Institute of English Studies
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
At the interface of cultural studies and education, the Institute contributes to a number of different BA, MA and M.Ed. degree courses, e.g. Bachelor Lehren und Lernen, Master of Education, Leuphana Bachelor (Major Cultural Studies).
The Institute comprises the fields of English Linguistics, English Literature, Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Area Studies & Language Skills.
Main research areas
The Institute of English Studies' research reflects the diversity of English and Englishes, English literature and literatures, English culture and cultures, and the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).
We focus on the heterogeneous and hybrid nature of these research areas and the application of our findings in various contexts. Current projects reflect this inter- and transdisciplinary approach. Research in the field of TEFL deals with personal and affective factors of the learner personality and with the intercultural structure of acquisition and communication situations. Competence orientation and assessment are important aspects of our research.
Förderung der Regelprofessur im Fach Englische Sprachwissenschaft im Rahmen des Professorinnenprogramms an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
van Riesen, K. (Coordination) & Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.03.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Individual grant
Foreign language pragmatic development
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Warga, M. (Partner)
01.01.05 → 31.12.07
Project: Research
Georg Forster - Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.23 → 30.10.25
Project: Individual grant
Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
01.09.21 → 31.08.24
Project: Research
Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden (gefödert durch Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung)
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Going Green – Education for Sustainability
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.21 → 31.08.23
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Green living and sustainability in the Community
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.15 → 30.06.15
Project: Practical Project
Harry Potter 21
O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)
15.04.18 → 15.07.18
Project: Practical Project
HeaLinGO: Health and Language Integrated Gaming Online
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Schiemann, S. (Project manager, academic), Dadaczynski, K. (Project staff), Blume, C. (Project staff), Schmidt, I. (Project staff) & Schmidt, P. R. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.06.13 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
Innovation Plus 2021/2022 Nr. 59. KOHÄRENZ ERLEBEN – REFLEXION VON UNTERRICHT: AUFGABENORIENTIERT UND VIDEOBASIERT
Karber, A. (Project manager, academic), Padberg-Gehle, K. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Süßenbach, J. (Project manager, academic), Beckmann, T. (Project staff) & Bielski-Wüsthoff, P. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.21 → 31.01.23
Project: Teaching
