Doctoral Research Groups
Exchange and advice
When accepted for a doctorate, each doctoral candidate automatically joins an existing doctoral research group. The doctoral research groups at the various faculties are designed to ensure regular discussions and exchange between doctoral students in a given field. They bring together students in related subject areas and at least three expert academic supervisors in the field in question.
Doctoral research groups operate in the four key research areas at Leuphana: education, culture, sustainability and management and entrepreneurship.
Faculty of Business and Economics
Faculty of Education
Doctoral Research Group | Spokesperson |
|---|---|
| Classroom Research | Prof. Dr. Marc Kleinknecht |
| Literary, Arts and Music Studies | Prof. Dr. Monika Schoop |
| Psychology and Self-Regulation | Prof. Dr. Alexander Freund |
| Research on Professionalization and Professional Development | Prof. Dr. Michael Besser |
| Social Pedagogy / Social Work | Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandermann |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Doctoral Research Group | Spokesperson |
|---|---|
| Knowledge Cultures and Digital Media | Prof. Dr. Erich Hörl |
| Philosophy, Literature and History | Prof. Dr. Sven Kramer |
| Political Science | Prof. Dr. Christian Welzel |
| Representation Visuality Knowledge | Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen |
| Sociology and Cultural Organisation | Prof. Dr. Timon Beyes |
| Urban and Cultural Area Research | Prof. Dr. Ursula Kirschner |
Cultures of Critique | Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen |
Democracy under stress | Prof. Dr. Christian Welzel |
PriMus - PhD in Museums | Prof. Dr. Susanne Leeb and Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen |
Faculty of Sustainability
Doctoral Research Group | Spokesperson |
|---|---|
| Sustainability Science | Prof. Dr. Brigitte Urban |
Processes of Sustainability Transformation | Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth |