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.

 

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    Das Wuchern der Gefahr. Einige gesellschaftstheoretische Anmerkungen zur Novelle des Sicherheitspolizeigesetzes 2012

    Kretschmann, A., 2022, Kriminologische Diskussionstexte II: Kontrolieren und Überwachen. Legnaro, A. & Klimke, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden : Springer VS, Vol. II. p. 139-156 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Das Weltsystem Des Erdöls Eine theoretisch-empirische Skizze

    Zündorf, L., 01.09.2003, In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 55, 3, p. 421-446 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Das Weltsystem des Erdöls: Entstehungszusammenhang, Funktionsweise, Wandlungstendenzen

    Zündorf, L., 01.01.2008, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 309 p. (Neue Bibliothek der Sozialwissenschaften)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Das unternehmerische Selbst? zur Realpolitik der Humankapitalproduktion

    Prinz, S. & Wuggenig, U., 2007, Michel Foucaults "Geschichte der Gouvernementalität" in den Sozialwissenschaften. Krasmann, S. & Volkmer, M. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 239-265 27 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Das System der internationalen Erdölindustrie: eine theoretisch-empirische Skizze

    Zündorf, L., 2002, 1. ed., Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 46 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 269).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Das Spiel in der Gesellschaft

    Runkel, G., 2003, Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag. 141 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Das Soziale ohne Grenzen? Eine historisch-wissenssoziologische Analyse zu den Grenzen der Sozialwelt in der Frühen Neuzeit

    Lüdtke, N., 2015, Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft. 300 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Das Ritual als Verfahren: Zur performativen Herstellung intangibler Ordnung

    Schrage, D., 2003, Kunst, Macht und Institution: Studien zur Philosophischen Anthropologie, Soziologischen Theorie und Kultursoziologie der Moderne. Fischer, J. & Joas, H. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: Campus Verlag, p. 198-208 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Das Museum als öffentlicher Raum in der Stadt

    Kirchberg, V., 2010, Museumsanalyse: Methoden und Konturen eines neuen Forschungsfeldes. Baur, J. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 231-266 36 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Das modernisierte Patriarchat: neue Väter und alte Probleme

    Burkart, G., 2007, In: WestEnd. 4, 1, p. 82-91 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Das Management der Kunden: Studien zur Soziologie des Shopping

    Hellmann, K.-U. (Editor) & Schrage, D. (Editor), 2005, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 230 p. (Konsumsoziologie und Massenkultur)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Das Kreischen der Sirenen1

    von Xylander, C., 08.2023, In: Argument. 65, 1, p. 59-69 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Das ‚hybride Subjekt’: ein klassifikatorisches Modell kultureller Modernisierung

    Schrage, D., 01.01.2008, In: Soziologische Revue. 31, 1, p. 34-42 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Das Handy: Vom Instrument der Mikrokoordination zur universellen Kontrollmaschine

    Burkart, G., 2010, Welt in der Hand: Zur globalen Alltagskultur des Mobiltelefons. Yoshida, M., Mennicke-Schwarz, C., Feigelfeld, P. & Wenzel, J. (eds.). 1. ed. Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 474-497 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Das Arbiträre und das Universelle: Über Pierre Bourdieus Soziologie der Kunst

    Wuggenig, U., 2015, Pierre Bourdieu. Kunst und Kultur: Kunst und künstlerisches Feld. Schriften zur Kultursoziologie 4. Schultheis, F. & Egger, S. (eds.). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag, Vol. 12.2. p. 480-546 67 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Currating

    Beyes, T., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 109-113 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Curatorial Practices of the ‘Global’: Toward a Decolonial Turn in Museums in Berlin and Hamburg?

    Gaupp, L., Abramjan, A., Akinay, F. M., Hilgert, K., Mulder, A. C., Schmidt, R., Schnitzler, V., Thurich, O., Tiemon, L., Wurl, S. & Zimmermann, M., 2020, In: Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy. 6, 2, p. 107-138 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Culture-specific objectives of change communication: An intercultural perspective

    Yüksek, S. & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., 2013, In: Journal of Management and Change. 1/2, 30/31, p. 180-193 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cultures of sustainability and the aesthetics of the pattern that connects

    Kagan, S., 01.12.2010, In: Futures. 42, 10, p. 1094-1101 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cultures of rejection in the Covid-19 crisis

    Opratko, B., Bojadzijev, M., Bojanic, S. M., Fiket, I., Harder, A., Jonsson, S., Necak, M., Neegard, A., Ortega Soto, C., Pudar Drasko, G., Sauer, B. & Stojanovic Cehajic, K., 09.04.2021, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 44, 5, p. 893-905 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cultures of rejection at work: Investigating the acceptability of authoritarian populism

    Harder, A. & Opratko, B., 01.06.2022, In: Ethnicities. 22, 3, p. 425-445 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Culture in sustainable urban development: Practices and policies for spaces of possibility and institutional innovations

