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. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    Gründungsmythen und andere Mechanismen der Institutionalisierung von Einheit in Paarbeziehungen

    Burkart, G., 2009, In: Sozialer Sinn. 10, 2, p. 249-264 16 p.

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    Hidden Value: Provenance as a Source for Economic and Social History

    Rother, L., Mariani, F. & Koss, M., 25.05.2023, In: Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte. 64, 1, p. 111-142 32 p.

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    How art becomes organization: Reimagining aesthetics, sites and politics of entrepreneurship

    Holm, D. V. & Beyes, T., 01.02.2022, In: Organization Studies. 43, 2, p. 227-245 19 p.

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    Humans, Materiality and Society: The Contemporary Sociological Relevance of Helmuth Plessner

    Henkel, A., 15.03.2019, In: Human Studies . 42, 1, p. 123-145 23 p.

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    IM OSTEN GEHT DIE SONNE AUF: Nostalgie als soziologische Erklärung derGegenwart von Vergangenheit in Ostdeutschland?

    Leistner, A. & Böcker, J., 2021, In: Zeithistorische Forschungen. 18, 1, p. 133-139 7 p.

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    Individual motivation among entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural industries: A self-determination perspective

    Cnossen, B., Loots, E. & van Witteloostuijn, A., 09.2019, In: Creativity and Innovation Management. 28, 3, p. 389-402 14 p.

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    Instroduction: "Arts Management: A Sociological Inquiry"

    Kirchberg, V. & Zembylas, T., 01.03.2010, In: The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. 40, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

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    Introducing ‘cultures of rejection’: an investigation of the conditions of acceptability of right-wing politics in Europe

    Bojadžijev, M. & Opratko, B., 20.10.2022, In: Patterns of Prejudice. 56, 4-5, p. 205-218 14 p.

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    Is there a post-racism? On David Theo Goldberg's conjunctural analysis of the post-racial

    Bojadžijev, M., 20.10.2016, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 39, 13, p. 2235-2240 6 p.

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    Is this Art? An Experimental Study on Visitors' Judgement of Contemporary Art

    Tröndle, M., Kirchberg, V. & Tschacher, W., 01.09.2014, In: Cultural Sociology. 8, 3, p. 310-332 23 p.

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    Kleiner Versuch über das Selfie und sein Subjekt

    von Xylander, C., 12.2022, In: Argument. 63, 4, p. 569-572 4 p.

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    Künstlerförderung als Aufgabe des Kulturmanagements? feldtheoretische Überlegungen am Beispiel von Artist-in-Residence Institutionen

    Behnke, C., 2009, In: Jahrbuch für Kulturmanagement. 1, p. 65-96 32 p.

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    Legal Compliance: Founding Elements of a Conception Based on Cultural Theory

    Kretschmann, A., 08.04.2021, In: European Journal of Sociology. 62, 1, p. 105-139 35 p.

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    Les villes artificielles comme espaces de formation de l’ordre politique: l’entrainement aux scénarios apocalyptiques des polices européennes

    Kretschmann, A., 08.11.2021, In: Carnets de Geographes. 2021, 15, p. 0-21 22 p.

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    Liebe im Kapitalismus zwischen Geschlechtergleichheit und Marktorientierung

    Burkart, G., 2014, In: Gender. 6, 2, p. 85-101 17 p.

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    Listening to the Street: Urban Sounds in Hamburg-Altona between the „Right to the City“ and the „Creativity Dispositif“

    Gaupp, L., Bielefeldt, N., Giesel, R., Göttsche, K., Hasse, Z., Laumeyer, S., Lenßen, L., Mai, J., Rüpcke, A., Rummler, L. & Dill, J., 22.12.2020, In: AVANT: Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies. 11, 3, p. 1-24 24 p.

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    Logistical Borderscapes: Politics and Mediation of Mobile Labor in Germany after the "Summer of Migration"

    Altenried, M., Bojadžijev, M., Höfler, L., Mezzadra, S. & Wallis, M., 01.04.2018, In: South Atlantic Quarterly. 117, 2, p. 291-312 22 p.

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    Materialities of the Performative: A Sociology of the Police Uniform

    Kretschmann, A. & Legnaro, A., 2023, In: Behemoth : a Journal on Civilization. 16, 1, p. 41-56 16 p.

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    Migrant struggles and moral economies of subversion: mimicry and opacity

    Scheel, S., 05.2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 10, p. 2648-2667 20 p.

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    Migration as Social Seismograph: an Analysis of Germany’s ‘Refugee Crisis’ Controversy

    Bojadžijev, M., 01.12.2018, In: International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. 31, 4, p. 335-356 22 p.

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    Mischverhältnisse: Zur Beziehung von Medien- und Organisationstheorie

    Conrad, L. & Beyes, T., 04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 50-58 9 p.

