Organisation profile

The institute is at an intersection between linguistics, didactics, educational- and cultural sciences regarding research and teaching. It is involved in several degree programmes, such as "Teaching and Learning, B.A.", "Master of Education (M.Ed.)", the "Leuphana B.A." and the major in cultural studies (M.A.). Scientific research and the promotion of young scientists are a central concern of the institute. Furthermore, students have the opportunity to complete their doctoral studies (Dr. phil.).

The institute consists of two departments, German literature studies and their didactics and German language studies and their didactics.

Main research areas

Research Activities

Literature Studies and their Didactics

Applied Linguistics

Didactics of Teaching German

Modern German Literature Studies

German Language and its Didactics/ Applied Linguistics

German Language and its Didactics for Secondary Schools

  1. #Zusammenkommen: Sprachpartnerschaften durch Service-Learning in der Stadt Lüneburg gestalten

    Neumann, A. (Project manager, academic) & Buhrfeind, I. (Coordination)

    Landkreis Lüneburg

    01.08.2131.07.22

    Project: Practical Project

  2. StraLesT: Strategic Reading of Nonfiction and Literary Texts

    Schmitz, A. (Project manager, academic) & Dannecker, W. (Partner)

    01.06.2130.11.21

    Project: Research

  3. Trauerpraktiken im Internet

    Dürscheid, C. (Project manager, academic) & Frick, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.2131.01.25

    Project: Research

  4. Tagung "Fest-flüssig-plasmatisch-flüchtig" Aggregationen der Sprachbildlichkeit

    Steierwald, U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2131.12.21

    Project: Scientific event

  5. WiDiSch: Wissenschaft - Didaktik - Schule

    Weinhold, S. (Project manager, academic) & Brommer, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.2031.12.21

    Project: Research

  6. Pluralität Qualifiziert

    Neumann, A. (Project manager, academic) & Buhrfeind, I. (Coordination)

    01.11.2030.04.23

    Project: Practical Project

  7. Digital unterstützte Schreibaufgaben im inklusiven Lernsetting: 2-semestriges Projektmodul mit Veröffentlichung

    Buhrfeind, I. (Project manager, academic) & Giera, W.-K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.2031.01.21

    Project: Teaching

  8. CODIP: Competences for Digital-Enhanced Individualized Practice

    Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic), Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Herzog, C. (Coordination), Altenburger, L. (Project staff), Diekhoff, H. (Project staff), Hase, A. K. (Project staff), Kahnbach, L. (Project staff), Wendt, C. (Project staff), Wucherpfennig, S. (Project staff), Horst de Cuestas, K. (Project staff) & Neumann, A. (Partner)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.03.2031.12.23

    Project: Research

  9. Profilstudium "Sprachliche Bildung in gesellschaftlicher Diversität"

    Neumann, A. (Project manager, academic) & Dobutowitsch, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2031.12.21

    Project: Research