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
- 2013
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Beyes, T. (Office)
01.2013 → 10.2021Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
City, Culture, and Society (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Digital Cultures Research Lab (Organisational unit)
Pias, C. (Chair), Bachmann, G. (Chair), Beyes, T. (Chair) & Leeker, M. (Chair)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Sociologia urbana e rurale (Journal)
Kirchberg, V. (Editorial Board)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Sustainability (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Sustainability Science (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Visual Communication (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2012
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung - GWTF 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Werkstattgespräch "Globalisierte Familie: mobil - vielfältig .ambivalent" 2012
Burkart, G. (Speaker)
31.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
eMotion: A transdisciplinary study of visitor experiences at a modern art exhibition
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Metaphern des unbeschreiblichen Gefühls in christlichen Kontexten heute
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Navigating Art Space: A short overview about results from the eMotion study
Kirchberg, V. (Panel participant)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Rethinking the Museum Experience: Museum as Journey Through the Senses: eMotion - A transdisciplinary study of visitor experiences at a modern art exhibition
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Art and Sustainability: Aesthetics of Complexity
Kagan, S. (Lecturer)
12.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
36. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DSG 2012
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
05.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
36. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DSG 2012
Schrage, D. (Organiser)
01.10.2012 → 05.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
36. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DSG 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
36. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DSG 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Integrierte Produkte. Von traditionellen Ernährungsregeln zu produktorientierten Ernährungsformen
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Interdisziplinäre Forschungstagung 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sideways Symposium: Moving On 2012
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
15.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ESF Exploratory Workshop on Re-inventions of Early-European Performing Arts and the Creative City, Civic Regeneration and Cultural Tourism - REPACC 2012
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Functions of Museums in the Creative City
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
7th Mid-Term Conference of the European Sociological Association - Sociology of the Arts Research Network 2012
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser)
08.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Governing Communities through Music?: Governmentality Insights and Illustrations from Baltimore
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Evaluating conditions of musical production in urban areas: Musicians´ needs, neoliberal city management and cultural policy concepts.
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
05.09.2012 → 08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The practice of ecological art
Kagan, S. (presenter)
05.09.2012 → 08.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Cultivating Commons versus Consuming Spaces: The Spatial Economy of Artists’ Quarters
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Serendipitous learning of NatureCulture's Complexity: What can embodied knowing mean for Sustainability?
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
19.07.2012 → 21.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Soziale Netzwerkanalyse von Kunst und Kultur in Lüneburg
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
18.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Exploring strengths and weaknesses of cultural production through social network analysis: A case study in small town Germany
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
23.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Local arts organization and network analysis: A case study in Germany
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
20.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Methoden-Workshop für das Graduiertenkolleg "Die Produktivität der Kultur" 2012
Schrage, D. (Moderator)
16.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Peninsula Europe: The Force Majeure Works 2012
Kagan, S. (Moderator)
01.06.2012 → 02.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Ökonomisierung, Verbetriebswirtschaftlichung, Verdinglichung. Gesellschaftliche Bedingungen zunehmender Marktorientierung
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Art and sustainability in the city: Theoretical introduction and a few examples
Kagan, S. (Lecturer)
24.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
No Sustainability without Culture of Sustainability: Art's role toward global (environ)mental change
Kagan, S. (Lecturer)
24.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
15.05.2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Graduate School (Organisational unit)
Kirchberg, V. (Chair)
05.2012 → 09.2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
IFK-Podium "Knappheit als Universalie? Kulturwissenschaftliche Interventionen" 2012
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
27.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ecocultures 2012
Kagan, S. (presenter)
17.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Lecture Series: Studying Through Migration
Bojadzijev, M. (Speaker)
17.04.2012 → 10.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Stellungnahme zum Antrag der CDU- und FDP-Fraktionen Drs. 16/4321 „Senioren und Kultur“ vom 18.11.2011: Bewertung des Entschließungsantrags an den Landtag des Landes Niedersachsen
Kirchberg, V. (Reviewer)
04.03.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Aesthetics of Sustainability: a transdisciplinary approach requires a sensibility to complexity
Kagan, S. (presenter)
01.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - AAAS 2012
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
17.02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Treffen des Netzwerkes für Generationenforschung (Grngo e. V.), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Müller, T. (Speaker)
12.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conference »radius of art« 2012
Kagan, S. (Moderator) & Stoltenberg, U. (Participant)
08.02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
IULM University of Milan (External organisation)
Kirchberg, V. (Coordinator)
08.02.2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Die Emotionalisierung der Religion
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
07.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Jährliche interdisziplinäre Tagung der Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology - BGHS 2012
