Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organisation (ISCO) is part of the Faculty of Cultural Studies. The research at ISCO is focused on topics of sociology and on issues of cultural organisation(s) in society. Mostly in the degree programs of the Faculty of Cultural Studies we teach general sociological and cultural theoretical courses and interdisciplinary courses of organisational theory with respect to arts and culture. At the following Websites you will find more detailed information about our areas of research and teaching in sociology and cultural organisation.
Main research areas
Temporalities of Crises: Towards a Genealogy of Intergenerational Justice in Liberal Thought
Fink, F. (Speaker)
08.10.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The 13th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network Sociology of the Arts - EsArts 2025
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
08.09.2025 → 09.09.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Absent Presence of ‘Tribe’ in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
26.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Absent Presence of ‘Tribe’ in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
02.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Aesthetics of Sustainability Conference - 2013
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
03.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Aesthetic Turn - SoSe 2014
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
01.04.2014 → 15.07.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
The Arcane in Digital Cultures - 2018
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
21.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Art of Engagement Online Conference - 2008
Kagan, S. (Moderator)
10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
The Arts, Diversity and Creative Hubs – Interactions in Global Art Worlds
Gaupp, L. (Speaker) & Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
12.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Autonomy of Citizenship – Learning from the appropriation of national ID cards in Malawi’s borderlands
Scheel, S. (Speaker)
23.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
