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
At Home in Foreign Parts – An Alien in Your Own City: De-Differentiation of Postmodern Touristness
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
12.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Architektur Weltweit DAAD
Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Architecture, a Mathematical Science - Teaching Experimental CAAD: Proportions and Harmonies
Kirschner, U. (Speaker)
26.09.1998Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
ak:ai Arbeitskreis Architekturinformatik (External organisation)
Kirschner, U. (Member)
11.2003 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Concepts in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project
Kirschner, U. (Speaker)
12.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
9. Arbeitstagung der Kommission Tourismusforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde - 2010
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
05.03.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7. Arbeitstagung der Kommission 'Tourismusforschung' innerhalb der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde 2003
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
14.11.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Salzburger Tourismusforum: "Ferntourismus – Wohin? Der globale Tourismus erobert den Horizont", INIT – Institut für interdisziplinäre Tourismusforschung der Universität Salzburg 2003
Saretzki, A. (Speaker) & Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
29.11.2002Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Arbeitstagung der Kommission Tourismusforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde 1999
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
23.04.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
58. Deutscher Geographentag 2013
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
03.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research