kagan, S., 01.05.2015, Culture in, for and as Sustainable Development : Conclusions from the COST Action IS1007 Investigating Cultural Sustainability. Dessein, J., Soini, K., Fairclough, G. & Horlings, L. (eds.). Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, p. 61 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsResearch

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    On Knowing Too Much: Technologists´Discourses Around Online Anonymity

    Bialski, P., 2018, Non-Knowledge and Digital Cultures . Bernard, A., Koch, M. & Leeker, M. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 143-157 15 p. (Digital Culture Series ).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Online-Spieler in Deutschland 2007: Befunde einer repräsentativen Befragungsstudie

    Quandt, T. & Wimmer, J., 2009, Die Computerspieler: Studien zur Nutzung von Computer- und Videogames. Quandt, T., Wimmer, J. & Wolling, J. (eds.). 2 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 169-192 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Online to offline social networking: contextualising sociality today through Couchsurfing.org

    Bialski, P., 2013, Couchsurfing cosmopolitanisms: Can tourism make a better world?. Picard, D. & Buchberger, S. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 161-172 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Online-Verstrickungen: Immanenzen und Ambivalenzen

    Spreen, D. (ed.), 1997, 1 ed. Berlin: Ästhetik & Kommunikation e.V. 125 p. (Ästhetik & Kommunikation; vol. 26, no. 96)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    On “Nationology”: The Gravitational Field of National Culture

    Akaliyski, P., Welzel, C., Bond, M. H. & Minkov, M., 10.2021, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 52, 8-9, p. 771-793 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch