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. Vom Hafen zur City - Städtebauliche Projekte im Hamburger Hafen

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    09.05.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  2. Vom Schreiben und Lesen der Stadt. LiteraTouristische Erkundigungen des Urbanen

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    28.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Was wollen die Touristiker mit dem Pilgerweg

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    08.02.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  4. Waterfront-Cities

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    16.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. Weihnachts-Shopping - Ja! Aber wo? Einkaufzentrum gegen Innenstadt

    Pries, M. (Lecturer)

    15.12.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Wellness as a Hybrid Phenomenon

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    11.11.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Welterbetourismus zwischen lokalem Erbe und globaler Vermarktung

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    26.04.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Welt- und Selbsterschließung im Modus des Reisens

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    26.04.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Wie aus Konkurrenten Partner werden und erfolgreich sind: kleine und mittlere Unternehmen

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    25.10.2000

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  10. Wie Studierende mit digitalen Daten die Verkehrswende vor Ort unterstützen

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    17.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch