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. 1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion

    Knöbl, W., 2019, Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire: Transnational Approaches. Habermas, R. (ed.). Berghahn Books Inc., p. 31-55 25 p. (New German Historical Perspectives; vol. 10).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  2. Kleiner Versuch über das Selfie und sein Subjekt

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

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Imagination and imaginaries of sustainability in cultural and artistic practices

    Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 24-48 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Entrepreneurship in conventions, place-making, and spaces of creativity

    Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 65-88 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  5. Culture and sustainable development in the city: Urban spaces of possibilities

    Kagan, S. (Editor), 05.08.2022, Taylor and Francis Inc. 268 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  6. Spaces for challenging experiences, indeterminacy, and experimentation

    Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 99-114 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  7. Chicago's embedded artist as double agent: An interview with Frances Whitehead

    Whitehead, F. & Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 89-98 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Noticing Colour: Shades of a Chromatic Empiricism

    Beyes, T., 22.09.2022, Doing Process Research in Organizations: Noticing Differently. Simpson , B. & Revsbæk, L. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 127-152 26 p.

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

  9. »Was wäre, wenn?« Zum Nutzen kontrafaktischer Analyse in der (historischen) Soziologie am Beispiel 1989

    Böcker, J. & Leistner, A., 04.10.2022, Verstehen als Zugang zur Welt: Soziologische Perspektiven . Karstein, U., Burchart, M. & Schmidt-Lux, T. (eds.). Campus Verlag, p. 277-298 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  10. 4/ Queering Death in the Medical and Health Humanities

    Böcker, J., Kirey-Sitnikova, Y., Werner, A., Tzouva, P. & Clay, S., 30.06.2021, In: Whatever. 4, p. 653–682 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch