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. 2017
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    Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter des general intellect

    Nigro, R., 06.2017, In: Paragrana. 26, 1, p. 75 - 85 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

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    Imagined Geography: Strange Places and People in Children’s Literature

    O'Sullivan, E., 06.2017, In: The Wenshan Review of Literature and Culture. 10, 2, p. 1-32 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Technikfolgenabschätzung und ihre Bedeutung für künftige Hightech-Strategien

    Saretzki, T., 06.2017, Partizipationsverfahren im Rahmen des Agenda-Settings in der Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik. Speth, R., Klein, A. & Burwitz, M. (eds.). Berlin: Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement (BBE), p. 106-110 5 p. (BBE-Arbeitspapiere; no. 2).

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

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    The Trans-human Paradigm and the Meaning of Life

    Schües, C., 10.05.2017, Future Directions in Feminist Phenomenology. Fielding, H. A. & Olkowski, D. E. (eds.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, p. 218-241 24 p.

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

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    Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy

    Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Dänhardt, J., Fischer, J., Abson, D. & Newig, J., 01.05.2017, In: Land Use Policy. 64, p. 1-12 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Survey Response and Observed Behavior: Emancipative and Secular Values Predict Prosocial Behaviors

    Kistler, D., Thoni, C. & Welzel, C., 01.05.2017, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48, 4, p. 461-489 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Von Differenz zu Vielfalt zu Super-Diversity

    Münch, S., 01.05.2017, In: Migration und soziale Arbeit. 39, 1, p. 45-49 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm

    Hörl, E. H. (ed.), 05.2017, 1 ed. London/New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 384 p. (Theory)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Introduction to General Ecology: The Ecologization of Thinking

    Hörl, E. H. & Schott, N. F. (Translator), 05.2017, General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm. Hörl, E. & Burton, J. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 1 – 75 75 p. (Theory).

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

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    Reisezeitexperimente als Forschungs- und Evaluierungsinstrument: Ergebnisse aus Feldstudien in Lüneburg, Hamburg und Göttingen

    Pez, P., 28.04.2017, Verkehr und Mobilität zwischen Alltagspraxis und Planungstheorie: Ökologische und soziale Perspektiven. Wilde (Herausgeber), M., Gather (Series Editor), M., Neiberger (Series Editor), C. & Scheiner (Series Editor), J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 99-112 14 p. (Studien zur Mobilitäts- und Verkehrsforschung).

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