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
33th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2017
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
33th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2017
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
06.07.2017 → 08.07.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
34th Annual International Social Theory, Politics and the Arts Conference - STPA 2008
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
18.10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
35. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - 2010
Schrage, D. (Organiser)
12.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
35th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2019
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
04.06.2019 → 06.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
36. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DSG 2012
Schrage, D. (Organiser)
01.10.2012 → 05.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
36. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DSG 2012
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
05.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
36. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DSG 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
Henkel, A. (Organiser)
26.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
Henkel, A. (Organiser)
26.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3. Arbeitstagung des Fachverbandes für Kulturmanagement - 2010
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
15.01.2010 → 16.01.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
3. Arbeitstagung des Fachverband für Kulturmanagement - 2009
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
17.01.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3. Internationales Fast-Forward Theaterfestival - 2013
Wuggenig, U. (Participant)
24.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
3. Jahrestagung der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 2017
Gaupp, L. (Organiser)
16.11.2017 → 18.11.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3. Jahrestagung des Fachverbandes für Kulturmanagement - 2009
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
16.01.2009 → 17.01.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
3rd current Trends In Ethnomusicological Research 2011
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd i Light Marina Bay Symposium 2014
Kagan, S. (Keynote speaker)
12.03.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
3rd mid-term Conference European Sociological Association - ESA 2010
Kagan, S. (Chair)
14.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. Arts and Culture Management International Conference - AIMAC 1997
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
01.07.1997Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. Fuldaer Feldarbeitstage - 2013
Böcker, J. (presenter)
05.07.2013 → 06.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. Jahrestagung der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft - KWG 2018
Gaupp, L. (Organiser)
11.10.2018 → 13.10.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. Jahrestagung Fachverband für Kulturmanagement 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
13.01.2011 → 15.01.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th Keep it Simple Make it Fast! - KISMIF 2018
Kuchar, R. (Organiser)
04.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. Workshop des Arbeitskreises Digitalisierung und Organisation der Sektion Organisationssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - 2021
Beverungen, A. (Speaker), Beyes, T. (Speaker) & Conrad, L. (Speaker)
30.09.2021 → 01.10.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Jahrestagung des Fachverbandes für Kulturmanagement 2011
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
13.01.2011 → 15.01.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
6. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Soziologie der Künste der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DGS 2015
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6. Jahrestagung des Fachverbandes für Kulturmanagement 2012
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
12.01.2012 → 14.01.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
6. Jahrestagung des Fachverbands für Kulturmanagement - 2013
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
17.01.2013 → 19.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
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
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