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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Democratization
Welzel, C. P. (ed.), Bernhagen, P. (ed.), Haerpfer, C. W. (ed.) & Inglehart, R. (ed.), 2019, 2 ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 520 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Democratic Stress and Political Institutions: Drives of Reforms of Bicameralism in Times of Crisis
Vercesi, M., 2022, In: Representation. Journal of Representative Democracy. 58, 1, p. 85-102 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Democratic representation in transnational citizens’ forums?
Friedrich, D., 01.01.2014, Political Representation in the European Union: Still Democratic in Times of Crisis?. Kröger, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 161-180 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 anthologies › Monographs › Research
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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/works › Chapter › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Democracy After Post-Politics: A Reply to Näsström and Kalm
Trott, B., 2015, In: Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought. 5, 4, p. 574-578 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research