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.

  1. Published

    Social Exclusion and Housing

    Münch, S., 2012, International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Smith, S. J. (ed.). San Diego: Elsevier B.V., p. 377 - 380 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Social Games: Privacy and Security

    Fuchs, M., 10.2012, ICT Critical Infrastructure and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-28, 2012. Proceedings. Magda D., H., Whitehouse, D., McIver Jr., W. & Phahlamohlaka, J. (eds.). Amsterdam: Springer, p. 330-337 8 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 386 AICT).

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

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    Social inequalities: (re-)production through mediatized individualism

    Thomas, T., 2009, Mediatization: Concept, Changes, Consequences. Lundby, K. (ed.). New York [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 263-276 14 p.

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

  4. Published

    Social Landart - Verbindungen zwischen (Land-)Wirtschaft und Kunst: Wie ein Eichelschweinprojekt zwischen künstlerischer Forschung und Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft vermittelt

    Winkler, I., 05.11.2020, München: oekom verlag GmbH. 249 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Social Media - New Masses

    Baxmann, I. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 2016, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 348 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Social-Movements and the greens: New internal politics in Germany

    Müller-Rommel, F., 01.03.1985, In: European Journal of Political Research. 13, 1, p. 53-67 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Social movement theory and research on radicalisation

    Malthaner, S., 01.01.2023, The Routledge Handbook on Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation. Busher, J., Malkki, L. & Marsden, S. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 99-112 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Social Policy in the European Union by Karen M Anderson. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

    Vercesi, M., 08.2017, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 15, 3, p. 490-491 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Social sciences and environmental sciences: A state of the art review

    Müller-Rommel, F. & Meyer, H., 01.12.2001, In: Environmental Politics. 10, 4, p. 49-62 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Society and territory: making sense of Italian populism from a historical perspective

    Vercesi, M., 02.2023, In: Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 31, 1, p. 111-131 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review