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
- 2014
Decision-Making and Responsibilisation
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Unsustainable Urban Development and the Arts in Hamburg
Kirchberg, V. (Lecturer)
16.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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
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
Die Geschichtlichkeit kollektiver Vorstellungen. Historische Semantik und Soziologie
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
13.02.2014 → 15.02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung der Sektion Kultursoziologie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2014
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
13.02.2014Activity: 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
„Das Geld als Feind der Moral – oder als sozialer Kitt, der die Gesellschaft zusammenhält?“.
Burkart, G. (Lecturer)
10.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Die Dinge der Gesellschaft. Genea- logie der sozialen Einbettung von Dingen
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Dinglichkeit der Gesellschaft
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Dinge im Geflecht
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Normativ verantwortungsfähige Bürger als fragile Voraussetzung von De-mokratie
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Curator (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Empowering Sustainability International Journal (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
GAIA (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Sommerfestival Kampnagel & eigenarten interkulturelles Festival
Gaupp, L. (Visiting researcher)
2014 → 2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Urban Geography (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2013
The Rise and Fall of 'Measurement'
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
04.12.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (External organisation)
Kagan, S. (Member)
12.2013 → 07.2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Bauen für die Massenkultur - 2013
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
28.11.2013Activity: 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
Die Vermessung der Kunstwirkung auf die Nachhaltigkeit: Methodische Anmerkungen
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
08.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
1. Leuphana Arbeitstagung zur Hochschulentwicklung - 2013
Herbrik, R. (Speaker)
07.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Doktorandenwerkstatt 2013
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser), Helpap, S. (Participant), Adam, U. (Participant), Ober-Heilig, N. (Participant), Heinen, A. (Participant) & Bögel, P. M. (Participant)
07.11.2013 → 09.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Das Kunstfeld. Eine Studie über Akteure und Institutionen der zeitgenössischen Kunst
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
04.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Gesellschaftliche Konstruktion und Kontrolle von Dinglichkeit
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zu schön um wahr zu sein
Heinen, A. (Oral presentation) & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Oral presentation)
29.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Pioniere des Wandels - Transformationsforschung für eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit - 2013
Kagan, S. (Participant)
15.10.2013 → 16.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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
Institutionelle Machtverteilung im globalen Feld und die Konsekrationsmacht von Institutionen
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
09.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Mental representations of art field globalization
Wuggenig, U. (Lecturer)
04.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Transformationsprozesse sozialer Ungleichheit im virtuellen Raum
Moebius, S. (Speaker)
04.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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
The Aesthetics of Sustainability Conference - 2013
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
03.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
German Anthropological Association (External organisation)
Gaupp, L. (Member)
10.2013 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde - 2013
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Rating–Agenturen als Mitverantwortliche der Finanzkrisen seit 1990?
Wuggenig, U. (Panel participant)
26.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Rating und Ranking im Feld der Bildenden Kunst: "Von Roger de Piles zu Artfacts.Net"
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
26.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
City, Culture, and Society (Journal)
Kirchberg, V. (Editor)
09.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (External organisation)
Kagan, S. (Member)
09.2013 → 12.2015Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Johns Hopkins University
Kretschmann, A. (Visiting researcher)
09.2013 → 03.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
The Relevance of Playful Elements in Hermeneutic Methods
Herbrik, R. (Oral presentation)
29.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Toward an Ecological Critique in Art? On Art Criticism in Times of Ecological Crisis
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
28.08.2013 → 31.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
National Institute for Experimental Arts (External organisation)
Kagan, S. (Member)
08.2013 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Musik und die Kulturen der Nachhaltigkeit
Kirchberg, V. (Lecturer)
29.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
4. Fuldaer Feldarbeitstage - 2013
Böcker, J. (presenter)
05.07.2013 → 06.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
„Laudatio für Richard Sennett“. am 3.7.2013, an der Leuphana Universität, anlässlich der Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde an Richard Sennett
Burkart, G. (Lecturer)
03.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (Organisational unit)
Schrage, D. (Member)
07.2013 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Jahrestagung der Sektion Kultursoziologie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DGS Kultursoziologie 2013
Schrage, D. (Opponent)
