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
Die (Re-)Produktion sozialer Ungleichheit über die Alltagspraxis Humor
Moebius, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.13 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Diversität in Kreativnetzwerken als Bedingung nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Dollereder, L. (Project staff)
01.09.15 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Critical Art(ist)s and Urban Development - A collaborative study comparing German and Israeli Cities
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), de-Shalit, A. (Partner) & Hoop, M. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.04.16 → 31.03.19
Project: Research
Cultures of Critique: Forms, Media, Effects
Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic) & Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 31.07.21
Project: Research
NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätserfordernissen im ländlichen Raum
Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic), Marx Gómez, J. (Project manager, academic), Hahn, A. (Project manager, academic), Köster, F. (Project manager, academic), Taeger, J. (Project manager, academic), Winter, A. J. (Project manager, academic), Woisetschläger, D. M. (Project manager, academic) & Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.03.16 → 28.02.19
Project: Research
NEMo: NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätsbedürfnissen im ländlichen Raum
Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic), Samland, U. (Project staff), Marx Gómez, J. (Project manager, academic), Hahn, A. (Project manager, academic), Köster, F. (Project manager, academic), Taeger, J. (Project manager, academic), Winter, A. J. (Project manager, academic) & Woisetschläger, D. M. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
VERA: Reflexive Responsibilisierung. Verantwortung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Lüdtke, N. (Project staff), Buss, K. (Project staff), Lindemann, G. (Project manager, academic), Alkemeyer, T. (Project manager, academic), Paech, N. (Project manager, academic), Schulz, R. (Project manager, academic), Pfriem, R. (Project manager, academic), Hochmann, L. (Project manager, academic), Buschmann, N. (Project manager, academic) & Sulmowski, Y. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
Sociology of Sustainability
Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Lindemann, G. (Project manager, academic), Lüdtke, N. (Project staff), Neckel, S. (Project manager, academic), Kaldewey, D. (Project manager, academic), Block, K. (Project manager, academic), Barth, T. (Project manager, academic), Besio, C. (Project manager, academic), Böschen, S. (Project manager, academic), Dickel, S. (Project manager, academic), Rödder, S. (Project manager, academic), Schloßberger, M. (Project manager, academic) & Wendt, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
“Expanding the Margins: Migration, Mobilities, Borders”, International Summer School
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
21.09.14 → 26.09.14
Project: Scientific event
“Teaching the Crisis. Geographies, Methodologies, Perspectives”, International Summer School
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.13 → 15.09.13
Project: Scientific event
Migration in die DDR, Archiv und Online Bibliographie
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.11 → …
Project: Teaching
KOSMOS Workshop "Cataloging Logistics 1: Migration, Humanitarism, Borders"
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
25.05.16 → 27.05.16
Project: Scientific event
KOSMOS Workshop "Cataloging Logistics 2: Migration, Digitalisation, Forms of Life"
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
16.06.16 → 17.06.16
Project: Scientific event
Investigating Logistics: Lifestyles, Migration and the Common(s)
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.15 → 31.12.16
Project: Scientific event
Politiken und Infrastrukturen der Vermittlung mobiler Arbeit
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.16 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Entsolidarisierung und Rassismus
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.16 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Forschungsschwerpunkt Dimensionen der Sorge
Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Lindemann, G. (Project manager, academic), Karle, I. (Project manager, academic) & Werner, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.14 → 30.08.19
Project: Research
Between Logistics and Migration: Duisburg and the New Silk Road
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
FLiF: Forschungsbasiertes Lernen im Fokus
Hochmann, L. (Project staff)
01.04.14 → 30.09.16
Project: Teaching
FLiF+: Forschungsbasiertes Lernen im Fokus plus
Hochmann, L. (Project staff)
01.10.16 → 31.12.20
Project: Teaching
"Privat/Öffentlich V“. 20. Workshop der AG „GeschlechterGesellschaftsTheorien“, 03. – 05. November 2016, an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Burkart, G. (Project manager, academic)
03.11.16 → 05.11.16
Project: Scientific event
CES Summer School: Artistic and Other Creative Practices as Drivers for Urban Resilience
Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Duxbury, N. (Project manager, academic), Haley, D. (Project manager, academic), Blanc, N. (Project manager, academic) & Holz, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.15 → 30.11.16
Project: Scientific event
ESA RN2: 9th Midterm Conference of the Research Network Sociology of the Arts at the European Sociological Association: "Arts And Creativity: Working on Identity and Difference"
Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Guerra, P. (Project manager, academic) & Moreira, T. (Project staff)
