Institute of Urban and Cultural Area Research

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute for Urban and Cultural Area Research is part of the School of Culture and Society at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. It is divided into the departments of Building Culture, Cultural Geography and Tourism Studies.

Main research areas

Department Cultural Geography

In the Department of Cultural Geography, the question of the relation to space plays a major role. From this geographical perspective, cultural landscape research is conducted, also in the historical-geographical sense. Not only from a historical perspective urban spaces are examined in urban-geographical contexts. Further focal points are geographic transport research and economic-geographic issues.

An overview of the fields of research:

-    Transport Geography
-    Economic Geography
-    City Geography
-    (Historical) Cultural Landscape Research

Department of Building Culture

Overview of the research fields:

-    Digital and haptic architecture models
-    Computer integration in the creative planning process
-    Revitalization - Cultural heritage
-    Perception of city and space

Department of Tourism Studies

The research of the Department of Tourism Studies covers the following areas:

-    Travel/holidays as leisure activity and appropriation of space
-    Leisure as a late-modern phenomenon
-    Touristification of rooms
-    Control of destination tourism areas
-    Travel behavior and security
-    Tourism marketing/-management
-    Room consumption

  1. 2017
  2. A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Concepts in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    12.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. 2018
  4. Architektur Weltweit DAAD

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    2018 → …

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantEducation

  5. Erasmus + Mobilität mit Partnerländern (KA107)

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    2018 → …

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  6. Mitglied in der Berufungskommission "Mediale Architekturdarstellung"

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    20182019

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantEducation

  7. Mapping Urban Information as an Interdisciplinary Method for Geography, Art and Architecture Representations

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    18.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Urban Transdisciplinary Co-study in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    24.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. 2019
  10. Leuphana University of Lüneburg (External organisation)

    Kirschner, U. (Member)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  11. 2020
  12. Cultural Haritage and Memory

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    27.11.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. 2023
  14. RVF 3.0 - von der Theorie in die Praxis mit Meldetool und LGMaps

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    01.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Daten für Planung und Navigation im nichtmotorisierten Verkehr - Impuls: Welche Daten haben | brauchen wir?

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    02.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch