Doctoral Program Sociology and Cultural Organization
The doctoral program Sociology and Cultural Organization is oriented towards sociology and social science based on cultural theory. Dissertation projects from this research area are being worked on and supervised. Their common ground is the sociological analysis of empirical cultural phenomena and questions of cultural theory; this approach is also extended to include inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives. Empirically, the focus is on qualitative methods of participatory observation, interviewing, and textual, visual, and data-based analysis, including 'mixed methods' as well as performative methods.
The research group cooperates with the DFG Graduate College Cultures of Criticism (KdK), especially with regard to research on social criticism, as well as with the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC) investigating sociality shaped by media technology as well as the organized nature of media technology apparatuses.
Every semester, the doctoral program organizes doctoral colloquia where ongoing work can be presented; guests are welcome to attend. For PhD students, there is also a range of methodological colloquia and additional courses that are accredited as part of the doctoral program.
Research Fields
- art organization, organizational art (esp. theater, literature, visual arts, museums)
- border and migration studies
- citizenship studies
- critical data studies
- critical racism research
- digital cultures
- political economy
- research on social movements
- science and technology studies
- social and political theory
- sociology of the arts and cultural fields
- sociology of organization, organization studies
- sociological theory of culture
- sociology of law and crime
- solitical sociology
- urban and spatial sociology, cultural organization and the city
Current dissertation projects
| Name | Titel | Betreuer*in |
| Felix Fink | Genealogie der Generationengerechtigkeit | Prof.in Dr.in Andrea Kretschmann |
| Thomas Heskia | Governance in der Darstellenden Kunst. Steuerung, Aufsicht und Machtgefüge öffentlicher Theater | Prof. Dr. Volker Kirchberg |
| Marie Hoop | Wissens- und Forschungspolitiken in den Künsten - Die Institutionalisierung von künstlerischer Forschung im deutschsprachigen Raum | Prof Dr. Ulf Wuggenig, Prof. Dr. Volker Kirchberg |
| Merle Ibach | Making Futures – Exploring Design Culture in Transition | Prof. Dr. Timon Beyes |
| Annika Lübben | Future-Making in Silicon Valley. Programmed Futures | Prof. Dr. Timon Beyes |
| Berit Merla | - | Prof.in Dr.in Andrea Kretschmann |
| Maja-Lee Voigt | Cities on Demand? Unboxing Urban Un_Certainties from Amazon's Algorithmic Architectures and Forecasted Futures | Prof. Dr. Armin Beverungen |
| Salah El-Kahil | Infrastructuring Identification and Citizenship | Prof. Dr. Stephan Scheel |
| Oisin O'Brien | Digital Identity and the Enactment of Trust Relations between the State and Citizens in Estonia | Prof. Dr. Stephan Scheel |
| Kelly Bescherer | Identity as Deportability: On Identitätsklärung as a Contested Practice of Control within the German-European Deportation Regime | Prof. Dr. Serhat Karakayali |
| Sifkar Etlar Frederiksen | Violence and Protection in Refugee Accomodations in Germany: Policies and Data Practices for Safety? | Prof. Dr. Stephan Scheel |
| Beyza Karayel | On the Outside Looking In: The Practices and Perceptions of Exiled Turkish Journalists in Germany | Prof. Dr. Serhat Karakayali |