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. 2024
  2. LGMaps – Leuphana-Studis radeln für digitale Netztransparenz

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    22.10.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  3. Die OpenStreetMap – oder: wie man die Welt in eine Karte übersetzen kann

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    13.04.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Lüneburg Maps - Leuphana Studis radeln für digitale Netztransparenz

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    13.04.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  5. 2023
  6. Wie Studierende mit digitalen Daten die Verkehrswende vor Ort unterstützen

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    17.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Datenerfassung, -weitergabe und -verwendung im Projekt RVF 3.0

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    24.05.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Daten für Planung und Navigation im nichtmotorisierten Verkehr - Impuls: Welche Daten haben | brauchen wir?

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    02.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Seidel, A. (Speaker)

    01.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. 2020
  11. Cultural Haritage and Memory

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    27.11.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. 2019
  13. Leuphana University of Lüneburg (External organisation)

    Kirschner, U. (Member)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  14. 2018
  15. Urban Transdisciplinary Co-study in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    24.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Mapping Urban Information as an Interdisciplinary Method for Geography, Art and Architecture Representations

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    18.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Architektur Weltweit DAAD

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    2018 → …

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantEducation

  18. Erasmus + Mobilität mit Partnerländern (KA107)

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    2018 → …

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  19. Mitglied in der Berufungskommission "Mediale Architekturdarstellung"

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    20182019

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantEducation

  20. 2017
  21. A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Concepts in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    12.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  22. Frontier Zones International Summer School 2017

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    10.07.201723.07.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  23. At Home in Foreign Parts – An Alien in Your Own City: De-Differentiation of Postmodern Touristness

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    12.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Dislimitation of Urban Tourism

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    12.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. 2016
  26. 2015
  27. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie - DKG 2015 (Fachsitzung Geographien der Erinnerung RE-FS-24)

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    04.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. 2014
  29. Schreckgespenst Gentrification? Das Beispiel Hamburg Ottensen

    Pries, M. (Lecturer)

    15.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  30. Dispositives Internet-Storytelling: multimediale Konstitution des touristischen Blicks

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    23.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. 11th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization & Engineering - CDVE 2014

    Kirschner, U. (presenter)

    14.09.201417.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. Perception of Space and Time in a Created Environment

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    14.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. 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

  34. Die Zeit des Tourismus

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    28.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    28.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. International Workshop of the Regional Studies Association/Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    10.02.201413.02.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. Workshop "Stadtforschung meets Heritage" 2014

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    24.01.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  38. DFG Gutachtertätigkeit

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    20142015

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  39. 2013
  40. Kulturstraßen als Konzept: 20 Jahre Straße der Romanik - 2013

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    14.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  41. Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. (External organisation)

    Pez, P. (Coordinator)

    11.2013 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsEducation

  42. 58. Deutscher Geographentag 2013

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    03.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. Books on Demand GmbH (Publisher)

    Pries, M. (Editor)

    2013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch

  44. Conference Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering (External organisation)

    Kirschner, U. (Member)

    2013 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  45. Forum Baukultur Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)

    Kirschner, U. (Executive member)

    2013 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsTransfer

  46. 2012
  47. Forum Erdkunde 2012

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    22.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  48. Challenges for the Positioning of Destinations: Destination Formation Processes and Territorial Boundaries

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    24.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. Destination Governance – A New Management Concept for Tourism Destinations?

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    24.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  50. Geographenexkursion 2012

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    14.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  51. C. W. Hase und seine Bedeutung für das Bauen im ländlichen Raum

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    26.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  52. Die Bedeutung der Backstein-Architektur für das Tourismus-Marketing

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    25.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  53. 19. Internationale Tagung "Ziegeleigeschichte / Ziegeleimuseen" 2012

    Pries, M. (Organiser)

    24.06.201226.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  54. Thuringian "Road of Classic": Road to Forget and Road of Memory, History, National Identity and Image Politics

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    15.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  55. Literary Trails: A Chance for Heritage or just the Disneyfication of Cityscapes?

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    13.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  56. Inaugural Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies 2012

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    06.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  57. Wo arbeiten wir in Zukunft

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    23.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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