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 anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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/worksChapterpeer-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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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 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 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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    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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    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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