In short
Dr. Sacha Kagan
- Research associate at the Leuphana University Lueneburg, ISCO (Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization) – or ISKO in German (“Institut für Soziologie und Kulturorganisation”); formerly: Institute of Cultural Theory, Research, and the Arts (IKKK) – Since 2005
- Research associate at the Leuphana University Lueneburg, “Global Classroom” project – Since Nov. 2012
- Founding Coordinator of Cultura21 International – ‘Cultural Fieldworks for Sustainability’: a network gathering artists, scientists and other cultural practitioners engaged for cultures of sustainability – Since 2007
- Founding member of Cultura21 in Germany (Institut Cultura21 e.V.) – Since 2006 (member of the board as vice-pres. since Dec. 2010)
- Founding Director of the International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation (ASSiST) – Since 2010
- Member of the European Sociological Association (ESA), Research Networks Sociology of the Arts and Sociology of Culture – and Member of the Board of the ESA Research Network Sociology of the Arts – Since 2011
- Member of the ecoart collective (ecoartnetwork.org) – Since 2011
- Member of the walking artists network (WAN) – Since 2013
- Former member of the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) – 2009-2011
- Ph.D (Doktor der Philosophie), summa cum laude, at the Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany), Faculty of Cultural Sciences (‘Kulturwissenschaften’). Theme: “Art and (Un-)Sustainability”- 2011
Areas of interest
My main research and action area is the transdisciplinary field of “arts and (un-)sustainability”. Some of my other areas of work and interest include the sociology of arts and culture, cultural economics, dance studies, documentary film, sustainability and sustainable development.
CV, Publications and more
Please visit my page on the website of the Leuphana University Lüneburg, to view my lists of publications, presentations at conferences and a CV : Click here
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