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. Leuphana University of Lüneburg (External organisation)

    Kirschner, U. (Member)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  2. LGMaps – Leuphana-Studis radeln für digitale Netztransparenz

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    22.10.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  3. Literary Trails: A Chance for Heritage or just the Disneyfication of Cityscapes?

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    13.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Lüneburger Landwehr als Element der Kulturlandschaft

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    17.03.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Lüneburg Maps - Leuphana Studis radeln für digitale Netztransparenz

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    13.04.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  6. Lüneburg - Stadt auf dem Salz

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    28.09.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Manchester - Eine Stadt erfindet sich neu

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    17.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    18.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Medialization of Touristic Reality: The Berlin Wall Revisited

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    15.06.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Mitglied in der Berufungskommission "Mediale Architekturdarstellung"

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    20182019

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantEducation

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