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.

  1. Published

    The Triple Transformation: The Emergence of Philosophy in Deleuze and Guattari

    Schönher, M., 2019, In: Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 33, 4, p. 610-627 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Cultural Evolution Shifts the Source of Happiness from Religion to Subjective Freedom

    Minkov, M., Welzel, C. & Schachner, M., 01.12.2020, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 21, 8, p. 2873-2888 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Verkehrsplanung

    Pez, P., 2020, Geographische Handelsforschung. Neiberger, C. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 157-167 11 p. 14

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

  4. Published

    Social and Epistemic Control in Collaborative Research — Reconfiguring the Interplay of Politics and Methodology

    Herberg, J. & Vilsmaier, U., 03.07.2020, In: Social Epistemology. 34, 4, p. 309-318 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Editorial

    von Glasenapp, G., O'Sullivan, E., Roeder, C., Staiger, M. & Tomkowiak, I., 2019, In: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung . 2019, p. 6-9 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  6. Published

    Fakt, Fake und Fiktion: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2019

    von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.), Staiger, M. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 01.12.2019, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 220 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2019)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  7. Published

    Conditionality of EU funds: an instrument to enforce EU fundamental values?

    Blauberger, M. & van Huellen, V., 02.01.2021, In: Journal of European Integration. 43, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found and how can it be strengthened?

    Bammer, G., O’Rourke, M., O’Connell, D., Neuhauser, L., Midgley, G., Klein, J. T., Grigg, N. J., Gadlin, H., Elsum, I. R., Bursztyn, M., Fulton, E. A., Pohl, C., Smithson, M., Vilsmaier, U., Bergmann, M., Jaeger, J., Merkx, F., Vienni Baptista, B., Burgman, M. A., Walker, D. H., Young, J., Bradbury, H., Crawford, L., Haryanto, B., Pachanee, C. A., Polk, M. & Richardson, G. P., 13.01.2020, In: Humanities & social sciences communications. 6, 1, 16 p., 5.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The platform as factory: Crowdwork and the hidden labour behind artificial intelligence

    Altenried, M., 01.06.2020, In: Capital & Class. 44, 2, p. 145-158 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Diderot, or The Power of Critique

    Söntgen, B. E., 2019, The Value of Critique: Exploring the Interrelations of Value, Critique, and Artistic Labour . Graw, I. & Menke, C. (eds.). 1. ed. Frankfurt am Main : Campus Verlag, p. 53-72 20 p. (Normative Orders; vol. 26).

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