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
- Conferences
6. Konferenz des European Sociological Association Kunstsoziologie Netzwerkes 2004
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
04.11.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network Sociology of Culture (RN7) 2016
Kagan, S. (presenter)
16.11.2016 → 18.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7. Berliner Methodentreffen
Müller, T. (presenter)
15.07.2011 → 16.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7. International Conference on Cultural Economics 1992
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
22.10.1992 → 24.10.1992Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7. Jahrestagung der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
27.05.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th Conference of the European Sociological Association - ESA 2005
Kagan, S. (presenter)
09.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th Conference of the European Sociological Association - ESA 2005
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
09.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th Mid-Term Conference of the European Sociological Association - Sociology of the Arts Research Network 2012
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser)
08.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
8. International Conference on Cultural Economics 1994
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
24.08.1994 → 26.08.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
8. Jahrestagung des Fachverbandes Kulturmanagement 2014
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
16.01.2014 → 18.01.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
8th Conference of the Sociology of the Arts Research Network of the European Sociological Association 2014
Kagan, S. (Organiser)
03.09.2014 → 06.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
8th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research – ICCPR2014
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
92. American Sociological Association-Kongress 1997
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
12.08.1997Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
94. Kongress der American Association of Museums ("International Marketplace of Ideas") 1999
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
26.04.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
97. Kongress der American Sociological Association (Space and Place Network Panel) 2002
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.08.2002 → 19.08.2002Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
98. Kongress der American Sociological Association (Kultursoziologie-Sektion) 2003
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
17.08.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
9. Jahrestagung des Fachverbandes Kulturmanagement - 2015
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
15.01.2015 → 17.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
9. Treffen des Nachwuchsnetzwerkes Stadt Raum Architektur - 2013
Böcker, J. (presenter)
05.04.2013 → 06.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ACME and ASK Seminar Series at the Bocconi Università 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
20.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
American Sociological Association’s 111th Annual Meeting
Kirchberg, V. (Participant)
19.08.2016 → 24.08.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Conference „B/ORDERING CULTURES: Everyday Life, Politics, Aesthetics“ 2020
Gaupp, L. (Moderator)
08.10.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - AAAS 2012
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
17.02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in Baltimore 2009
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
19.03.2009 → 22.03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting of the Working Group Sociology of the Arts, German Sociological Association (DGS) 2017
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
11.05.2017 → 13.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arbeitstagung der Bundeskonferenz des wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Personals an den österreichischen Hochschulen - BUKO 2000
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
17.11.2000Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arbeitstagung der Sektion Soziologische Theorie
Henkel, A. (Organiser), Lindemann, G. (Organiser) & Schimank, U. (Organiser)
05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arbeitstagung Kulturmanagement - 2006
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
07.12.2006 → 09.12.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
ARNOVA Konferenz 2002
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.11.2002Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Art Agora 2014
Kagan, S. (Participant)
16.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Artists in Cities of Distress: Baltimore and Detroit
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser)
29.06.2016 → 21.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arts and Cultural Management Conference for Students and Emerging Professionals - ACMC 2020
Gaupp, L. (Organiser)
25.01.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
"Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere: Expressive and Instrumental Values In Economic and Sociological Perspectives." Joint conference of the Arts Research Network and Culture RN of the European Sociological Association (ESA) 2008
Kagan, S. (presenter)
11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arts Management: Sociological Inquiries 2009
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
03.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arts Management Student Conference anschließend an die 11. Jahrestagung des Fachverbands Kulturmanagement - 2018
Gaupp, L. (Organiser)
20.01.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Autonomie der Kunst? Zur Aktualität eines gesellschaftlichen Leitbildes - 2013
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
11.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Autonomie und Innovation. Hochschulevaluation in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1998
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
08.06.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bauen für die Massenkultur - 2013
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
28.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Campusemerge 2011
Müller, T. (Coauthor)
23.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Climate Change and Security in Africa 2009
Kagan, S. (Moderator)
01.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Concept Maps - Eine Einführung zur Strukturierung und Visualisierung von Wissen mit Hilfe von Cmap Tools 2009
Müller, T. (Speaker)
31.01.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Conference: Agony of Choice. The Social Conditions and Consequences of Ra-tional Decision-Making
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
22.05.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference European Sociological Association - ESA 2007
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
03.09.2007 → 06.09.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference of Creative Parties - ArtCOP21 2015
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
03.12.2015 → 04.12.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference of the Association for Arts Management on Cultural Leadership & Innovation - CfP 2018
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
17.01.2018 → 20.01.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology - EASST 2018
Conrad, L. (Organiser)
25.07.2018 → 28.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference of the European Sociological Association - ESA 2007
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser) & Kagan, S. (Chair)
28.03.2007 → 01.04.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts - STPA 2001
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
19.10.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference »radius of art« 2012
Kagan, S. (Moderator) & Stoltenberg, U. (Participant)
08.02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference - Where To? The Future of Walking Arts / Footwork Conference 2015
Kagan, S. (Participant)
14.04.2015 → 16.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods - CARME 2023
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker) & Tarnai, C. (Speaker)
