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
- E-pub ahead of print
Counting racism: quantitative methods and the challenges of structural analysis in Germany
Karakayali, S., 16.01.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
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
- Published
The Social Organization of Arts: A Theoretical Compendium
Kirchberg, V. & Zembylas, T., 01.2025, Wien: mdwPress. 271 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- Published
Max Weber and the Modern Problem of Discipline
Waters, T., 2025, Rowmann & Littlefield .Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
- Accepted/In press
Migrant Struggles and Moral Economies of Subversion: Mimicry and Opacity
Scheel, S., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
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
- Published
The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture: Life Beneath the Level of the Marketplace
Waters, T., 2025, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. 272 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
- Published
When Killing is a Crime
Waters, T., 2025, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 232 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
- 2024
- Published
Collectivizing Convenience? From Delivery to Logisticality
Beverungen, A., 12.2024, In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround. Neves, J. & Steinberg, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, p. 66-81 16 p. (Theory on Demand; vol. 54).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- Published
Engaging with Three Predicaments of Transnational Migration Research in the Postcolonial Condition
Mustonen, L. & Scheel, S., 12.2024, In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 14, 4, 11 p., njmr.940.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research