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
Training im Affekt: Probleme und Chancen von simulativen Übungen für Großlagen
Kretschmann, A., 10.2024, Tagungsband zum Kongress Netzwerk Demokratiestarke Polizei. P. N. (ed.). Hilden: Verlag Deutsche PolizeiliteraturResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Staatliche Gewalt
Kretschmann, A., 06.2025, Handbuch Soziale Probleme. Althoff, M., Bereswill, M. & Neuber, A. (eds.). Springer VS, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
Polizeigewalt
Kretschmann, A., 06.2025, Handbuch Soziale Probleme. Althoff, M., Bereswill, M. & Neuber, A. (eds.). Springer VS, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
Regimes of Proof: On Contested Identities in Border and Migration Control
Bescherer, K. & Scheel, S., 11.10.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Migration. 63, 6, 12 p., e70099.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
When Infrastructure is Happening: The Standards Story of SAP
Conrad, L. & Mormann, H., 2025, (Submitted) In: Science Technology and Human Values.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
On Pierre Bourdieu's Legal Thought: Toward a Classic of Socio-Legal Studies
Kretschmann, A., 10.2025, In: Annual Review of Law and Social Science. 21, p. 17-34 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Re-bordering life and labor during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean
Álvarez Velasco, S., De Genova, N. & Scheel, S., 27.09.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 17 p., 23996544251383734.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
Das Drama im Leben der Institutionen: Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen und affektive Performanzen um migrantische Diversität
Karakayali, S. & Albrecht, Y., 01.09.2025, PERSPEKTIVENDIFFERENZ: Zur Ethnographie des kommunikativen Handelns. Eisewicht, P., Hitzler, R., Kirchner, B., Poferl, A., Schröer, N. & Wustmann, J. (eds.). Essen: OldibResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
Soziale Farbe (III): Blau machen
Beyes, T., 09.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 916, p. 50-60 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
Refusal and the Computational City - From (De)Coding the Machine to (En)Coding Care: Introduction to the Special Issue
Voigt, M. L. & Vadiati, N., 12.2025, In: Digital Geography and Society. 9, 5 p., 100138.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
