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. 2012
  2. Challenges for the Positioning of Destinations: Destination Formation Processes and Territorial Boundaries

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    24.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    24.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Geographenexkursion 2012

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    14.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

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

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    26.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    25.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Pries, M. (Organiser)

    24.06.201226.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 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

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

    Saretzki, A. (Speaker)

    13.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. 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

  11. Wo arbeiten wir in Zukunft

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    23.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  12. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pez, P. (Coordinator)

    01.01.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  13. 2011
  14. New York - Hamburg. Zwei Waterfronts im Wandel

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    19.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  15. Senkungen als Folge der Rohstoffförderung

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    23.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Eröffnungsvortrag

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    21.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  17. Waterfront-Cities

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    16.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Havanna - Welkulturerbe (am Abgrund?)

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    24.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  19. Die Rolle der Kultur im Städtetourismus

    Wöhler, K. (Speaker)

    08.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  20. Die Lüneburger Landwehr

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    01.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. Havanna - Welkulturerbe (am Abgrund?)

    Pries, M. (Speaker)

    17.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  22. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Pez, P. (Member)

    2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees