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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    Deliberative Partizipation als Baustein demokratischer Politikgestaltung jenseits des Nationalstaates: das Beispiel der EU-Chemikalienrichtlinie REACH

    Friedrich, D. G., 2009, Legitimes Regieren jenseits des Nationalstaates: unterschiedliche Formen von global governance im Vergleich. Take, I. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 190-219 30 p. (Schriften zur Governance-Forschung; vol. 18).

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

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    Deliberative Politik und demokratische Legitimität: Perspektiven der Kritik zwischen empirischer Deliberationsforschung und reflexiver Demokratie

    Saretzki, T., 2014, Deliberative Kritik – Kritik der Deliberation : Festschrift für Rainer Schmalz-Bruns. Flügel-Martinsen, O., Gaus, D., Hitzel-Cassagnes, T. & Martinsen, F. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 24-48 24 p.

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

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    Demagogen von rechts, Provokateure aus der Mitte: Rechtspopulismus in Westeuropa

    Lewandowsky, M., 2011, In: Berliner Debatte Initial. 22, 1, p. 40-53 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Democracy Confused: When People Mistake the Absence of Democracy for Its Presence

    Kruse, S., Ravlik, M. & Welzel, C., 01.04.2019, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 50, 3, p. 315-335 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Democracy Misunderstood: Authoritarian Notions of Democracy around the Globe

    Kirsch, H. & Welzel, C. P., 01.09.2019, In: Social Forces. 98, 1, p. 59-92 34 p., soy114.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Democratic Horizons: what value change reveals about the future of democracy

    Welzel, C., 04.07.2021, In: Democratization. 28, 5, p. 992-1016 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Democratic innovation and environmental governance

    Newig, J., Challies, E. & Jager, N. W., 05.12.2019, Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance. Elstub, S. & Escobar, O. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 324-338 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Democratic participation and civil society in the European Union

    Friedrich, D., 2011, 1 ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 232 p. (Europe in change)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Democratic representation in the EU: Two kinds of subjectivity

    Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 20, 2, p. 171-189 19 p.

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