Professur für Soziologie der Organisation und der Kultur

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

The research field Sociology of Organization and Culture is dedicated to the interdependency of organization and culture. Organization is conditioned by culture. Forms and processes of organizing are based on cultural dispositions of experiencing, feeling, thinking and acting, and therefore on material, media-technological, spatial, and affective ordering modes and power relations. At the same time, the study of cultural practices and orders requires an organizational perspective. Culture is made manifest and changes on the level of organized and organizing interaction, cooperation and struggle.

Understanding organization through cultural theory (and culture through organization theory) thus denotes a broad approach to the ordering and disordering of the social. This approach is positioned in and at the margins of organizational and cultural sociology and the field of Organization Studies; and at the intersections with cultural theory, literary and media studies, art theory, human geography, and cultural anthropology.

The main research areas include:

  • old and new forms and processes of organizing art and culture
  • artistic engagements with, and reflections of, modes of organization (in literature, theatre, and the visual arts)
  • urban culture and organization: the spatial and urban constitution and contestation of organizational processes
  • the affective and atmospheric constitution of organization
  • colour as force and medium of organizing
  • the interdependency of organization and technology in and before the age of "digital cultures"
  • publics, counterpublics and politics of organizing
  • ethnographic, experimental and performative approaches to social and cultural research
  • the reorganization of university teaching and learning

Main research areas

Die kulturwissenschaftlich verstandene Organisationsforschung (bzw. die organisationstheoretisch verstandene Kulturwissenschaft) bezeichnet damit eine breit gefasste Herangehensweise an die Ordnung und Unordnung und an das alltägliche Geordnet-Werden des Sozialen. Sie arbeitet in und an den Rändern der Organisations- und Kultursoziologie sowie der internationalen Organization Studies; und an den Schnittstellen zu Kulturtheorie, Literatur- und Medienwissenschaft, Kunsttheorie, Humangeographie und Kulturanthropologie.

Die Schwerpunkte des Forschungsbereichs Soziologie der Organisation und der Kultur umfassen:

  • das Wechselverhältnis von Organisation und Medientechnik in und vor der Epoche „digitaler Kulturen“ und ihre gesellschaftlichen und politischen Konsequenzen
  • alte und neue Formen und Prozesse der Kunst- und Kulturorganisation sowie die künstlerische Bearbeitung und Reflexion von Organisationsweisen und Organisationskomplexen insb. in Literatur, Theater und bildender Kunst
  • die räumliche und städtische Konstitution und Umkämpftheit von Organisationsprozessen
  • die affektive und atmosphärische Konstitution und Kraft von Organisationsweisen
  • die Farbe als Kraft und Medium des Organisierens
  • alte und neue Ansätze ethnographischer, experimenteller und performativer Sozial- und Kulturforschung
  • die Reorganisation universitären Lehrens und Lernens, insb. hinsichtlich der Erkundung von Räumen und Atmosphären der Lehre
  1. Imagining 'Off the Grid'

    Wieghorst, C. (Speaker)

    07.05.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Im Kreativitätsdispositiv

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    06.10.201607.10.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  3. Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (Organisational unit)

    Beyes, T. (Office)

    10.2018 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  4. Intendanz vs. kollaborative Leitungsmodelle

    Beyes, T. (Speaker)

    16.11.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  5. Internationa Conference Digital Cultures

    Vehlken, S. (Speaker) & Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    19.09.201822.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. It’s all method – Schmitz and Neo-phenomenology

    Jorgensen, L. (Speaker)

    20.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Kafka’s bestiary of organizing

    Holt, R. D. (Coauthor) & Beyes, T. (Coauthor)

    06.07.201708.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Kafka’s bestiary of organizing

    Holt, R. D. (Coauthor) & Beyes, T. (Coauthor)

    10.11.201612.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Knowing Colour - 2018/19

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    15.10.201801.02.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  10. Kurs - Organizing Culture

    Beyes, T. (Speaker), Steyaert, C. (Speaker) & Schulze, J. (Speaker)

    11.04.202315.04.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  11. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Beyes, T. (Office)

    11.201012.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  12. Lives of the secret: Rimini Protokoll’s Top Secret International (State 1)

    Beyes, T. (Coauthor)

