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. E-pub ahead of print

    The Deportation Gap as a Statistical Chimera: How Nonknowledge Informs Migration Policies

    Scheel, S., 21.06.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geopolitics. 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The development and future of sexuality

    Runkel, G., 2001, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 153 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 243).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    The development of sexuality and love

    Runkel, G., 2003, 2. ed., Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 266).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    The development of sexuality and love

    Runkel, G., 2002, 1. ed., Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 266).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    The development of sexuality and love

    Runkel, G., 2004, 3. ed ed., Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 266c).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    The Diffusion of Values among Democracies and Autocracies

    Deutsch, F. & Welzel, C., 01.11.2016, In: Global Policy. 7, 4, p. 563-570 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Digital Revolution as Counter-Revolution

    Simon, J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 197-212 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    The display makes a difference: A mobile eye tracking study on the perception of art before and after a museum's rearrangement

    Reitstätter, L., Brinkmann, H., Santini, T., Specker, E., Dare, Z., Bakondi, F., Miscená, A., Kasneci, E., Leder, H. & Rosenberg, R., 19.06.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 29 p., 6.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The “distinctiveness of cities” and distinctions in cities: Boundaries of belonging in comparative perspective

    Barbehön, M. & Münch, S., 02.01.2016, In: Urban Research and Practice. 9, 1, p. 37-55 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    The documentary method

    Behnke, C., 2005, The need to document. Havränek, V., Schaschl-Cooper, S. & Steinbrügge, B. (eds.). Zürich: JRP Ringier Verlag, p. 69-72 4 p.

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

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    The Domestication of Luxury in Social Theory

    Schrage, D., 01.12.2012, In: Social Change Review. 10, 2, p. 177-193 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The edge of virtual communities ? An explorative analysis of clans and computer games

    Wimmer, J., Quandt, T. & Vogel, K., 2010, Exploring the Edges of Gaming: Proceedings of the Vienna Games Conference 2008-2009 Future and Reality of Gaming . Mitgutsch, K., Klimmt, C. & Rosenstingl, H. (eds.). Braumüller Verlag, p. 77-90 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    The effect of voters’ economic perception, Brexit and campaigns on the evaluation of party leaders over time

    Berz, J., 01.05.2020, In: British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 22, 2, p. 202-219 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    The Emergence of Creative Sustainable Cities

    Kagan, S., 2016, City Linkage: Art and Culture Fostering Urban Futures. Ziehl, M., Rabe, C. & Haupt, T. (eds.). Berlin: Jovis Verlag, p. 21-29 9 p.

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

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    The Entanglement of Arts and Sciences: On the Transaction Costs of Transdisciplinary Research Settings

    Tröndle, M., Greenwood, S., Ramakrishnan, C., Tschacher, W., Kirchberg, V., Wintzerith, S., van den Berg, K., Omlin, S., Kartadinata, S., Vaillant, C., Reed, P., Seeger, M., Viola, E., Schmidt, V., Rammelt, R., Alavi, B., Karl, N. & Wäspe, R., 2011, In: Journal for Artistic Research. 1, 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Environmentalitarian Situation: Reflections on the Becoming-Environmental of Thinking, Power, and Capital

    Hörl, E., 01.07.2018, In: Cultural Politics. 14, 2, p. 153-173 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The environmental performance of participatory and collaborative governance: A framework of causal mechanisms

    Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E. & Adzersen, A., 05.2018, In: Policy Studies Journal. 46, 2, p. 269-297 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    The European Union and Democracy Promotion in the Mediterranean: Strategic Choices after the Arab Spring

    van Hüllen, V., 2012, Policy Change in the EU's Immediate Neighourhood: A Sectoral Approach . Börzel, T. A. & Böttger, K. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 119-144 25 p. (Europäische Schriften; vol. 93).

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

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    The European Union and the people

    Friedrich, D. G., 01.01.2008, In: Journal of Common Market Studies. 46, 2, p. 492-493 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  20. Published

    The EU’s Civil Society from a Normative-Democratic Point of View: the case of the European EU's migration policy

    Friedrich, D. G., 2007, Governance and civil society in the European Union; : Vol 1: Normative perspectives. Ruzza, C. & Sala, V. D. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 113-133 21 p.

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

  21. Published

    The EU’s Governance Transfer: From External Promotion to Internal Protection?

    van Hüllen, V. & Börzel, T. A., 2013, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, 31 p. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; no. 56).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  22. Published

    The eyes of the olms

    Berz, P., 2009, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 31, 2, p. 215-238 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  23. Published

    The famine in Kazakhstan: historiographical reappraisals

    Mark, R. A., 12.2004, In: Osteuropa. 54, 12, p. 112-130 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  24. Published

    The F.D.P. small but beautiful

    Müller-Rommel, F., 2000, Liberalism and liberal parties in the European Union. Winter, L. & Marcet, J. (eds.). Barcelona: Institut de Ciencies politiques i socials de la Diputación Provincial, p. 83-118 36 p.

