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
Leuphana University of Lüneburg (External organisation)
Kirschner, U. (Member)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
LGMaps – Leuphana-Studis radeln für digitale Netztransparenz
Seidel, A. (Speaker)
22.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Literary Trails: A Chance for Heritage or just the Disneyfication of Cityscapes?
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
13.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Lüneburger Landwehr als Element der Kulturlandschaft
Pries, M. (Speaker)
17.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Lüneburg Maps - Leuphana Studis radeln für digitale Netztransparenz
Seidel, A. (Speaker)
13.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Lüneburg - Stadt auf dem Salz
Pries, M. (Speaker)
28.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Manchester - Eine Stadt erfindet sich neu
Pries, M. (Speaker)
17.06.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Mapping Urban Information as an Interdisciplinary Method for Geography, Art and Architecture Representations
Kirschner, U. (Speaker)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Medialization of Touristic Reality: The Berlin Wall Revisited
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
15.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Mitglied in der Berufungskommission "Mediale Architekturdarstellung"
Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)
2018 → 2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education