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. 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)

    01.09.1530.11.16

    Project: Scientific event

  2. 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)

    01.09.1531.12.16

    Project: Scientific event

  3. European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities

    Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Metelmann, J. (Project manager, academic) & Johnsen, R. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1830.09.25

    Project: Other

  4. Digitisation of Labour: Configurations of Real and Virtual Migration

    Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic), Altenried, M. (Project staff) & Wallis, M. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.05.1830.04.21

    Project: Research

  5. Dis/connectivity. Imaginaries, Media Technologies, Politics

    Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Stäheli, U. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.11.1830.04.22

    Project: Research

  6. Media & Paranoia

    Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    01.09.1831.08.19

    Project: Individual grant

  7. Groove the City 2018

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    30.05.1830.11.19

    Project: Scientific event

  8. Groove the City 2018

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Barber-Kersovan, A. (Project staff) & Gaupp, L. (Project staff)

    Stiftung Niedersachsen

    30.08.1831.03.19

    Project: Scientific event

  9. 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

    01.02.1931.05.22

    Project: Research

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Publications

  1. Flavonoids as biopesticides – Systematic assessment of sources, structures, activities and environmental fate
  2. Constructing small talk in learner-native speaker voice-based telecollaboration
  3. A framework for disentangling ecological mechanisms underlying the island species–area relationship
  4. Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research
  5. Die Kapitalstruktur von Bürgerenergiegesellschaften unter dem rechtlichen Rahmenwerk der deutschen Energiewende
  6. CSR management and reporting between voluntary bonding and legal regulation
  7. Entwicklung und Qualitätssicherung von Anwendungssoftware
  8. How Organizing Matters for Societal Grand Challenges
  9. Bátiz-Lazo, Bernardo: Cash and Dash. How ATMs and Computers Changed Banking.
  10. Pervasive Intelligence
  11. Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest
  12. Bildungswachstum und äußere Schulreform im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
  13. 'Put bluntly, you have something of a credibility problem'
  14. Das Projekt Berber-Zeitung
  15. Terminologien/Semantik
  16. Globalization, Nautical Nostalgia and Maritime Identity Politics. A Case Study on Boundary Objects in the Future German Port Museum
  17. No matter what the name, we’re all the same? Examining ethnic online discrimination in ridesharing marketplaces
  18. Egozentrierte Netzwerkanalysen
  19. Integration of Material Flow Management into Company Processes within the Automotive Industry
  20. Jazz in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s and 1960s
  21. Über die Liebe zur Musik
  22. The case of a proposed 21.5 MWe biomass gasifier in Winkleigh, Devon
  23. The significance of R&D Reporting as an element of Corporate Governance
  24. The World is Flat: Study Guide
  25. Heidegger reads Goethe. A polyphonic "Dialogue" (approx. 1910 to 1976)