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
- 2006
Middlesex University (London)
Kretschmann, A. (Visiting researcher)
09.2006 → 02.2007Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Surveying Concepts of "Creative City", "Creative Industries" and Policies of Arts and Planning on Baltimore, MD
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
09.07.2006 → 11.07.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Polity Conventions in Art Worlds: the constitution of authority configurations
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
07.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Internationales Symposium "Creative Cluster and Creative Milieu: From A Perspective of International Comparison" - 2006
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
17.03.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop "Lernen im Museum: Die Rolle von Medien für die Resituierung von Exponaten" - 2006
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
02.03.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th Mid-term Conference of the European Sociological Association's Research Network (RN11) on the Sociology of Emotions - 2010 (Event)
Kagan, S. (Member)
03.2006 → 04.2007Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (Journal)
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
09.02.2006Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Sitzung des Hamburger Museumsverbandes - 2006
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
18.01.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Museum and Society (Journal)
Kirchberg, V. (Editorial Board)
2006 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Soziologische Revue (Journal)
Herbrik, R. (Editor-in-Chief)
2006Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society (Journal)
Kirchberg, V. (Editorial Board)
2006 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2005
Tagung "Kulturbetriebsforschung: Ansätze und Methoden" - 2005
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
25.11.2005Activity: 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
"In the Place of the Public Sphere (Hg. Simon Sheik) und "Publicum. Theorien der Öffentlichkeit". Buchpräsentationen und Leitung einer Paneldiskussion. Universität Lüneburg
Wuggenig, U. (Moderator)
07.07.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Antrittvorlesung an der Universität Lüneburg
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
10.06.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Workshop Ökonomie des Elends. Pierre Bourdieu in Algerien
Wuggenig, U. (Organiser)
09.06.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Schrage, D. (Executive member)
01.06.2005Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Zeitschrift für Soziologie (Journal)
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
10.05.2005Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (Journal)
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
27.04.2005Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Cities and Creativity: Urban Ethnographies MA Seminar - 2018
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
01.04.2005 → 15.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
ISA Sociology of Art and Culture Conference 2005
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
29.03.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
In Interaktionssituationen beobachtbare Vermittlungsstrategien des Imaginären
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
23.02.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Symposium Kulturvermittlung 2005
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
12.02.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Kirchberg, V. (Chair)
2005 → 2007Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
- 2004
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
6. Konferenz des European Sociological Association Kunstsoziologie Netzwerkes 2004
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser)
04.11.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
30. Konferenz Social Theory, Politics and the Arts - 2004
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
08.10.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
University of St. Gallen (External organisation)
Beyes, T. (Member)
10.2004 → 12.2005Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Symposium "Publicum"
Wuggenig, U. (Organiser) & Kockot, V. (Organiser)
07.06.2004 → 08.06.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
13. International Conference on Cultural Economics 2004
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
04.06.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sektion "Kunst- und Musiksoziologie" der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2004
Wuggenig, U. (Organiser)
02.04.2004 → 03.04.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
BA Seminar "Strategische Herausforderungen in Nonprofit-Organisationen" - 2005
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
01.04.2004 → 15.07.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Expertise für die Kommission zur Erstellung des 7. Familienberichts
Müller, T. (Reviewer), Bird, K. (Reviewer) & Bohns, S. (Reviewer)
2004Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Springer Verlag (Publisher)
Schrage, D. (Editor)
2004Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
- 2003
Einladung des Rates für Nachhaltige Entwicklung und der Kulturpolitischen Gesellschaft e. V. 2003
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
15.09.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › 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
Zur Ambivalenz von Handeln und sozialen Strukturen: Soziologische Akteursmodelle zwischen dem homo sociologicus und dem homo oeconomicus. 2003
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
18.06.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung des Centers for Global Change and Governance an der Rutgers University
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
25.04.2003Activity: 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
Repository of Memories or Catalyst of Illumination? - 2003
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2002
ARNOVA Konferenz 2002
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.11.2002Activity: 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
The Relevance of New Types of Visualization for Emotional Styles in the Field of Christan Religion
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
02.08.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Jahreshauptkonferenz des Weltdachverbandes für Internationale Musikwett-bewerbe -- WFIMC 2002
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
06.2002Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Konferenz "Transval" der IG Kultur Österreich 2002
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
01.05.2002Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
13. Versammlung der Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society Gamma Chapter der William Paterson University 2002
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
24.04.2002Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Blicke in die Zukunft? Ergebnisse einer kulturwissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Zukunftsversionen mit Bernt Schnettler
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
17.04.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Konferenz "Kunst - Kultur - Nachhaltigkeit" 2002
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
11.01.2002Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2001
1st European Commission Conference on the European Cities in Transition 2001
