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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    Currating

    Beyes, T., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 109-113 5 p.

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

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    Curatorial Practices of the ‘Global’: Toward a Decolonial Turn in Museums in Berlin and Hamburg?

    Gaupp, L., Abramjan, A., Akinay, F. M., Hilgert, K., Mulder, A. C., Schmidt, R., Schnitzler, V., Thurich, O., Tiemon, L., Wurl, S. & Zimmermann, M., 2020, In: Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy. 6, 2, p. 107-138 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cumulating evidence in environmental governance, policy and planning research: towards a research reform agenda

    Newig, J. & Rose, M., 02.09.2020, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 22, 5, p. 667-681 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Culture, Technology, and Process in “Media Theories”: Toward a shift in the understanding of media in organizational research

    Hoof, F. & Boell, S. K., 01.09.2019, In: Organization. 26, 5, p. 636-654 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Culture-specific objectives of change communication: An intercultural perspective

    Yüksek, S. & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., 2013, In: Journal of Management and Change. 1/2, 30/31, p. 180-193 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cultures of sustainability and the aesthetics of the pattern that connects

    Kagan, S., 01.12.2010, In: Futures. 42, 10, p. 1094-1101 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cultures of rejection in the Covid-19 crisis

    Opratko, B., Bojadzijev, M., Bojanic, S. M., Fiket, I., Harder, A., Jonsson, S., Necak, M., Neegard, A., Ortega Soto, C., Pudar Drasko, G., Sauer, B. & Stojanovic Cehajic, K., 09.04.2021, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 44, 5, p. 893-905 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cultures of rejection at work: Investigating the acceptability of authoritarian populism

    Harder, A. & Opratko, B., 01.06.2022, In: Ethnicities. 22, 3, p. 425-445 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Culture in sustainable urban development: Practices and policies for spaces of possibility and institutional innovations

    Kagan, S., Hauerwaas, A., Holz, V. & Wedler, P., 01.06.2018, In: City, Culture, and Society. 13, p. 32-45 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Culture as Value Added Industry and as Embedded Life: Culture as Part of Touristic Products

    Wöhler, K., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 25-41 17 p.

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