School of Culture and Society

Organisational unit: Research School

Organisation profile

Leuphana University Lüneburg's School of Culture and Society is driven by the deep conviction that contemporary scientific and societal challenges can only be addressed by transcending traditional academic disciplines. Our college’s five institutes feature more than one hundred faculty from disciplines including art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography, and history. Together, they form a highly integrated network in terms of both their research and teaching, continuing a successful tradition of cooperation and collaboration in cultural studies that has defined our programme for almost forty years.

Main research areas

 

Culture and Society at Leuphana

More than 100 academics from the humanities and social sciences work at the School of Culture and Society at Leuphana. They pursue the shared goal of further developing the cultural studies project in the context of changing socio-cultural conditions. The point is not to dissolve individual disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, but rather to establish a specific cultural studies programme that aims at a critique of the present.

Research Areas

The School of Culture and Society focuses on cross-disciplinary research that explores questions that are highly significant to contemporary society. Our two primary research areas (Digital Cultures and Cultures of Critique) and our one research initiative (Cultures of Conflict) form a framework for innovative, advanced research in cultural studies. All of these research areas rely heavily on collaboration, and they include colloquia, conferences, and summer programs as well as ongoing collaborations with numerous externally funded projects.

 

  1. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    Ein neuer Klassenkampf? Prekarisierung, Soziale Schließung und Protest im Zeitalter des flexiblen Kapitalismus

    Schottdorf, T., 2018, In: DNGPS Working Paper. 4, 3, 24 p.

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    Élie Faures Cineplastik oder vom Kino und Bilden der Künste

    Kuhn, E., 2016, In: Regards Croisés. 5, p. 50-61 12 p.

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    Emanation, Umkehrung, Ausstreichung. (De-)Naturalisierungen in Technik- und Medientheorie

    Schnödl, G., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 21, p. 133-144 12 p.

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    Emancipating Sexuality: Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition

    Welzel, C. P., Alexander, A. & Inglehart, R., 01.11.2016, In: Social Indicators Research. 129, 2, p. 909-935 27 p.

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    Emancipative Values and Non-violent Protest: The Importance of `Ecological´ Effects

    Welzel, C. & Deutsch, F., 04.2012, In: British Journal of Political Science. 42, 2, p. 465-479 15 p.

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    Embedding Evidence on Conservation Interventions Within a Context of Multilevel Governance

    Ekroos, J., Leventon, J., Fischer, J., Newig, J. & Smith, H. G., 01.01.2017, In: Conservation Letters. 10, 1, p. 139-145 7 p.

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    Empfehlungsregime: Zur Konvergenz von Subjektivierungsweisen im Coaching und in der digitalen Kultur

    Traue, B. C., 2013, In: Psychotherapie & Sozialwissenschaft. 15, 2, p. 67-91 25 p.

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    Empowering women: the role of emancipative beliefs

    Alexander, A. C. & Welzel, C., 06.2011, In: European Sociological Review. 27, 3, p. 364-384 21 p.

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    Empowering Women: The Role of Emancipative Forces in Board Gender Diversity

    Brieger, S., Francoeur, C., Welzel, C. & Ben-Amar, W., 20.03.2019, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 155, 2, p. 495-511 17 p.

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    Enjeux de la question anthropologique: Foucault en dialogue avec Kant, Nietzsche et Heidegger

    Nigro, R., 2025, In: Archives de Philosophie. 88, 1, p. 27-44 18 p.

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