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    Mobile kommunikation: Zur kulturbedeutung des "handy"

    Burkart, G., 2000, In: Soziale Welt. 51, 2, p. 209-231 23 p.

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    M. R. Kukrit Pramoj’s theory of good governance and political change: the dialectics of Farang Sakdina

    Waters, T., 05.05.2022, In: Humanities & social sciences communications. 9, 1, 11 p., 156.

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    Museum visitors and non-visitors in Germany: A representative survey

    Kirchberg, V., 01.11.1996, In: Poetics. 24, 2-4, p. 239-258 20 p.

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    Musical New Buildings of the 21st Century: Cultural, Economic and Symbolic Dimensions of Music-related Starchitecture

    Barber-Kersovan, A., 05.07.2021, In: Muzikoloski Zbornik. 57, 1, p. 201-227 27 p.

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    Music Venues in Transition: States of Autonomy, Dependence and Subcultural Institutionalization

    Kuchar, R., 2020, In: Todas as Artes. 3, 2, p. 25-41 17 p.

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    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.

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    New frontiers in arts sociology: Art support and artist support

    Kirchberg, V., 01.09.2007, In: The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. 37, 3, p. 179-184 6 p.

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    Novel Thought: Towards a Literary Study of Organization

    Beyes, T., Costas, J. & Ortmann, G., 01.12.2019, In: Organization Studies. 40, 12, p. 1787-1803 17 p.

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    Novel thought: Towards a literary study of organization

    Beyes, T., Costas, J. & Ortmann, G., 01.12.2019, In: Organization Studies. 40, 12, p. 1787-1803 17 p.

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    On Gender Statistics in the Art Field and Leading Positions in the International Sphere

    Hassler, K., 01.2017, In: n.paradoxa. 39, p. 48-55 8 p.

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    On the last mile: Logistical urbanism and the transformation of labour

    Altenried, M., 01.01.2019, In: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation. 13, 1, p. 114-129 16 p.

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    Organizing Counterpublics: Scenes from Contemporary Russia

    Kalinina, A. & Beyes, T., 12.2024, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 41, 7-8, p. 57-71 15 p.

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    Organizing Half-Things: Knowing, Theorizing and Studying Atmospheres

    Jorgensen, L. & Beyes, T., 12.2023, In: Organization Theory. 4, 4, p. 1-16 16 p.

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    Physiological correlates of aesthetic perception of artworks in a museum

    Tschacher, W., Greenwood, S., Kirchberg, V., Wintzerith, S., van den Berg, K. & Tröndle, M., 02.2012, In: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 6, 1, p. 96-103 8 p.

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    Pierre Bourdieus Rechtsdenken: Die Integration von sozialstruktureller und kulturtheoretischer Perspektive

    Kretschmann, A., 30.09.2023, In: Zeitschrift fur Soziologie. 52, 3, p. 247-261 15 p.

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    Plattform-Urbanismus. Arbeit, Migration und die Transformation des urbanen Raums

    Altenried, M., Animento, S. & Bojadžijev, M., 23.04.2021, In: sub\urban. 9, 1/2, p. 73-92 20 p.

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    Playing dirty: The shady governance and reproduction of migrant illegality

    Scheel, S., 2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 2, p. 464-482 19 p.

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    Populäre Musik und Kulturmanagement : Komplexität des Punktuellen – oder schlicht Nadeln im Heuhaufen?

    Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kuchar, R., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturmanagement: Kunst, Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Vol. 4 (2018), Heft 2, p. 197-220 20 p.

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    Premiering a Mediaopera. On-Site. Online.

    von Xylander, C., 2025, In: Technology and Language. 6, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.

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    Printing Utopia: The Domain of the 3D Printer in the Making of Commons-Based Futures

    Ibach, M. K., 2023, In: Design and Culture. 15, 3, p. 323-344 22 p.

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    Proving the world more imaginary? Four approaches to imagining sustainability in sustainability research

    Kagan, S., 01.11.2019, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 44, SUPPL 2, p. 157-178 22 p.

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    Public boards: Questions of representation on supervisory boards of german, austrian and swiss theatres

    Heskia, T., 01.09.2021, In: International Journal of Arts Management. 24, 1, p. 32-47 16 p.

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    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.

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    Resettlement as a temporal border: infrastructural promises and future-making among migrants and officials in Niger

    Lambert, L., 12.2025, In: Comparative Migration Studies. 13, 1, 17 p., 14.

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    Retracing My Steps: A 10-YEAR Journey To Walking-Based Transdisciplinary Research

    Kagan, S., 19.05.2019, In: World Futures. 75, 4, p. 242-259 18 p.

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    Sexual behavior and attitudes toward AIDS in germany

    Runkel, G., 01.06.1992, In: Journal of sex education and therapy. 18, 2, p. 77-92 16 p.

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    Sexual morality of Christianity

    Runkel, G., 01.04.1998, In: Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 24, 2, p. 103-122 20 p.

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