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. Tagung am Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung: "Geschichte als Erlebnis: Performative Praktiken in der Geschichtskultur"

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    05.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  2. Symposium: "Tourismuspolitik im neuen Jahrtausend. Strukturwandel, neue Trends und Strategien" - 2003

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    03.11.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  3. Study of digital morphing tools in the architectural design process

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    04.12.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Sternechaos – Der Sinn von Klassifizierungen in der Hotellerie

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    18.04.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. So haben wir die Welt gesehen

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    26.01.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  6. Senkungen als Folge der Rohstoffförderung

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    23.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Schreckgespenst Gentrification? Das Beispiel Hamburg Ottensen

    Pries, M. (Lecturer)

    15.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Pez, P. (Member)

    2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. Salzburger Tourismusforum - 2007

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    19.10.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. RVF 3.0 - von der Theorie in die Praxis mit Meldetool und LGMaps

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    01.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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