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.

 

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    Networks in Sustainable Urban Development: An Empirical Study

    Kirchberg, V., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 193-208 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Spaces for challenging experiences, indeterminacy, and experimentation

    Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 99-114 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Participation as a Mode of Conflict

    Karakayali, S., 01.09.2022, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften. 17, 1, p. 144-147 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Who’s afraid of the senses? Organization, management and the return of the sensorium

    Beyes, T., Cnossen, B., Ashcraft, K. & Bencherki, N., 01.09.2022, In: Management Learning. 53, 4, p. 625-639 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Noticing Colour: Shades of a Chromatic Empiricism

    Beyes, T., 22.09.2022, Doing Process Research in Organizations: Noticing Differently. Simpson , B. & Revsbæk, L. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 127-152 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    The Gokteik Viaduct: A Tale of Gentlemanly Capitalists, Unseen People, and a Bridge to Nowhere

    Wohlers, D. C. & Waters, T., 01.10.2022, In: Social Sciences. 11, 10, 19 p., 440.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    »Was wäre, wenn?« Zum Nutzen kontrafaktischer Analyse in der (historischen) Soziologie am Beispiel 1989

    Böcker, J. & Leistner, A., 04.10.2022, Verstehen als Zugang zur Welt: Soziologische Perspektiven . Karstein, U., Burchart, M. & Schmidt-Lux, T. (eds.). Campus Verlag, p. 277-298 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Introducing ‘cultures of rejection’: an investigation of the conditions of acceptability of right-wing politics in Europe

    Bojadžijev, M. & Opratko, B., 20.10.2022, In: Patterns of Prejudice. 56, 4-5, p. 205-218 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Arts and Power: Policies in and by the Arts

    Gaupp, L. (Editor), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Editor) & Kirchberg, V. (Editor), 11.2022, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. 358 p. (Kunst und Gesellschaft)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Power and Policies in and by the Arts - Introduction

    Gaupp, L., Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kirchberg, V., 11.2022, Arts and Power : Policies in and by the Arts. Gaupp, L., Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kirchberg, V. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1-18 18 p. (Kunst und Gesellschaft).

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