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
Artistic Utopian Spaces and the Promise of Urban Development
Niemann, K. (Speaker) & Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
02.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Artists in Cities of Distress: Baltimore and Detroit
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser)
29.06.2016 → 21.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Artists in Cities of Distress: Baltimore and Detroit
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser)
01.03.2016 → 14.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Artists, Politics, Cities: A New Typology of Artists
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & de-Shalit, A. (Speaker)
04.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Arts and Cultural Management Conference for Students and Emerging Professionals - ACMC 2020
Gaupp, L. (Organiser)
25.01.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Arts and culture as urban development tool: a comparative study in Baltimore and Hamburg
Kirchberg, V. (Lecturer)
26.08.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Arts and entertainment districts - creative districts as urban development tools?: The example of Baltimore
Kirchberg, V. (Lecturer)
08.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
"Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere: Expressive and Instrumental Values In Economic and Sociological Perspectives." Joint conference of the Arts Research Network and Culture RN of the European Sociological Association (ESA) 2008
Kagan, S. (presenter)
11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arts for the City. Imagining Obvodny: From mental maps to the image of the future
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
16.10.2015 → 19.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Arts Management: Sociological Inquiries 2009
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
03.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research