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.

 

  1. 2025
  2. Published

    Recombinant Agency. Divine Comedy Meets Upcycled Comics Art in Pink Mouse, a Meta-Mediaopera

    von Xylander, C., 01.2025, In: Technology and Language. 6, 1, p. 82-128 47 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Social Organization of Arts: A Theoretical Compendium

    Kirchberg, V. & Zembylas, T., 01.2025, Wien: mdwPress. 271 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  4. Published

    Automatisiertes Verhalten? Regierungskünste bei Amazon

    Beverungen, A., 13.01.2025, Wissensgeschichte des Verhaltens.: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Toepfer, G. & Gräfe, S. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 557-577 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Ne Win's Burmanization Narratives and Prospects for Peace in Today's Myanmar

    Waters, T. & Eh Htoo, S., 15.01.2025, Youth, Community, and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 329-350 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  6. Published

    My Cigarette Wife and Other Queer Tales of Kinship from Tunisia’s Contemporary Public Art Scene

    Malachowski, J., 02.2025, In: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 54, 1, p. 30-59 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Smartphones and ‘doing community’ in Bangkok’s platform economy: A Weberian analysis

    McFarlane, D., Mieruch, Y. & Waters, T., 19.02.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Media and Society. 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Against and with the silence: Language, relations, and methods in qualitative research on pregnancy loss and perinatal bereavement

    Böcker, J., 18.03.2025, Handbook of Sensitive Research in the Social Sciences. Liamputtong, P. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 300-316 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  9. Published

    Counting racism: quantitative methods and the challenges of structural analysis in Germany

    Karakayali, S., 04.2025, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 48, 7, p. 1357-1374 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    The Deportation Gap as a Statistical Chimera: How Nonknowledge Informs Migration Policies

    Scheel, S., 04.2025, In: Geopolitics. 30, 3, p. 1028-1050 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Soziale Farbe (I): Mocha Mousse, die Unordnung der Farbe und die Ordnung des Sozialen

    Beyes, T., 02.05.2025, In: Merkur. 2025, 912

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch