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
33th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2017
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
33th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2017
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
06.07.2017 → 08.07.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
35th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2019
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
04.06.2019 → 06.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. Workshop des Arbeitskreises Digitalisierung und Organisation der Sektion Organisationssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - 2021
Beverungen, A. (Speaker), Beyes, T. (Speaker) & Conrad, L. (Speaker)
30.09.2021 → 01.10.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
8th Organizations, Artifacts and Practices Workshop - OAP 2018
Conrad, L. (Participant)
21.06.2018 → 22.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Academic Space
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
25.02.2016 → 26.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Aesthetics, Affect and the Good Organization
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
07.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
After the Revolution: On Digital Cultures
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
07.04.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Annäherung an eine Soziologie der Entnetzung - Analognostalgie und Räumlichkeit
Wieghorst, C. (Speaker)
27.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Architecture and Culture (Journal)
Jorgensen, L. (Editorial Board)
01.06.2021 → 28.05.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Art/Activism
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
20.10.2016 → 21.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Art, aesthetics and organization: a research seminar
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
12.02.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
BA Seminar: Aesthetics and Marketing - 2016
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
01.04.2016 → 15.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
BA Seminar: Cultural Entrepreneurship - 2016
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
01.04.2016 → 15.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
BA Seminar "Strategische Herausforderungen in Nonprofit-Organisationen" - 2005
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
01.04.2004 → 15.07.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
BA Seminar: Theories of Contemporary Society II
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
01.04.2016 → 15.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Wieghorst, C. (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Beyes, T. (Office)
01.2013 → 10.2021Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Pias, C. (Chair) & Beyes, T. (Chair)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Cities and Creativity: Urban Ethnographies MA Seminar - 2018
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
01.04.2005 → 15.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Colloquium social critique - 2017
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
15.10.2017 → 01.02.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Colour is as colour does: Green and social ordering
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
19.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology - EASST 2018
Conrad, L. (Organiser)
25.07.2018 → 28.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference - Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy 2022
Beyes, T. (Organiser) & Pias, C. (Organiser)
20.06.2022 → 24.06.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Conference - Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy 2023:
Beyes, T. (Speaker) & Pias, C. (Speaker)
25.06.2023 → 30.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Conference - Stanford-Leuphana Winter Academy 2021 - Technologies of Bureaucracy
Beyes, T. (Speaker) & Pias, C. (Speaker)
13.12.2021 → 17.12.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Copenhagen Business School (External organisation)
Beyes, T. (Office)
04.2013 → 10.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Course/Conference - European Summer Academy 2019 - Be creative!
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
26.05.2019 → 31.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Course/Conference - European Summer Academy 2020 - Don't be evil.
Beyes, T. (Speaker), Schellmann, M. (Speaker), Schulz, F. (Speaker) & Calcagno, M. (Speaker)
24.05.2020 → 29.05.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Course/Conference - European Summer Academy 2021: Mapping Entrepreneurial Neighbourhoods
Beyes, T. (Speaker), Steyaert, C. (Speaker), Schellmann, M. (Speaker), Calcagno, M. (Speaker), Blanc, A. (Speaker) & Joergensen, L. (Speaker)
17.05.2021 → 21.05.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Course/Conference - European Summer Academy 2022
Beyes, T. (Speaker), Steyaert, C. (Speaker), Schellmann, M. (Speaker), Calcagno, M. (Speaker) & Holt, R. (Speaker)
29.05.2022 → 03.06.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Course/Conference - European Summer Academy 2023
Beyes, T. (Speaker), Steyaert, C. (Speaker), Schellmann, M. (Speaker) & Calcagno, M. (Speaker)
29.05.2023 → 03.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Course/Conference - European Winter Academy 2021 - Organizing Museums in Digital Cultures.
Beyes, T. (Speaker), Steyaert, C. (Speaker), Schellmann, M. (Speaker), Schulze, J. (Speaker) & Joergensen, L. (Speaker)
07.11.2021 → 12.11.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Creativity and Social Organization MA Seminar - 2018
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
01.04.2018 → 15.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
‘Critical Atmospheres'
Jorgensen, L. (Speaker)
21.04.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical Socio-Political-Organization in Digital Cultures
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
11.01.2018 → 12.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Data & Drama - 2019
Conrad, L. (Speaker), Heinrichs, R. (Speaker) & Cnossen, B. (Speaker)
10.04.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)
Wieghorst, C. (Member)
2019Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Digital Cultures MA Seminar - 2019
Beyes, T. (Organiser)
15.10.2017 → 01.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Digital Cultures Research Lab (Organisational unit)
Pias, C. (Chair), Bachmann, G. (Chair), Beyes, T. (Chair) & Leeker, M. (Chair)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Digitalization – a panel discussion with Andrus Ansip (European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission)
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
21.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Digitox seminar January 2021: How to study disconnection and detox? A panel on challenges and opportunities of larger projects
Wieghorst, C. (Speaker)
13.01.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: New transparency, new opacity
Conrad, L. (Speaker)
27.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization (Journal)
Conrad, L. (Editorial Board)
01.04.2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)
Beyes, T. (Chair)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Flat, intense and shiny: The colour chart’s aesthetics of organizing
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
08.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Going adrift in dystopian conditions: Organizing protest and resistance in present-day Russia
Kalinina, A. (Speaker) & Beyes, T. (Speaker)
18.05.2023 → 20.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Human Relations (Journal)
Jorgensen, L. (Editorial Board)
01.09.2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Imaginaries of Disconnection
Wieghorst, C. (Speaker)
02.10.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research