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
Weihnachts-Shopping - Ja! Aber wo? Einkaufzentrum gegen Innenstadt
Pries, M. (Lecturer)
15.12.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Waterfront-Cities
Pries, M. (Speaker)
16.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Was wollen die Touristiker mit dem Pilgerweg
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
08.02.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Vom Schreiben und Lesen der Stadt. LiteraTouristische Erkundigungen des Urbanen
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
28.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vom Hafen zur City - Städtebauliche Projekte im Hamburger Hafen
Pries, M. (Speaker)
09.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Virtualisierung von touristischen Räumen
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
05.12.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen (External organisation)
Pez, P. (Executive member)
1998Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen (External organisation)
Pez, P. (Member)
1998Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
"Urlaub machen" als performatives Geschehen
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
26.01.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Urban Transdisciplinary Co-study in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project
Kirschner, U. (Speaker)
24.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research