01.09.15 → 31.12.16
Project: Scientific event
European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Metelmann, J. (Project manager, academic) & Johnsen, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 30.09.25
Project: Other
Digitisation of Labour: Configurations of Real and Virtual Migration
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic), Altenried, M. (Project staff) & Wallis, M. (Project staff)
01.05.18 → 30.04.21
Project: Research
Dis/connectivity. Imaginaries, Media Technologies, Politics
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Stäheli, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.18 → 30.04.22
Project: Research
Groove the City 2018
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
30.05.18 → 30.11.19
Project: Scientific event
Groove the City 2018
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project staff) & Gaupp, L. (Project staff)
30.08.18 → 31.03.19
Project: Scientific event
Integration Through Trust
Sandermann, P. (Project manager, academic), Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic), Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Münch, S. (Project manager, academic), Husen, O. (Project manager, academic), Kakar, H. (Project staff), Siede, A. (Project staff), Schwenker, V. S. (Project staff), Wenzel, L. (Project staff) & Winkel, M. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.19 → 31.05.22
Project: Research
PLUS: Platform Labour in Urban Spaces: Fairness, Welfare, Development
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic), Animento, S. (Project staff) & Altenried, M. (Project staff)
01.01.19 → 31.03.22
Project: Research
CURE: Cultures of Rejection: Conditions of Acceptability in Socio-Spatial and Digital Environments in Contemporary Europe
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic), Fiket, I. (Partner), Sauer, B. (Partner), Bojanic, S. (Partner), Jonsson, S. (Partner) & Harder, A. (Project staff)
15.01.19 → 23.02.22
Project: Research
Grundversorgung 2.0 (Basic Provision 2.0)
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.12 → 30.06.15
Project: Research
Art and Civic Media
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.11 → 01.05.15
Project: Research
NITE: Night spaces: migration, culture and IntegraTion in Europe
Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic), Brandellero, S. (Project manager, academic), Campkin, B. (Project manager, academic), Pardue, D. (Project manager, academic) & Kenny, A. (Project manager, academic)
31.05.19 → 31.05.22
Project: Research
Selbstorganisation: Diskurse, Praktiken, Technologien
Conrad, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → …
Project: Research
Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
24.06.19 → …
Project: Research
Groove the City 2020
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project staff) & Gaupp, L. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
24.01.20 → 30.06.20
Project: Scientific event
Cultures of Critique: Forms, Media, Effects
Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.21 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Automating the Logistical City: Space, Algorithm, Speculation
Beverungen, A. (Project manager, academic), Antenucci, I. (Project staff), Voigt, M.-L. (Project staff), Hille, L. (Project staff), Rossiter, N. (Partner), Mattern, S. (Partner) & Halpern, O. (Partner)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.09.21 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
Migration und Mitbestimmung
Karakayali, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.18 → 30.06.21
Project: Research
ZOMiDi: Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen und die Herausforderungen von Migration und Diversität
Karakayali, S. (Project manager, academic), von Unger, H. (Project manager, academic) & Schönwälder, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.18 → 31.07.21
Project: Research
Commodified Agency: Social Space and the Digital Value Chain
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.04.22 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Strukturen und Kontexte rechtskonformen Polizeihandelns Eine qualitative Untersuchung zur Rechtsbindung am Beispiel des Streifendienstes der Polizei Niedersachsen
Kretschmann, A. (Project manager, academic)
15.11.21 → 15.07.22
Project: Research
(Un)Mapping Infrastructures: Transnational Perspectives in Modern and Contemporary Art
Dogramaci, B. (Partner), Esner, R. (Partner), Küster, B. (Partner), Langfeld, G. M. (Partner), Lerm-Hayes, C.-M. (Partner), Rother, L. (Partner), Ruckdeschel, A. (Partner), Smolińska, M. (Partner) & Ströbele, U. (Partner)
01.01.19 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
UMS: Urban Music Studies Scholars´Network
Kuchar, R. (Project manager, academic), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project manager, academic), Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Gaupp, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → …
Project: Research
Until Covid-19 do us apart. Music Scenes in Lockdown
Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project staff) & Kirchberg, V. (Project staff)
01.03.21 → 01.03.22
Project: Research
Alltag im Dissens: Eine Studie zum Gebrauch (imaginären) Rechts von Reichsbürger:innen (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur)
Kretschmann, A. (Project manager, academic), Hundertmark, B. (Project staff) & Rowitz, L. (Project staff)
01.04.23 → 31.05.26
Project: Research
DigID: Doing Digital Identities
Scheel, S. (Project manager, academic), El-Kahil, S. (Project staff), O'Brien, O. (Project staff), Lambert, L. (Project staff) & Hargyono, S. (Project staff)
01.02.23 → 31.01.28
Project: Research