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

    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 contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  3. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Soziale Farbe (IV): Haut

    Beyes, T., 12.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 919, p. 16-25 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Wissen für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation: Perspektiven der Geschlechterforschung auf Klima- und Umweltkrisen

    Brückner, M., Kreissl, K., Reitter, V. & Sardadvar, K., 12.2025, In: Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Soziologie. 50, 1, 27 p., 11.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Wissen(schaft)sskepsis: Aufklärung im verschwörungsideologischen Souveränismus

    Kretschmann, A. & Rowitz, L., 12.2025, In: Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Soziologie. 50, 1, 24 p., 28.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Wissenspolitiken in den Künsten: Zur Institutionalisierung künstlerischer Forschung im deutschsprachigen Raum

    Hoop, M., 07.11.2025, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 366 p. (Zukunft der Hochschule ; vol. 11)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  8. E-pub ahead of print

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Development from the Margins: Failing Zones and Suspended Development in an Indonesian Border Village

    Hargyono, S., 01.10.2025, Development Zones in Asian Borderlands. Chettri, M. & Eilenberg, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, p. 211-230 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    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. 2025, 21, p. 17-34 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. E-pub ahead of print

    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 contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

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