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
- Accepted/In press
Die soziale Existenz der Stillgeborenen: Warum sie für Trauernde wichtig ist
Böcker, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Hospiz-Dialog NRW. 103Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Transfer
- Published
Fehlgeburt, Stille Geburt und die unwiederbringliche Jetztzeit
Böcker, J., 2025, Handbuch Medizin und Lebenszeit.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › 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. 20 p.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
Resettlement as a temporal border: infrastructural promises and future-making among migrants and officials in Niger
Lambert, L., 2025, In: Comparative Migration Studies. 13Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
What Does it Mean when Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics
Waters, T., 2025, Youth, Community and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 287 304 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
- 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
- Published
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
- Published
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