    Kagan, S., Hauerwaas, A., Holz, V. & Wedler, P., 01.06.2018, In: City, Culture, and Society. 13, p. 32-45 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Culture and the arts in sustainable development: Rethinking sustainability research

    Kagan, S., 03.09.2018, Cultural Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences. Meireis, T. & Rippl, G. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 127-139 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Culture and sustainable development in the city: Urban spaces of possibilities

    Kagan, S. (Editor), 05.08.2022, Taylor and Francis Inc. 268 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Cultural Consumption Analysis: Beyond Structure and Agency

    Kirchberg, V., 01.03.2007, In: Cultural Sociology. 1, 1, p. 115-135 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Critique of Creativity: Precarity, Subjectivity and Resistance in the 'Creative Industries´

    Raunig, G. (Editor), Ray, G. (Editor) & Wuggenig, U. (Editor), 2011, London: MayflyBooks. 216 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Crime Narratives as narratives of Order

    Kretschmann, A. & Legnaro, A., 17.04.2024, The Perfect Crime: Concering the Murder of Reality. Staiger, J. A. & Uchtmann, M. (eds.). Stockholm: Kult Books, p. 87-90 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Creativity in the ‘spaces of hope’: interactions between mega-projects and social struggles in Hamburg

    Animento, S., 06.2015, In: TERRITORIO (Milano). 73, p. 30-38 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Creativity in Spaces of Possibilities for Sustainable Urban Development: An Empirical Study of Four Cultural Initiatives in Hanover, Germany

    Kagan, S., 11.2021, In: World Futures. 77, 7, p. 481-507 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    'Creativity and Innovation' in the Nineteenth Century: Harrison C. White and the Impressionist Revolution Reconsidered

    Wuggenig, U., 2011, Critique of Creativity: Precarity, Subjectivity and Resistance in the `Creative Industries´. Raunig, G., Ray, G. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). London: MayflyBooks, p. 57-75 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Creative Work, Self-Organizing, and Autonomist Potentiality: Snapshots taken from Amsterdam's art factories

    Cnossen, B., 01.04.2021, In: European Journal of Cultural Studies. 24, 2, p. 394-410 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Creative Cities and (Un)Sustainability: From Creative Class to Sustainable Creative Cities

    Kagan, S. & Hahn, J., 08.03.2011, In: Culture and Local Governance / Culture et gouvernance locale. 3, 1-2, p. 11-27 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Creating Social Existence Through Law. Laypeople’s Successful Struggle for a Certificate of Miscarriage

    Böcker, J., 2024, Laypeople in Law: Sociolegal Perspectives.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    COVID Capitalism: The Contested Logistics of Migrant Labour Supply Chains in the Double Crisis

    Scheel, S., Álvarez Velasco, S. & De Genova, N., 05.2024, In: Politics. 44, 2, p. 175-187 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

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    Covid Arts - The Show Must Go On(line) - Music in Quarantine

    Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kirchberg, V., 2021, In: The European Sociologist . 46, 2

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Corporate Design/Corporate Aesthetics

    Behnke, C., 2007, Skulptur-Projekte Münster 07. Franzen, B., König, K. & Plath, C. (eds.). Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, p. 344-345 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Corporate art collecting: A survey of German-speaking companies

    Behnke, C., 01.09.2007, In: The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. 37, 3, p. 225-244 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Container und Algorithmen: Zur Mobilität von Waren und Menschen

    Altenried, M., 2018, Holen und Bringen: Werkleitz Festival 2018. Renner, K. & Schickedanz, J. (eds.). Wien: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, p. 12 -25 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Constructing Audiences, Defining Art: Public Art and Social Research

    Buchholz, L. & Wuggenig, U., 2002, In: transversal / EIPCP multilingual webjournal. 2002, 1, 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Constructing Audiences, Defining Art: The Field Experiment of the Open Public Library

    Buchholz, L. & Wuggenig, U., 2016, In: Journal of Visual Art Practise. 12, p. 12-21 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Connections, Seilschaften und Verbindungen: Zur Relevanz des Netzwerkbegriffs im Kunstfeld - ein Gespräch von Pascal Jurt mit Ulf Wuggenig

    Wuggenig, U. & Jurt, P., 2011, In: Springerin : Hefte für Gegenwartskunst. 17, 4, p. 40 - 44 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Transfer

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    Conclusion: The City as Space of Possibilities

    Kagan, S. & Kirchberg, V., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 222-234 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Concept Maps in der Hochschullehre: Funktionen und Anwendungsszenarien mit Hilfe von CmapTools

    Müller, T., 2012

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsEducation

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    Complexity as experience: The contribution of aesthetics to cultures of sustainability

    Kagan, S., 2015, An introduction to sustainability and aesthetics: the arts and design for the environment. Crouch, C., Kaye, N. & Crouch, J. (eds.). Boca Raton, Florida: BrownWalker Press, p. 25-32 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    “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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Colour Chart

    Beyes, T., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 125-135 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Colour and Organization Studies

    Beyes, T., 01.10.2017, In: Organization Studies. 38, 10, p. 1467 - 1482 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review