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
- PublishedFrench sociology of the present.Papilloud, C., 09.2006, In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 58, 3, p. 538-541 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research 
- PublishedFrom Conspicuous Consumption to Neo-Bohemian Life Styles: Updating Ideal Types of Cultural Consumption for the 21st CenturyKirchberg, V., 2012, The Consumption of Culture, The Culture of Consumption : A Collection of Contributions on Cultural Consumption and Cultural Markets. Vecco, M. (ed.). Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing, p. 189-204 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review 
- PublishedFrom DIY avantgardism to icons of German New Wave: Einstürzende Neubauten and the legacy of ‘Ingenious Dilletants’Kuchar, R., 2024, In: Rock Music Studies. 11, 1, p. 71-88 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review 
- PublishedFrom farm to factory. Vertical trading and processing structures between industrial and developing countries in the international tobacco-economyZundorf, L., 03.1998, In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 50, 1, p. 110-+Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review 
- PublishedFrom the Love of Art to a Passion for Investment? Shifts and Classification Struggles around the Global Elite of Art CollectorsWuggenig, U. & Buchholz, L., 2023, Judgement Practices in the Artistic Field. Söntgen, B., Heymer , E., Locher, H., Marchal, S. & Sachs-Resch, M. (eds.). München: edition metzel, p. 392-412 21 p. (Praktiken der Kritik; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review 
- PublishedFrösche, Vögel und Menschen: auf der Suche nach der organisationalen WirklichkeitGrunwald, W., 2008, In: Organisationsentwicklung. 27, 2, p. 74-78 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research 
- PublishedFrühe Tode: Verräumlichungen der Trauer um UngeboreneBöcker, J., 2016, Die Zukunft des Todes: Heterotopien des Lebensendes. Benkel, T. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 317-338 22 p. (Kulturen der Gesellschaft; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research 
- PublishedFührung virtueller Arbeitsgruppen: theoretische und empirische AspekteGrunwald, W., 2001, In: Organisationsentwicklung. 20, 4, p. 30-39 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research 
- PublishedFunktionssysteme der Gesellschaft: Beiträge zur Systemtheorie von Niklas LuhmannRunkel, G. (Editor) & Burkart, G. (Editor), 2005, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 329 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research 
- PublishedFunktionssystem IntimbeziehungenRunkel, G., 2005, Funktionssysteme der Gesellschaft: Beiträge zur Systemtheorie von Niklas Luhmann. Runkel, G. & Burkart, G. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 129-154 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research 
