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

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  1. Gastwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. David Sperling

    Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)

    06.06.1624.06.16

    Project: Research

  2. Industriekultur im Leinebergland

    Pries, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.0815.10.09

    Project: Research

  3. Lüneplaner

    Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.14 → …

    Project: Practical Project

  4. Neue Medien in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - GPS-Bildungsrouten im Biosphärenreservat Flusslandschaft Elbe

    Möller, A. (Project manager, academic), Pez, P. (Project manager, academic) & Corleis, F. (Coordination)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    03.03.0917.10.11

    Project: Research

  5. Present and Future of Urban FRONTIER ZONES in Tunis

    Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2031.12.20

    Project: Research

  6. RVF 3.0: Radverkehrsförderung 3.0 - barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital

    Pez, P. (Project manager, academic) & Seidel, A. (Project staff)

    15.10.2031.12.24

    Project: Research

  7. Reisegeschwindigkeitsprofile in deutschen Städten im Zuge der Innovation Pedelec

    Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)

    02.04.1231.12.13

    Project: Research

  8. SIBA: Sicherheit und Reisen

    Wöhler, K. (Project manager, academic), Sonnenberg, G. (Project staff), Kummerer, A. (Project staff) & Demski, D. (Project staff)

    01.01.0731.12.09

    Project: Research

  9. Tourismusregionen als lernende Regionen: Organisation und Kooperation für wissensintensive Dienstleistungen im Tourismus

    Wöhler, K. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.0028.02.01

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

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Researchers

  1. Christine Schütt

Publications

  1. Basel II Rahmenwerk
  2. Exports, R&D and productivity
  3. Der Agenda-Prozess an der Universität Lüneburg
  4. The Power of Words: Formation of Partnerships through Circular Startups
  5. Zoning of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
  6. Topthema des Alten Orients
  7. Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation
  8. Measuring the (Un-)Sustainability of Industrial Biomass Production and Use
  9. "Formate der Kunstvermittlung" an der Universität Lüneburg
  10. Ecological justice in agricultural systems
  11. Corporate change agents for sustainability: Transforming organizations from the inside out
  12. Germany's trade in goods
  13. Menschen im Gründungsprozess
  14. What are community energy companies trying to accomplish? An empirical investigation of investment motives in the German case
  15. Mathematik und Sprache - Sprache und Mathematik?
  16. Wenn man immer was Böses tut, kann Gott auch nicht immer zugucken
  17. Abstraktion und Alltag
  18. Integrative entrepreneurship research-bridging the gap between sociological and economic perspectives
  19. An economic analysis of payment for health care services
  20. Taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of six remarkable plant taxa (Spermatophyta, Bryophyta, and Lichenes) of the estonian dry grassland flora
  21. Zwischen Aufbruch und Revolte
  22. The aging of the unions in West Germany, 1980-2006
  23. Fazit und Ausblick
  24. Institutional dual ownership and voluntary greenhouse gas emission disclosure
  25. A cultural comparison of children’s emotion knowledge
  26. Berufsbildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung auf dem Weg in den (Unterrichts-)Alltag
  27. Invertebrate herbivory rather than competition with tussocks will increasingly delay highland forest regeneration in degraded areas under active restoration
  28. Offene Aufgaben, auch ein offenes Problem der Bewertung?
  29. Public Private Partnership (PPP)