26.09.2023 → 29.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Creative Mobilities Forum 2017
Kagan, S. (presenter)
29.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Culture|Futures: The transition to an ecological age 2009
Kagan, S. (Participant)
07.12.2009 → 09.12.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis 2014
Kagan, S. (Keynote speaker)
13.05.2014 → 15.05.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Deutscher Kongress für Geographie 2023
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
20.09.2023 → 24.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
DGS-Kongress Sektionsveranstaltungen 2018
Henkel, A. (Organiser), Schrage, D. (Organiser) & Schäfer, H. (Organiser)
25.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Innovationswerkstatt "Rassismus theoretisieren und beforschen"
Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Mecheril, P. (Organiser) & Rühlmann, L. (Organiser)
22.05.2025 → 23.05.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Kunst in ihrem sozialen Kontext. Ergebnisse soziologischer Feldforschung 1994
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
20.04.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Paar-Beziehung und die Mitliebenden - 2009
Burkart, G. (Speaker)
26.06.2009 → 27.06.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Die Zukunftsfähigkeit Österreichs. Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2009
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
26.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
DigID Advisory Board Meeting
Scheel, S. (Organiser), Lambert, L. (Organiser) & Hargyono, S. (Organiser)
08.10.2025 → 10.10.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Doktorandenseminar am Lehrstuhl für Soziologie der Universität St. Gallen 2010
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
22.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Dritte Jahrestagung im Rahmen des Promotionsschwerpunkts „Dimensionen der Sorge“
Henkel, A. (Organiser)
24.09.2018 → 25.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ecocultures 2012
Kagan, S. (presenter)
17.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ecological Collapse: art, research, activism – how to shape alliances
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
25.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
EMBODYING ENLIVENMENT – Queer, SM and Eco-Sexual Perspectives
Kagan, S. (Organiser) & Kagan, S. (Moderator)
22.07.2016 → 24.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Enacting Citizenship in the Digital Age
Lambert, L. (Organiser) & Scheel, S. (Organiser)
29.11.2023 → 30.11.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ESA Conference 2019: Europe and Beyond - ESA 2019
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
20.08.2019 → 23.08.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ESF SCH/SCSS Exploratory Workshop - 2009
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
29.05.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fachtagung "Chormusikkultur und Migrationsgesellschaft - Kinder und Jugendchöre als Orte transkulturellen Lernens?" - 2015
Gaupp, L. (Moderator)
10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Fachtagung „Interkulturelle Bildung – Ein Weg zur Integration?“ des BMBFs und der Kulturpolitischen Gesellschaft e.V. - 2007
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
11.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Fachtagung „Musik prospektiv“ der ON - Neue Musik Köln 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
11.02.2011 → 12.02.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Falmouth University Symposium "Where to? Steps Towards the Future of Walking Arts" - 2015
Kagan, S. (Coauthor)
16.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Festival “Odyssee: Klima” - 2013
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
08.06.2013 → 09.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Footwork 2013
Kagan, S. (Participant)
05.06.2013 → 06.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Formate des Politischen 2016
Bojadzijev, M. (Speaker)
02.11.2016 → 03.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Fortbildungstagung des Sächsischen Museumsbundes 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
07.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Frühjahrstagung 2014 der Sektion Wissenssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
Böcker, J. (presenter)
06.03.2014 → 07.03.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Frühjahrstagung der Sektion "Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie" 1996
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
28.03.1996 → 30.03.1996Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gathering of the ar(c)t(ic) tribes
Kagan, S. (Keynote speaker)
24.10.2014 → 26.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
gemeinsame Konferenz zur Kunstsoziologie der International Sociological Association und der European Sociological Association 2003
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
15.04.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gibt es ein Rassismus nach dem Neo-Rassismus? Perspektiven einer Konjunkturanalyse
Bojadzijev, M. (Speaker)
18.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Globalization of Contemporary Art Markets
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
03.10.2013 → 05.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Groove the City - 2020
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser), Gaupp, L. (Organiser), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Organiser) & Kuchar, R. (Organiser)
13.02.2020 → 15.02.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Hamburg Hafenclub 2008
Runkel, G. (Speaker)
2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Herbstsitzung der Sektion "Methoden" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 1994
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
08.10.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Herbstsitzung der Sektion "Methoden" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 1994
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
29.10.1993Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
IFK-Podium "Knappheit als Universalie? Kulturwissenschaftliche Interventionen" 2012
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
27.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
III. Museums-management-Tagung zum Thema Museumsziele
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
24.11.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Repräsentatin" des Philosophischen Zentrums 2001
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
11.06.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Intercultural Relations in Practice 2017
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
16.11.2017 → 17.11.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Interdisziplinäre Forschungstagung 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Interdisziplinäre Tagung zur Konsumforschung - 2010
Schrage, D. (Opponent)
19.11.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Internationa Conference Digital Cultures
Vehlken, S. (Speaker) & Beyes, T. (Organiser)
19.09.2018 → 22.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference Asia-Europe Dialogue on Arts, Culture & Climate Change - 2008
Kagan, S. (Moderator)
10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference "European Awareness of Sustainability in Africa: Issues of Pastoralism" 2008
Kagan, S. (Organiser)
10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference "Groove the City" 2018
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser), Kuchar, R. (Organiser), Gaupp, L. (Organiser), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Organiser) & Kuchar, R. (Chair)
23.11.2018 → 25.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference Ice-free Culture- 2006
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
11.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference of the Research Network: „Brokering Intercultural Exchange: Interrogating the Role of Arts and Cultural Management - 2019
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
23.05.2019 → 25.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference on Ecology and Forests for Public Health - 2009
Runkel, G. (Speaker)
19.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference on Environment, Survival and Sustainability - 2007
Runkel, G. (Speaker)
02.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research