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
National Technological University (UTN)
Kirschner, U. (Visiting researcher)
26.02.2007 → 26.03.2007Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
New York - Hamburg. Zwei Waterfronts im Wandel
Pries, M. (Speaker)
19.12.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Only the Imagined Has Existence
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
15.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Orte der Unterhaltung - Urban Entertainment Center
Pries, M. (Speaker)
30.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Österreichische Volkskundetagung - 2007
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
15.11.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Paradisierung von Räumen – Über das Verschwinden von Raum-Zeit-Bezügen
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
04.03.2000Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Perception of Space and Time in a Created Environment
Kirschner, U. (Speaker)
14.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Pflege der Negation. Zur Produktion negativer Realitätsbezüge als Reiseauslöser
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
06.11.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Places of Postmodern Sociality
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
22.06.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Planificación urbanistica de la ciudad portuaria de Hamburgo
Kirschner, U. (Speaker)
20.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education