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
- 2025
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pierre Bourdieu: Soziologische Herrschaftsanalyse des Rechts
Kretschmann, A., 07.2025, Grundlagen des Rechts : Band II: Vertiefung. Ganner, M., Kettemann, M. C. & Voithofer, C. (eds.). Wien: Verlag Österreich GmbH, Vol. II. p. 64-71 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Soziale Farbe (I): Mocha Mousse, die Unordnung der Farbe und die Ordnung des Sozialen
Beyes, T., 02.05.2025, In: Merkur. 2025, 912Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Counting racism: quantitative methods and the challenges of structural analysis in Germany
Karakayali, S., 04.2025, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 48, 7, p. 1357-1374 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Deportation Gap as a Statistical Chimera: How Nonknowledge Informs Migration Policies
Scheel, S., 04.2025, In: Geopolitics. 30, 3, p. 1028-1050 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Against and with the silence: Language, relations, and methods in qualitative research on pregnancy loss and perinatal bereavement
Böcker, J., 18.03.2025, Handbook of Sensitive Research in the Social Sciences. Liamputtong, P. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 300-316 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
- E-pub ahead of print
Smartphones and ‘doing community’ in Bangkok’s platform economy: A Weberian analysis
McFarlane, D., Mieruch, Y. & Waters, T., 19.02.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Media and Society. 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ne Win's Burmanization Narratives and Prospects for Peace in Today's Myanmar
Waters, T. & Eh Htoo, S., 15.01.2025, Youth, Community, and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 329-350 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Automatisiertes Verhalten? Regierungskünste bei Amazon
Beverungen, A., 13.01.2025, Wissensgeschichte des Verhaltens.: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Toepfer, G. & Gräfe, S. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 557-577 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Social Organization of Arts: A Theoretical Compendium
Kirchberg, V. & Zembylas, T., 01.2025, Wien: mdwPress. 271 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Between morality and the law: negotiating protection for queer asylum seekers in Niger’s asylum administration
Lambert, L., 2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Accepted/In press
“Come on, we’ll look at it now”: professionals’ work on fetal viewability following spontaneous and induced loss.
Böcker, J. & Siegl, V., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Feminist Studies.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Accepted/In press
Die soziale Existenz der Stillgeborenen: Warum sie für Trauernde wichtig ist
Böcker, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Hospiz-Dialog NRW. 103Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Transfer
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Fehlgeburt, Stille Geburt und die unwiederbringliche Jetztzeit
Böcker, J., 2025, Handbuch Medizin und Lebenszeit: Gutes Leben im Kontext neuer Chancen und Herausforderungen. Deppe, S., Clausen, A., Marcinski-Michel, I., Schweda, M. & Wiesemann, C. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Migrant struggles and moral economies of subversion: mimicry and opacity
Scheel, S., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What Does it Mean when Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics
Waters, T., 2025, Youth, Community and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 287 304 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter