Projects per year
Organisation profile
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
Keywords
- Culture and Space
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Research collaborations from the last five years
Profiles
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Exkursionsförderung - Brasilienexkursion
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
13.03.06 → …
Project: Research
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Visualisierungssoftware und 3D-Beamer für die Universität Lüneburg
Kirschner, U. (Project manager, academic)
10.10.05 → …
Project: Research
Research output
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People Take Over Places for Democracy—Protest Movements from 2011 to 2022: A Teaching Research Project with Students of Cultural Studies
Benatti, N. & Kirschner, U., 2026, In: The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies . 21, 1, p. 111-135 25 p., a160.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Metropolregion Hamburg 2045: Warum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft mitgedacht werden muss!
Kirschner, U., 03.2025, In: PlanerIn. Fachzeitschrift für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung. . 2025, 3, p. 24-26 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Radverkehrsförderung 3.0 - Barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital, flächendeckend
Seidel, A. & Pez, P., 03.2025, In: Journal für Mobilität und Verkehr. 23, p. 13- 21 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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LGMaps – Leuphana-Studis radeln für digitale Netztransparenz
Seidel, A. (Speaker)
22.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
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Lüneburg Maps - Leuphana Studis radeln für digitale Netztransparenz
Seidel, A. (Speaker)
13.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
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Die OpenStreetMap – oder: wie man die Welt in eine Karte übersetzen kann
Seidel, A. (Speaker)
13.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Prizes
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Lehrpreis der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg 2009
Pez, P. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Education
Press/Media
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Kommunen im Zwiespalt von Binnen- und Aussenentwicklung, Nachhaltigkeit und Profit
01.03.21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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Preisverdächtig: Ein Projekt der Lüneburger Uni zur Radverkehrsförderung hat gute Chancen auf den Deutschen Nachhaltigkeitspreis
14.09.19
1 item of Media coverage
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