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
DigID Advisory Board Meeting
Scheel, S. (Organiser), Lambert, L. (Organiser) & Hargyono, S. (Organiser)
08.10.2025 → 10.10.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The 13th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network Sociology of the Arts - EsArts 2025
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
08.09.2025 → 09.09.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Thinking music scene outside the scene – between understandings of networks, ecosystem, and infrastructure
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
08.09.2025 → 09.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
‘You Cannot Beat a Fixed System’. Vintage Documents and other Truth Sources in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
03.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Absent Presence of ‘Tribe’ in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
02.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Absent Presence of ‘Tribe’ in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
26.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Power, Resistance, Fascism: Re-reading Foucault in the Present (LIAS Workshop)
Demirović, A. (Speaker), Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Nigro, R. (Organiser) & Luxon, N. (Organiser)
25.06.2025 → 26.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Sociotechnical Lives of Digital Identification: Intermediaries, Citizenship and Belonging
Lambert, L. (Speaker) & Eyenga, G. (Speaker)
25.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
African Migration Research Networks: Where Next?
Lambert, L. (Organiser), Zanker, F. (Organiser), Bjarnesen, J. (Organiser) & Kandilige, L. (Organiser)
11.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Die Grammatik des Bias: Über Maschinen, Sprache und Rassismus
Karakayali, S. (Speaker)
03.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Von Interpretationen zu Texten oder: Über das Schreiben
Rowitz, L. (Speaker)
02.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Off to Europe. Migration - One of the Major Challenges of the 21st Century
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
26.05.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Off to Europe. Migration - One of the Major Challenges of the 21st Century
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
26.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Die Innovationswerkstatt "Rassismus theoretisieren und beforschen"
Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Mecheril, P. (Organiser) & Rühlmann, L. (Organiser)
22.05.2025 → 23.05.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Hybridität in der ethnographischen Forschung zum verschwörungsideologischen Souveränismus - Input aus dem Forschungsprojekt „Alltag im Dissens“
Hundertmark, B. (Speaker) & Rowitz, L. (Speaker)
19.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Organization Studies (Journal)
Jorgensen, L. (Reviewer)
16.05.2025 → 27.06.2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
The Social Organization of Arts — Reflections on the Sociology of Art Theory
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Fang, H. (Lecturer)
13.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Undoing the ‘Migration Crisis’ Statistics. The Displacement Tracking Matrix by the International Organization for Migration and its Discontents in Niger
Lambert, L. (Speaker) & Dauchy, A. (Coauthor)
07.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zugangsbarrieren zum Engagement: Erkenntnisse aus dem Vierten Engagementbericht der Bundesregierung
Karakayali, S. (Speaker)
05.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Brokers of Citizenship: Justices of the Peace as Intermediaries in Sierra Leone’s Digital Identification Project
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
08.04.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research