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. 2015
  2. 2014
  3. Schreckgespenst Gentrification? Das Beispiel Hamburg Ottensen

    Pries, M. (Lecturer)

    15.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    23.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. 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

  6. Perception of Space and Time in a Created Environment

    Kirschner, U. (Speaker)

    14.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. 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

  8. Die Zeit des Tourismus

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    28.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    28.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. 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

  11. Workshop "Stadtforschung meets Heritage" 2014

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    24.01.2014

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

  12. DFG Gutachtertätigkeit

    Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)

    20142015

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  13. 2013
  14. 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

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

    Pez, P. (Coordinator)

    11.2013 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsEducation

  16. 58. Deutscher Geographentag 2013

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    03.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Books on Demand GmbH (Publisher)

    Pries, M. (Editor)

    2013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch

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

    Kirschner, U. (Member)

    2013 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

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

    Kirschner, U. (Executive member)

    2013 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsTransfer

  20. 2012
  21. Forum Erdkunde 2012

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    22.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation