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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    How should we fund open access monographs and what do you think is the most likely way that funding will happen?

    Davies, M. C. R., Ayris, P., Stone, G., Cheshire, J., Jackson, R., Hacker, A., Bunz, M., Ferwerda, E., Newton, H., Dacos, M., Mounier, P. & Neuman, Y., 01.2014, In: Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community. 27, SUPPL. 1, p. 45-50 6 p.

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    How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

    Grotz, F., Müller-rommel, F., Berz, J., Kroeber, C. & Kukec, M., 09.2021, In: Comparative Political Studies. 54, 11, p. 1907-1938 32 p.

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    How important is culture to understand political protest?

    Li Donni, P., Marino, M. & Welzel, C., 01.12.2021, In: World Development. 148, 15 p., 105661.

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    How General is Trust in "Most People" ? Solving the Radius of Trust Problem

    Delhey, J., Newton, K. & Welzel, C., 01.10.2011, In: American Sociological Review. 76, 5, p. 786-807 22 p.

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    How does the context and design of participatory decision making processes affect their outcomes? Evidence from sustainable land management in global drylands

    de Vente, J., Reed, M. S., Stringer, L. C., Valente, S. & Newig, J., 01.01.2016, In: Ecology and Society. 21, 2, 24 p., 24.

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    How does collaborative governance evolve? Insights from a medium-n case comparison

    Ulibarri, N., Emerson, K., Imperial, M. T., Jager, N. W., Newig, J. & Weber, E., 01.10.2020, In: Policy and Society. 39, 4, p. 617-637 21 p.

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    "How Bad Was He? Let Me Count the Ways": Auguste Renoir and His Critics of the 1980s

    Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B., 2023, Judgement Practices in the Artistic Field. Söntgen, B., Heymer, E., Locher, H., Marchal, S. & Sachs-Resch, M. (eds.). München: edition metzel, p. 226-250 25 p. (Praktiken der Kritik; vol. 3).

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

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    How art becomes organization: Reimagining aesthetics, sites and politics of entrepreneurship

    Holm, D. V. & Beyes, T., 01.02.2022, In: Organization Studies. 43, 2, p. 227-245 19 p.

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