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
- 2025
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Resettlement as a temporal border: infrastructural promises and future-making among migrants and officials in Niger
Lambert, L., 12.2025, In: Comparative Migration Studies. 13, 1, 17 p., 14.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wissen für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation: Perspektiven der Geschlechterforschung auf Klima- und Umweltkrisen
Brückner, M., Kreissl, K., Reitter, V. & Sardadvar, K., 12.2025, In: Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Soziologie. 50, 1, 27 p., 11.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wissen(schaft)sskepsis: Aufklärung im verschwörungsideologischen Souveränismus
Kretschmann, A. & Rowitz, L., 12.2025, In: Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Soziologie. 50, 1, 24 p., 28.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wissenspolitiken in den Künsten: Zur Institutionalisierung künstlerischer Forschung im deutschsprachigen Raum
Hoop, M., 07.11.2025, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 366 p. (Zukunft der Hochschule ; vol. 11)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Regimes of Proof: On Contested Identities in Border and Migration Control
Bescherer, K. & Scheel, S., 11.10.2025, In: International Migration. 63, 6Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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. 2025, 21, p. 17-34 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Re-bordering life and labor during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean
Álvarez Velasco, S., De Genova, N. & Scheel, S., 27.09.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 17 p., 23996544251383734.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- E-pub ahead of print
Music Scenes and Cultural Ecosystems - Alternative Practices between 'Official Policy Recognition' and 'Post-Pandemic Austerity'
Kuchar, R., 09.09.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Das Drama im Leben der Institutionen: Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen und affektive Performanzen um migrantische Diversität
Karakayali, S. & Albrecht, Y., 01.09.2025, PERSPEKTIVENDIFFERENZ: Zur Ethnographie des kommunikativen Handelns. Eisewicht, P., Hitzler, R., Kirchner, B., Poferl, A., Schröer, N. & Wustmann, J. (eds.). Essen: OldibResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Soziale Farbe (III): Blau machen
Beyes, T., 09.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 916, p. 50-60 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Marx, Engels und der Rassismus ihrer Zeit
Lösing, F., Hund, W. D. & Egger, L., 08.2025, Wien: Mandelbaum Verlag. 304 p. (Kritik & Utopie)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Pierre Bourdieu: Soziologische Herrschaftsanalyse des Rechts
Kretschmann, A., 07.2025, Grundlagen des Rechts : Band II: Vertiefung. Ganner, M., Kettemann, M. C. & Voithofer, C. (eds.). Wien: Verlag Österreich, Vol. II. p. 64-71 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Soziale Farbe (II): Farbe an der Arbeit
Beyes, T., 07.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 914, p. 21-31 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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
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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
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Soziale Farbe (I): Mocha Mousse, die Unordnung der Farbe und die Ordnung des Sozialen
Beyes, T., 02.05.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 912, p. 39-49Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Migrant struggles and moral economies of subversion: mimicry and opacity
Scheel, S., 05.2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 10, p. 2648-2667 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Counting racism: quantitative methods and the challenges of structural analysis in Germany
Karakayali, S., 04.2025, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 48, 7, p. 1357-1374 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Deportation Gap as a Statistical Chimera: How Nonknowledge Informs Migration Policies
Scheel, S., 04.2025, In: Geopolitics. 30, 3, p. 1028-1050 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Against and with the silence: Language, relations, and methods in qualitative research on pregnancy loss and perinatal bereavement
Böcker, J., 18.03.2025, Handbook of Sensitive Research in the Social Sciences. Liamputtong, P. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 300-316 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Smartphones and ‘doing community’ in Bangkok’s platform economy: A Weberian analysis
McFarlane, D., Mieruch, Y. & Waters, T., 19.02.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Media and Society. 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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My Cigarette Wife and Other Queer Tales of Kinship from Tunisia’s Contemporary Public Art Scene
Malachowski, J., 02.2025, In: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 54, 1, p. 30-59 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ne Win's Burmanization Narratives and Prospects for Peace in Today's Myanmar
