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. Published

    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

  2. Published

    Artistic City-zenship: How artists perceive and practice political agency in their cities

    Kaddar, M., Kirchberg, V., Barak, N., Seidl, M., Wedler, P. & de Shalit, A., 28.05.2022, In: Journal of Urban Affairs. 44, 4-5, p. 471-489 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Moving Around Myanmar: Migration in, from, and back to Burma

    Waters, T. (Editor), South, A. (Editor), Vaddhanaphuti, C. (Editor) & Corbin, L. (Editor), 2021, Chiangmai, Thailand: Chiangmai University. 270 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Development from the Margins: Failing Zones and Suspended Development in an Indonesian Border Village

    Hargyono, S., 03.05.2021, Development Zones in Asian Borderlands. Chettri, M. & Eilenberg, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, p. 211-230 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    Logistical futures the chinese dream, debordering labor, and migration

    Altenried, M., Bojadžijev, M. & Wallis, M., 20.12.2021, Fake Hybrid Sites Palimpsest: Essays on Leakages. Dutta, M. & Heidenreich, N. (eds.). DE GRUYTER Poland, p. 158-172 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Mutter, Vater, Sternenkind. Die Änderung des Personenstandsrechts für Fehlgeborene und ihre unvorhergesehenen Folgen

    Böcker, J., 2021, Facetten des Antifeminismus. Angriffe und Eingriffe in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. Sigl, J., Kapitza, K. & Fischer, K. (eds.). Marta Press, p. 117-133 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  7. Published

    Exploring artful possibilities: a transdisciplinary research on culture, arts and sustainability

    Kagan, S. J., 02.07.2021, Lüneburg: Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 252 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesPost-doctoral dissertations

  8. Published

    IM OSTEN GEHT DIE SONNE AUF: Nostalgie als soziologische Erklärung derGegenwart von Vergangenheit in Ostdeutschland?

    Leistner, A. & Böcker, J., 2021, In: Zeithistorische Forschungen. 18, 1, p. 133-139 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Niklas Luhmann am OVG Lüneburg: Zur Entstehung der Systemtheorie

    Beyes, T. (Editor), Warnke, M. (Editor), Hagen, W. (Editor) & Pias, C. (Editor), 2021, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH. 136 p. (Soziologische Schriften (SOZS); vol. 86)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    The wonderfully organized and mediated endurance of ephemera

    Beverungen, A., 12.2021, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 21, 4, p. 289-306 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review