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
- Hör.Spiel.Gut H A S S E L B U R G – Mehr als ein Museum- Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Flach, A. (Project staff) & Brinker, H. C. (Partner, non-academic) - 01.07.11 → 02.02.12 - Project: Practical Project 
- How to attract visitors with strategic, value-based experience design - A review and analysis of customer experience and visitor segmentation research for cultural organisations- Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Ober-Heilig, N. (Project manager, academic) & Sikkenga, J. (Project staff) - 01.10.11 → 31.01.13 - Project: Research 
- Imaginäre Identitätsmythen der exotischen Stadt. Kulturpolitik und Musikvermittlung im postmigrantischen Prozess- Gaupp, L. (Project manager, academic) - 01.02.07 → 29.09.14 - Project: Dissertation project 
- 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 
- ASSiST: International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation- Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Koefoed, O. (Partner), Savova, N. D. (Partner), Cozzolino, F. (Partner), Radhika, P. N. (Partner) & Sanguinetti, I. (Partner) - 15.08.10 → 29.08.10 - Project: Teaching 
- Investigating Logistics: Lifestyles, Migration and the Common(s)- Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic) - 01.09.15 → 31.12.16 - Project: Scientific event 
- Jahrestagung des Fachverbands Kulturmanagement: Jahrestagung Fachverband Kulturmanagement- Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Coordination), Mandel, B. (Coordination), Kirchberg, V. (Coordination) & Ober-Heilig, N. (Project staff) - 01.06.11 → 30.06.12 - Project: Scientific event 
- Kommunikative Vermittlungsstrategien des Imaginären- Herbrik, R. (Project staff) & Soeffner, H.-G. (Project manager, academic) - 15.10.06 → 15.09.09 - Project: Research 
- ANTIRA: Konflikte um Antisemitismus und Rassismus. Aktuelle Kontroversen zwischen Solidarität und Instrumentalisierung in Deutschland- Karakayali, S. (Project manager, academic) & Opratko, B. (Project manager, academic) - 01.05.25 → 31.10.25 - Project: Research 
- KOSMOS Workshop "Cataloging Logistics 1: Migration, Humanitarism, Borders"- Bojadzijev, M. (Project manager, academic) - 25.05.16 → 27.05.16 - Project: Scientific event 
