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
Österreichische Volkskundetagung - 2007
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
15.11.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Orte der Unterhaltung - Urban Entertainment Center
Pries, M. (Speaker)
30.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Only the Imagined Has Existence
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
15.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
New York - Hamburg. Zwei Waterfronts im Wandel
Pries, M. (Speaker)
19.12.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
National Technological University (UTN)
Kirschner, U. (Visiting researcher)
26.02.2007 → 26.03.2007Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Mitglied in der Berufungskommission "Mediale Architekturdarstellung"
Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)
2018 → 2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Medialization of Touristic Reality: The Berlin Wall Revisited
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
15.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Mapping Urban Information as an Interdisciplinary Method for Geography, Art and Architecture Representations
Kirschner, U. (Speaker)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Manchester - Eine Stadt erfindet sich neu
Pries, M. (Speaker)
17.06.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Lüneburg - Stadt auf dem Salz
Pries, M. (Speaker)
28.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer