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. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    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.

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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.

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    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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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    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.

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