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
- 2014
Workshop "Stadtforschung meets Heritage" 2014
Saretzki, A. (Speaker)
24.01.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
DFG Gutachtertätigkeit
Kirschner, U. (Reviewer)
2014 → 2015Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
- 2013
Kulturstraßen als Konzept: 20 Jahre Straße der Romanik - 2013
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
14.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. (External organisation)
Pez, P. (Coordinator)
11.2013 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Education
58. Deutscher Geographentag 2013
Wöhler, K. (Speaker)
03.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Use of Media in Intercultural Dialogue "dialogo_dialog"!: Investigation of a Research Event in Terms of Communication without Language
Kirschner, U. (Speaker)
23.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Books on Demand GmbH (Publisher)
Pries, M. (Editor)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Conference Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering (External organisation)
Kirschner, U. (Member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Forum Baukultur Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Kirschner, U. (Executive member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
- 2012
Forum Erdkunde 2012
Pries, M. (Speaker)
22.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education