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. Bedrohung und Affekt im Verschwörungsdenken der Gegenwart am Beispiel sogenannter 'Reichsbürger:innen'

    Hundertmark, B. (Speaker) & Rowitz, L. (Speaker)

    20.11.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Club, Szene und Stadt. Eine Langzeitbetrachtung von Selbstverständnissen und sozialen Umfeldern von Musikclubs

    Kuchar, R. (Speaker)

    13.11.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  4. Scene – Infrastructure – Ecosystem? Challenges of researching cultural production within increasing social complexity

    Kuchar, R. (Speaker)

    12.11.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  5. Organization (Journal)

    Jorgensen, L. (Reviewer)

    07.11.202512.12.2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  6. DigID Advisory Board Meeting

    Scheel, S. (Organiser), Lambert, L. (Organiser) & Hargyono, S. (Organiser)

    08.10.202510.10.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Temporalities of Crises: Towards a Genealogy of Intergenerational Justice in Liberal Thought

    Fink, F. (Speaker)

    08.10.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. The Autonomy of Citizenship – Learning from the appropriation of national ID cards in Malawi’s borderlands

    Scheel, S. (Speaker)

    23.09.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. The 13th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network Sociology of the Arts - EsArts 2025

    Kuchar, R. (Speaker)

    08.09.202509.09.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Thinking music scene outside the scene – between understandings of networks, ecosystem, and infrastructure

    Kuchar, R. (Speaker)

    08.09.202509.09.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Organization (Journal)

    Jorgensen, L. (Reviewer)

    07.09.202513.10.2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  12. Management Communication Quarterly (Journal)

    Jorgensen, L. (Reviewer)

    01.09.202516.12.2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  13. Culture and Organization (Journal)

    Jorgensen, L. (Reviewer)

    27.07.202524.09.2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  14. ‘You Cannot Beat a Fixed System’. Vintage Documents and other Truth Sources in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register

    Lambert, L. (Speaker)

    03.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. The Absent Presence of ‘Tribe’ in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register

    Lambert, L. (Speaker)

    02.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. The Absent Presence of ‘Tribe’ in Sierra Leone’s Digital Civil Register

    Lambert, L. (Speaker)

    26.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. The Autonomy of Citizenship - Learning from the appropriation of national ID cards in the Malawian borderlands

    Scheel, S. (Speaker)

    26.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Power, Resistance, Fascism: Re-reading Foucault in the Present (LIAS Workshop)

    Demirović, A. (Speaker), Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Nigro, R. (Organiser) & Luxon, N. (Organiser)

    25.06.202526.06.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. The Sociotechnical Lives of Digital Identification: Intermediaries, Citizenship and Belonging

    Lambert, L. (Speaker) & Eyenga, G. (Speaker)

    25.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. African Migration Research Networks: Where Next?

    Lambert, L. (Organiser), Zanker, F. (Organiser), Bjarnesen, J. (Organiser) & Kandilige, L. (Organiser)

    11.06.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

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