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Professionen in der Wissensgesellschaft
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Überlegungen zu qualitativen Verfahren in der Emotionssoziologie
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
17.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Mixed-Methods der Nichtbesucher-Forschung: Zur Planung einer repräsentativen Bevölkerungsbefragung in Deutschland
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
13.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
6. Jahrestagung des Fachverbandes für Kulturmanagement 2012
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Organiser)
12.01.2012 → 14.01.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Kriminologisches Journal (Journal)
Kretschmann, A. (Editor)
01.2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Beltz Juventa Verlag (Publisher)
Kretschmann, A. (Editorial Board)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Pias, C. (Chair) & Beyes, T. (Chair)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Kriminologisches Journal (Journal)
Kretschmann, A. (Editorial Board)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (Publisher)
Kagan, S. (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2011
Seminar für Soziologie - SfS 2011
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
14.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kunstsoziologie als Gesellschaftsanalyse 2011
Schrage, D. (Organiser)
06.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Struktur – Institution – Organisation
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
12.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Symposium "Passion Investments in Art Markets" 2011
Wuggenig, U. (Organiser)
25.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop at THINC Design 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
23.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Art and Sustainability - die Kunst der Nachhaltigkeit
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
22.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Internationaler Doktoranden Workshop an der TU Berlin 2011
Herbrik, R. (Organiser)
16.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Ringvorlesung "Fortschritt" - Paradigmen der Kulturwissenschaften, Leuphana Universität
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
15.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Week: Fall International Talks - IULM 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
09.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fortbildungstagung des Sächsischen Museumsbundes 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
07.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung e.V. - GWTF Tagung 2011
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
MAiA - Music and Arts in Action (Journal)
Kagan, S. (Editorial Board)
11.2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Materialität und Dinglichkeit. Ansätze einer Kulturtheorie der Dingzusammenbrüche
Henkel, A. (Speaker)
20.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gutachten in einem Berufungsverfahren
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
02.10.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Gesellschaftliche Ortsbestimmung der Soziologie
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Elektrizität im Alltag: Zu den Folgen der Vulnerabilität privater Haushalte bei Stromausfall
Maischatz, K. (Speaker), Müller, T. (Speaker) & Burkart, G. (Speaker)
29.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Elektrizität im Alltag: Zur Vulnerabilität privater Haushalte bei Stromausfall
Burkart, G. (Speaker)
29.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sektion für Technik- und Wissenschaftssoziologie der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - 2011
Müller, T. (presenter)
29.09.2011 → 01.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Cultura21 Forum 2011
Kagan, S. (Organiser)
23.09.2011 → 25.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Gardens and aesthetics of sustainability
Kagan, S. (Speaker)
23.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Some roles of artists and inter-/trans-disciplinary projects in the emergence of sustainable creative cities
Kagan, S. (presenter)
09.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Connecting Patterns: Sustainability and the Culture of Complexity
Kagan, S. (presenter)
08.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
"How Should (Religious) Emotions be Sociologically Studied?"
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
08.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
"The Emotionalization of Religion"
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
08.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
10th Conference of the European Sociological Association - ESA 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Organiser)
07.09.2011 → 10.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Sustainability of the Arts in Urban Social Movements Case Studies in Hamburg, Germany
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Kulturkonferenz der Ständigen Kulturpolitischen Konferenz und der Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Kultur Berlin - 2011
Kirchberg, V. (Keynote speaker)
02.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
European Sociological Association (ESA) (External organisation)
Kagan, S. (Executive member)
09.2011 → 02.2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Symposium ,,Transkulturelle Musikvermittlung'' - 2011
Gaupp, L. (Speaker)
09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Construction of Drug Dis- tribution as a Competitive Market
Henkel, A. (Lecturer)
09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2. Werkstattgespräch 2011
Müller, T. (presenter)
10.08.2011 → 11.08.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
DFG-Gutachtertätigkeit
Burkart, G. (Reviewer)
19.07.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
7. Berliner Methodentreffen
Müller, T. (presenter)
15.07.2011 → 16.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
"Der Beitrag neuer emotionaler Stile zum Erfolg jüngerer, christlicher Gemeinden in Berlin"
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
01.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Der Beitrag 'neuer' emotionaler Stile zum Erfolg jüngerer, christlicher Gemeinden in Berlin
Herbrik, R. (Lecturer)
01.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
13. Internationalen Kongress zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts (2011)
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
25.06.2011 → 29.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Öffentliche Kunst in der Stadt jenseits des Marktes?
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
18.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Engagements of contemporary artists for sustainability: the case of ecological art in China
Kagan, S. (Lecturer)
16.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Aesthetics of Sustainability: Fostering a sensibility to complexity
Kagan, S. (Lecturer)
08.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Konferenz "Räume der Vermittlung. Ästhetische Prozesse zwischen Alltag und Kunst"
Schrage, D. (Speaker)
06.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Paarbeziehungen zwischen Liebe und Geschlechternormen
Burkart, G. (Speaker)
04.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research