    08.06.201711.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Luftrummets organisering

    Jorgensen, L. (Speaker)

    08.11.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  14. Management Communication Quarterly (Journal)

    Jorgensen, L. (Reviewer)

    01.10.202407.11.2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  15. Management Learning (Journal)

    Jorgensen, L. (Editorial Board)

    16.04.202130.03.2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  16. MA Seminar: The Politics of Organization - WiSe 2014/2015

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    15.10.201401.02.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  17. Medienorganisationstheorie

    Beyes, T. (Coauthor)

    18.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  18. Michael Warner,Publics and Counterpublics (2002)

    Beyes, T. (Speaker)

    17.01.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  19. New Forms of Organizing Culture MA Seminar - 2017/18

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    15.10.201701.02.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  20. Niklas Luhmann am OVG Lüneburg.

    Beyes, T. (Speaker)

    05.12.201706.12.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Organisation im soziotechnischen Gemenge

    Conrad, L. (Oral presentation)

    16.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  22. Organization (Journal)

    Conrad, L. (Editor), Beverungen, A. (Editor) & Beyes, T. (Editor)

    2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  23. Organization (Journal)

    Jorgensen, L. (Editorial Board)

    27.06.202230.09.2023

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  24. Organization Studies (Journal)

    Beyes, T. (Editorial Board)

    2017 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  25. Organization Studies (Journal)

    Beyes, T. (Editor)

    2019 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  26. Organization Studies (Journal)

    Beyes, T. (Editorial Board)

    2020 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  27. Organization Studies (Journal)

    Jorgensen, L. (Reviewer)

    16.05.202527.06.2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  28. Organization Studies Workshop: Technology and organization - 2019

    Wieghorst, C. (Speaker)

    23.05.201925.05.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Organization Studies Workshop: Technology and organization - 2019

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    23.05.201925.05.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  30. Organization theory and the politics of space

    Beyes, T. (Speaker)

    15.02.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  31. Organize: Satin Island.

    Beyes, T. (Speaker)

    19.04.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  32. Ouvroir de recherche potentielle

    Jorgensen, L. (Speaker)

    22.03.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  33. Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology and Organization Studies Writing Workshop

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    19.10.201720.10.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  34. Paper, pegboard, software: Elements of a media theory of organization

    Conrad, L. (presenter) & Beyes, T. (Coauthor)

    06.07.201708.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Philosophy, Technology and Organization Studies

    Beyes, T. (Panel participant)

    07.07.201609.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  36. Presenting paper 'Writing Organization Atmospherically'

    Jorgensen, L. (Speaker)

    06.07.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. Prototyping sustainable futures

    Jorgensen, L. (Speaker)

    23.09.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. Rethinking Management Education: Theories, Practices, Interventions 2017

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    01.04.201715.07.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  39. Rethinking Management Education? The Role of the Humanities

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    15.05.201416.05.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  40. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Beyes, T. (Member)

    10.2020 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  41. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Beyes, T. (Member)

    04.201803.2022

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  42. Senat (Organisational unit)

    Beyes, T. (Member)

    04.2020 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  43. Situation, envelopment, attunement: A critique of organizational atmospherics

    Beyes, T. (Speaker)

    23.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  44. Sloterdijk’s Plural Spherology and its potential for Organization Studies - 2018

    Beyes, T. (Organiser)

    15.10.201701.02.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  45. Social atmospherics and the question of organization

    Beyes, T. (Coauthor)

    10.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  46. Squirreling myself away from the world: Silence and fieldnotes

    Conrad, L. (Speaker)

    10.04.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  47. Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy 2019

    Beyes, T. (Organiser), Pias, C. (Organiser) & Pinkrah, N. Y. (Organiser)

    24.06.201928.06.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  48. Stanford-Leuphana Winter Academy 2021

    Wieghorst, C. (Participant)

    13.12.202115.12.2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  49. sub-theme convenor: Digital Capitalism: Grappling with Silicon Valley

    Beyes, T. (Speaker), Beverungen, A. (Speaker) & Bialski, P. (Speaker)

    07.07.202209.07.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  50. Surveillance Capitalism. Überwachen und unterhalten

    Beyes, T. (Speaker)

    14.12.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch