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

In der Forschung ist das Institut an den Schwerpunkten „Kulturen des Konflikts“ und „Digitale Kulturen“ beteiligt. Hier bringt es Analysen im Bereich der soziologischen Theorie, der politischen Soziologie, der Migrationsforschung, der Rechts- und Kriminalsoziologie, der Arbeitssoziologie, der Soziologie der Kultur sowie der Technik- und Medienforschung, aber auch Analysen von Geschlechterverhältnissen ein. Mit seinen Arbeiten leistet das Institut einen Beitrag zum Erkenntnisfortschritt auf unterschiedlichen Feldern des Soziokulturellen und seines Wandels.

 

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  2. Club, Szene und Stadt. Eine Langzeitbetrachtung von Selbstverständnissen und sozialen Umfeldern von Musikclubs

    Kuchar, R. (Speaker)

    13.11.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  3. Scene – Infrastructure – Ecosystem? Challenges of researching cultural production within increasing social complexity

    Kuchar, R. (Speaker)

    12.11.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  4. DigID Advisory Board Meeting

    Scheel, S. (Organiser), Lambert, L. (Organiser) & Hargyono, S. (Organiser)

    08.10.202510.10.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Temporalities of Crises: Towards a Genealogy of Intergenerational Justice in Liberal Thought

    Fink, F. (Speaker)

    08.10.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. The Autonomy of Citizenship – Learning from the appropriation of national ID cards in Malawi’s borderlands

    Scheel, S. (Speaker)

    23.09.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. The 13th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network Sociology of the Arts - EsArts 2025

    Kuchar, R. (Speaker)

    08.09.202509.09.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Thinking music scene outside the scene – between understandings of networks, ecosystem, and infrastructure

    Kuchar, R. (Speaker)

    08.09.202509.09.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. ‘You Cannot Beat a Fixed System’. Vintage Documents and other Truth Sources in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register

    Lambert, L. (Speaker)

    03.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. The Absent Presence of ‘Tribe’ in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register

    Lambert, L. (Speaker)

    02.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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