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

  25. Published

    The Fibreculture Journal

    Beverungen, A. (ed.), Sprenger, F. (ed.) & Ballard, S. (ed.), 31.07.2017, Sydney / Wollongong: The Fibreculture Journal. 180 p. (The Fibreculture Journal; no. 29)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  26. Published

    The fight against human trafficking: Drivers and spoilers

    Ravlik, M. V., 06.12.2019, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 224 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    The Financial Crisis, the Exemption View and the Problem of the Harmless Torturer

    Schefczyk, M., 01.03.2012, In: Philosophy of Management. 11, 1, p. 25-38 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    The financialisation of business ethics

    Beverungen, A., Dunne, S. & Hoedemaekers, C., 01.01.2013, In: Business Ethics: A European Review. 22, 1, p. 102-117 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    The “First Ones to Close and Last Ones to Re-Open”: Music Venues, COVID-19 and the Handling of the Crisis

    Kuchar, R., Frey, M., Gooß, J. & Mertens, T., 22.06.2022, In: Journal of World Popular Music. 9, 1-2, p. 170-196 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    The Forgotten Pioneer Movement: Guidebook

    Gerhardt, U. (ed.) & Husse, S. (ed.), 09.2014, Hamburg: Textem Verlag. 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830

    Wellmann, J., 03.2017, New York: Zone Books. 423 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    The “Fragment on Machines” as Science Fiction; Or, Reading the Grundrisse Politically

    Trott, B., 14.07.2018, In: Cambridge Journal of Economics. 42, 4, p. 1107-1122 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    The Game Player's Duty: The User as the Gestalt of Ports

    Pias, C., 2011, Media Archaeology: approaches, applications, and implications. Huhtamo, E. & Parikka, J. (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 164-183 20 p.

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

  34. Published

    The German Fatherland Party. The national right at the end of the German empire

    Stegmann, D., 1999, In: Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft. 47, 10, p. 952-953 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  35. Published

    The german greens in the 1980s: Short-term cyclical protest or indicator of transformation?

    Müller-Rommel, F., 01.03.1989, In: Political Studies. 37, 1, p. 114-122 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    The German sustainable development strategy: facing policy, management and political strategy assessments

    Tils, R., 18.05.2007, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 17, 3, p. 164-176 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  37. Published

    The Gokteik Viaduct: A Tale of Gentlemanly Capitalists, Unseen People, and a Bridge to Nowhere

    Wohlers, D. C. & Waters, T., 01.10.2022, In: Social Sciences. 11, 10, 19 p., 440.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    The Government and its Hard Decisions: How Conflict is Managed within the Coalition

    Vercesi, M. & Marangoni, F., 17.12.2014, The Challenge of Coalition Government: The Italian Case. Conti, N. & Marangoni, F. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 17-35 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  39. Published

    The Great Pacific Garbage Catch: Müll als Medium einer ›Plastic Oceanography

    Vehlken, S., 10.2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 84-98 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    The greens in western europe: Similar But Different

    Müller-Rommel, F., 01.10.1985, In: International Political Science Review. 6, 4, p. 483-498 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    The grey haired gaming generation: Findings from an explorative interview study on older computer gamers

    Quandt, T., Grüninger, H. & Wimmer, J., 01.2009, In: Games and Culture . 4, 1, p. 27-46 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  42. Published

    The Grime of Critique

    Warnsholdt, C. L., 2021, Critique and the Digital. Hörl, E., Pinkrah, N. Y. & Warnsholdt, L. (eds.). Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 205-228 24 p.

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

  43. Published

    The "Hidden Homeless" in Japan’s Contemporary Mobile Culture

    Yoshida, M., 2013, Asian Popular Culture in Transition. Fitzsimmons, L. & Lent, J. A. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 97-107 11 p. (Routledge contemporary Asia series; vol. 36).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  44. Published

    The Hidden Space of Production: Virtuality in Henri Bergson and Gilbert Simondon

    Kasprowicz, D., 2017, You were not expected to do this : On the Dynamics of Production: Distraction/Interference - Resistence/Accident. Blanga-Gubbay, D. & Ruchaud, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf University Press, p. 111-126 16 p. (materialisierungen; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    The impact of genes, geography, and educational opportunities on national cognitive achievement

    Minkov, M., Welzel, C. P. & Bond, M. H., 01.04.2016, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 47, p. 236-243 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    The Impact of Idealism: The legacy of post-kantian German thought Volume III aesthetics and literature

    Boyle, N. (ed.), Disley, L. (ed.), Jamme, C. (ed.) & Cooper, I. (ed.), 01.01.2011, New York: Cambridge University Press. 321 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  47. Published

    The Importance of Expertise: Political Careers, Personnel Turnover, and Throughput Legitimacy in the European Parliament

    Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 2021, Personnel Turnover and the Legitimacy of the EU. Scherpereel, J. A. (ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 137-165 29 p. (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  48. Published

    The Influence of Political Engagement on Artistic Reputation. Self-Evaluations of Artists.

    Kirchberg, V., Hoop, M. & Kadar, M., 01.08.2023, In: Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy. 9, 1, p. 29-58 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    The Instrument

    Großmann, R., 2021, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Anthropology of Sound. Schulze, H. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 59-76 18 p. 3

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

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    The Instrument as Medium: Phonographic Work

    Großmann, R., 2020, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art. Krogh Groth, S. & Schulze, H. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 436-445 10 p. 23. (Bloomsbury handbooks).

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