Waters, T. & Eh Htoo, S., 15.01.2025, Youth, Community, and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 329-350 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Automatisiertes Verhalten? Regierungskünste bei Amazon
Beverungen, A., 13.01.2025, Wissensgeschichte des Verhaltens.: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Toepfer, G. & Gräfe, S. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 557-577 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ne Win’s Burmanization Narratives and the Prospects for Peace in Today’s Myanmar
Htoo, S. E. & Waters, T., 01.01.2025, Youth, Community, and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 329-350 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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What Does it Mean when Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics
Waters, T., 01.01.2025, Youth, Community and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 287-303 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Recombinant Agency. Divine Comedy Meets Upcycled Comics Art in Pink Mouse, a Meta-Mediaopera
von Xylander, C., 01.2025, In: Technology and Language. 6, 1, p. 82-128 47 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Social Organization of Arts: A Theoretical Compendium
Kirchberg, V. & Zembylas, T., 01.2025, Wien: mdwPress. 271 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Between morality and the law: negotiating protection for queer asylum seekers in Niger’s asylum administration
Lambert, L., 2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 10, p. 2529-2546 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Accepted/In press
“Come on, we’ll look at it now”: professionals’ work on fetal viewability following spontaneous and induced loss.
Böcker, J. & Siegl, V., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Feminist Studies.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Das Land ist ruhig – noch! Notizen zu einer Durchquerung
Leistner, A., 2025, Jahrbuch Deutsche Einheit 2025. Ch. Links Verlag, p. 19-35Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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
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Edgework im Revier: Raum und Affekt im Polizeialltag
Hundertmark, B., 2025, In: Bürgerrechte & Polizei / CILIP. 139, p. 72-78Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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
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Fehlgeburt, Stille Geburt und die unwiederbringliche Jetztzeit
Böcker, J., 2025, Handbuch Medizin und Lebenszeit: Gutes Leben im Kontext neuer Chancen und Herausforderungen. Deppe, S., Clausen, A., Marcinski-Michel, I., Schweda, M. & Wiesemann, C. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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"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
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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
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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
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Premiering a Mediaopera. On-Site. Online.
von Xylander, C., 2025, In: Technology and Language. 6, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Refusal and the Computational City - From (De)Coding the Machine to (En)Coding Care: Introduction to the Special Issue
Voigt, M. L. & Vadiati, N., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Digital Geography and Society.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- Submitted
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
- 2024
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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
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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
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Grausamer Optimismus
Berlant, L., Inan, Ç. (Editor), Karakayali, S. (Editor) & Theodor, J. (Translator), 12.2024, 1 ed. Berlin: b-books. 440 p. (re fuse; no. 01)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Transfer
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Organizing Counterpublics: Scenes from Contemporary Russia
Kalinina, A. & Beyes, T., 12.2024, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 41, 7-8, p. 57-71 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Anxious Awakening of the Dormant...
Hargyono, S., 20.11.2024, In: Roadsides. 12, p. 8-15 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Luftrummets organisering - på arbejde med Sloterdijk
Jorgensen, L., 07.11.2024, Perspektiver på Sloterdijk: en antologi. Sporen Fiedler, E. & Rasmussen, U. H. (eds.). Copenhagen: Eksistensen, p. 23-48 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Simulation als affektive Ordnung: Zur Regulierung von Protesten durch die Polizei
Kretschmann, A., 21.10.2024, Katastrophenwissen – Wissenskatastrophen: Zur Affektdynamik des Katastrophischen. Bogner, O., Hofmann, T. & Leimgruber, D. (eds.). Brill | Fink, p. 129-139 11 p. (Poetik und Ästhetik des Staunens; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Automated Delivery: Amazon's Urban Stack
Beverungen, A., 10.2024, In: Navigationen. 24, 2, p. 47-62 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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
