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
"Freiheit auf Lunge" - Ostdeutschland und das umstrittene Erbe von 1989.
Leistner, A., 2025, Freiheit/Svoboda/Wolnosc. : Eine unvollendete Geschichte.. Wallstein VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Der NSU als biographischer Komplex. Epistemische Folgen persönlichen Verstricktseins.
Leistner, A., 2025, Rechte Gewalttaten in Deutschland: Aufarbeitung und Gedenken im lokalen Kontext. transcript Verlag, p. 157-175Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Politische Instrumentalisierung von DDR-Geschichte
Leistner, A. (Editor) & Eckes, C. (Editor), 2025, Wochenschau-Verlag. 96 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
Extremwetterlagen: Reportagen aus einem neuen Deutschland
Leistner, A., Präkels, M., Pruschmann, T. & Thériault, B., 2025, Berlin: Verbrecher Verlag. 207 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
Training im Affekt: Probleme und Chancen von simulativen Übungen für Großlagen
Kretschmann, A., 10.2024, Tagungsband zum Kongress Netzwerk Demokratiestarke Polizei. P. N. (ed.). Hilden: Verlag Deutsche PolizeiliteraturResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Staatliche Gewalt
Kretschmann, A., 06.2025, Handbuch Soziale Probleme. Althoff, M., Bereswill, M. & Neuber, A. (eds.). Springer VS, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
Polizeigewalt
Kretschmann, A., 06.2025, Handbuch Soziale Probleme. Althoff, M., Bereswill, M. & Neuber, A. (eds.). Springer VS, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
Regimes of Proof: On Contested Identities in Border and Migration Control
Bescherer, K. & Scheel, S., 11.10.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Migration. 63, 6, 12 p., e70099.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
When Infrastructure is Happening: The Standards Story of SAP
Conrad, L. & Mormann, H., 2025, (Submitted) In: Science Technology and Human Values.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
On Pierre Bourdieu's Legal Thought: Toward a Classic of Socio-Legal Studies
Kretschmann, A., 10.2025, In: Annual Review of Law and Social Science. 21, p. 17-34 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