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser)
14.12.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The standards story of SAP: When infrastructure is happening
Conrad, L. (Speaker) & Mormann, H. (Speaker)
31.10.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
Tagung der Methodensektion der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie zur "Praxisrelvanz der Methodenausbildung"
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
07.07.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung "Vergleichen lohnt sich" - Benchmarking als effektives Instrument des Museumsmanagements - 2001
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
21.06.2001 → 22.06.2001Activity: 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
Lifestyles: Giving Behavior and Implications for Fundraising
Kirchberg, V. (Lecturer)
12.03.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Kirchberg, V. (Executive member)
2001 → 2011Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Museums, merchandising, and nonprofit commercialization
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Springer Verlag (Publisher)
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Editor)
2001 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
- 2000
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
Tagung der Sektion Kunst- und Musiksoziologie der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - ÖGS 2000
Wuggenig, U. (Organiser)
22.09.2000Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
13. Jahrestagung der Visitor Studies Association 2000
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
08.2000Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Internationales Symposium - 2000
Wuggenig, U. (Organiser)
20.01.2000 → 21.01.2000Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1999
Tagung der Sektion Kunst- und Musiksoziologie der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - ÖGS 1999
Wuggenig, U. (Organiser)
06.12.1999Activity: 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
- 1998
III. Museums-management-Tagung zum Thema Museumsziele
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
24.11.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The new public interest in museums - supply and demand side explanations for an increasing awareness of museums 1998
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
11.11.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Sektion Kunst- und Musiksoziologie der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - ÖGS 1998
Wuggenig, U. (Organiser)
07.11.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Lifestyles or cumulative consumption as explaining models for cultural consumption - an empirical test.
Kirchberg, V. (Lecturer)
03.11.1998Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Public Galleries Association of Victoria 1998
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
30.10.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Online-Vortrag 1998
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
06.10.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
29. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 1998
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
16.09.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
24. ISA Weltkongress der Soziologie 1998
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
07.1998Activity: 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
10th International Conference of Association for Cultural Economics - ACEI 1998
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
06.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ringvorlesung zu den Kulturwissenschaften - 1998
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
27.01.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ICOM Foundation (External organisation)
Kirchberg, V. (Member)
1998 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Kontinuität von Wissenschaft und Kunst: Das qualitative Feldexperiment der Offenen Bibliotheken in Hamburg (CD-Rom)
Wuggenig, U. (Reviewer)
1998Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
- 1997
Tagung "Methoden der Umweltbildungsforschung" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaften
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
15.12.1997Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Symposium "Andere Orte. Öffentliche Räume und Kunst"
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
28.08.1997Activity: 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
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
Symposium "Weitergehen"
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
15.03.1997Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1996
2. Symposium zur Kulturwissenschaft "Kulturwandel und Globalisierung" 1996
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
03.10.1996Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Eras of cultural policy in the Federal Republic of Germany
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
04.07.1996Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Entrance fees as a subjective barrier to visiting museums - results from a representative survey in Germany
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
08.05.1996 → 11.05.1996Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
- 1995
Internationales Symposium des Hauses der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Bonn "Museen und ihre Besucher. Herausforderungen in der Zukunft" 1995
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
21.11.1995 → 24.11.1995Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sektion Kunst- und Musiksoziologie der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 1995
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
17.11.1995Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
21. Conference on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts 1995
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
19.10.1995 → 21.10.1995Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Symposium "Visualization of Categorical Data"
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
19.05.1995Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Symposium "Quantum Dämon"
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
28.04.1995Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1994
20. Conferene on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts 1994
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
20.10.1994 → 22.10.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Herbstsitzung der Sektion "Methoden" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 1994
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
08.10.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1. Symposium zur Kulturwissenschaft - 1994
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
10.1994Activity: 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
Research Commitee "Logic and Methodology in Sociology" of the International Sociological Association (ISA). XIIIth World Congress of Sociology 1994
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
19.07.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
XIII. Weltsoziologentag - 1994
Kirchberg, V. (Chair)
18.07.1994 → 21.07.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
XIII. Weltsoziologentag - 1994
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
18.07.1994 → 21.07.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
24. Treffen der Johns Hopkins International Urban Fellows Conference 1994
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
11.06.1994 → 16.06.1994Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research