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
Bargfost Symposium, Campinas Brasilien
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
14.03.16 → 16.03.16
Project: Research
College-Studien in der Praxis- Nachhaltiges Nutzungskonzept für das Heimathaus
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Kirschner, U. (Project staff)
01.04.11 → 30.09.11
Project: Practical Project
College-Studien in der Praxis- Wie lassen sich Versorgungslücken im ländlichen Raum schließen?
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.13 → 31.03.14
Project: Practical Project
College Studien in der Praxis- Wirtschaftsförderung der Samtgemeinde Horneburg & GD Incentives GmbH
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Pries, M. (Project staff)
01.04.12 → 30.09.12
Project: Practical Project
Die wirtschaftlich-kulturelle Bedeutung des Rohstoffs Ton für die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg
Pries, M. (Project manager, academic), Herdeg, U. (Partner) & Seidel, A. (Project staff)
01.01.10 → 26.01.16
Project: Research
Einzelhandelsstrukturen in Soltau und seinem Umfeld
Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)
14.11.07 → 31.08.09
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Errichtung eines Simulationslabors im Teilrechenzentrum Buxtehude
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
02.09.02 → …
Project: Research
Exkursionsförderung - Brasilienexkursion
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
13.03.06 → …
Project: Research
Gastwissenschaftler/innen Aufenthalt
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.07 → 30.08.07
Project: Individual grant
Gastwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. David Sperling
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
06.06.16 → 24.06.16
Project: Research
Industriekultur im Leinebergland
Pries, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.08 → 15.10.09
Project: Research
Lehrforschungsprojekt mit Studierendenaustausch mit Universidade Sao Paulo, Brasilien (UNIBRAL)
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
02.01.08 → 30.12.11
Project: Research
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
03.03.09 → 17.10.11
Project: Research
Present and Future of Urban FRONTIER ZONES in Tunis
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.20 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
RVF 3.0: Radverkehrsförderung 3.0 - barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital
Pez, P. (Project manager, academic) & Seidel, A. (Project staff)
15.10.20 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Reisegeschwindigkeitsprofile in deutschen Städten im Zuge der Innovation Pedelec
Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)
02.04.12 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
SIBA: Sicherheit und Reisen
Wöhler, K. (Project manager, academic), Sonnenberg, G. (Project staff), Kummerer, A. (Project staff) & Demski, D. (Project staff)
01.01.07 → 31.12.09
Project: Research
Tourismusregionen als lernende Regionen: Organisation und Kooperation für wissensintensive Dienstleistungen im Tourismus
Wöhler, K. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.00 → 28.02.01
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Touristische Potenziale der Samtgemeinde Horneburg
Pries, M. (Project manager, academic)
10.03.12 → 11.07.12
Project: Research
Visualisierungssoftware und 3D-Beamer für die Universität Lüneburg
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
10.10.05 → …
Project: Research
Vorstudie zum Einsatz von KI-basierter Wegenetzoptimierung auf Basis von Behördendaten und offenen Daten sowie unter der Berücksichtigung der Physik und Psychologie der aktiven Mobilität.
Pez, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.20 → 30.11.21
Project: Research
Willkommen in Niedersachen (WIN)
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.18 → 30.11.18
Project: Other
Willkommen in Niedersachsen (WIN)
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
04.04.18 → 30.09.18
Project: Other