20.06.2013Activity: 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
Governing Baltimore by Music Scenes?: Insights from Governance and Governmentality Studies
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
01.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Networks of Local Arts Organization: A Case Study in Germany
Kirchberg, V. (Oral presentation)
25.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Open Interdisciplinary Seminar series “Scientific Environment” 6th Meeting of the Spring Session - 2013
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
14.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Table Talks Künstlerische Forschung des Labors Theaterforschung - UDK 2013
Wuggenig, U. (Participant)
19.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Überlegungen zur Kulturentwicklungsplanung für Lüneburg: Einführungsvortrag zum Tagesordnungspunkt "Kulturentwicklungskonzept"
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
11.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS)
Kretschmann, A. (Visiting researcher)
01.04.2013 → 08.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Copenhagen Business School (External organisation)
Beyes, T. (Office)
04.2013 → 10.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Many Happy Returns - 2013
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
17.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Experiencing Exhibitions: ‘eMotions’ As an Interdisciplinary Study of Measuring and Analysing Visitor Experiences in Museums
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Art, creative cities and cultures of sustainability: Searching for (aesth)ethics of complexity
Kagan, S. (Lecturer)
06.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2013
Kagan, S. (Organiser)
27.02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Metaphern des unbeschreiblichen Gefühls in christlichen Kontexten heute
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
23.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Internationales Graduiertenkolleg Berlin - New York - Toronto
Herbrik, R. (Speaker)
18.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Beyes, T. (Office)
01.2013 → 10.2021Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
City, Culture, and Society (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Digital Cultures Research Lab (Organisational unit)
Pias, C. (Chair), Bachmann, G. (Chair), Beyes, T. (Chair) & Leeker, M. (Chair)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Sociologia urbana e rurale (Journal)
Kirchberg, V. (Editorial Board)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Sustainability (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Sustainability Science (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Visual Communication (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2012
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung - GWTF 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Werkstattgespräch "Globalisierte Familie: mobil - vielfältig .ambivalent" 2012
Burkart, G. (Speaker)
31.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
eMotion: A transdisciplinary study of visitor experiences at a modern art exhibition
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Metaphern des unbeschreiblichen Gefühls in christlichen Kontexten heute
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Navigating Art Space: A short overview about results from the eMotion study
Kirchberg, V. (Panel participant)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Rethinking the Museum Experience: Museum as Journey Through the Senses: eMotion - A transdisciplinary study of visitor experiences at a modern art exhibition
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Art and Sustainability: Aesthetics of Complexity
Kagan, S. (Lecturer)
12.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
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
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
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
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: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Integrierte Produkte. Von traditionellen Ernährungsregeln zu produktorientierten Ernährungsformen
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Interdisziplinäre Forschungstagung 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sideways Symposium: Moving On 2012
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
15.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ESF Exploratory Workshop on Re-inventions of Early-European Performing Arts and the Creative City, Civic Regeneration and Cultural Tourism - REPACC 2012
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Functions of Museums in the Creative City
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Governing Communities through Music?: Governmentality Insights and Illustrations from Baltimore
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Evaluating conditions of musical production in urban areas: Musicians´ needs, neoliberal city management and cultural policy concepts.
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
05.09.2012 → 08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The practice of ecological art
Kagan, S. (presenter)
05.09.2012 → 08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Cultivating Commons versus Consuming Spaces: The Spatial Economy of Artists’ Quarters
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Serendipitous learning of NatureCulture's Complexity: What can embodied knowing mean for Sustainability?
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
19.07.2012 → 21.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Soziale Netzwerkanalyse von Kunst und Kultur in Lüneburg
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
18.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Exploring strengths and weaknesses of cultural production through social network analysis: A case study in small town Germany
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
23.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Local arts organization and network analysis: A case study in Germany
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
20.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Methoden-Workshop für das Graduiertenkolleg "Die Produktivität der Kultur" 2012
Schrage, D. (Moderator)
16.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education