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Timon Beyes is Professor of Sociology of Organization and Culture at Leuphana University Lüneburg. He is a founding director of Leuphana University's Centre for Digital Cultures, director of the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISCO), speaker of the Doctoral Program in Sociology and Cultural Organization and program director of the MA program in Culture and Organization. He is also affiliated with the Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, and acts as a Senior Editor for the journal Organization Studies.
Timon has a background in Sociology and Management Studies and has done his doctoral and post-doctoral research at the Institute of Sociology and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. From 2012-2017, he was full professor at Copenhagen Business School's Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy. He has held visiting professorships at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Université Paris Dauphine.
In his research, he seeks to reconsider organization as a primary concern of cultural theory, and cultural theory as a primary concern for the study of organization. Research areas include the fields of media culture, art and aesthetics, cities and publics as well as higher education.
External positions
Fractional Professorship, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
2017 → 2021
Affiliated External Faculty, Simon Fraser University
Keywords
- Sociology
- Digital media
- Organization studies
- Cultural Sociology
- digital cultures
- Culture and Space
- Education
- Entrepreneurship
- net culture
- digital culture
- Digital Media
- media culture
- media cultures
- media studies
- media theory
- new media
- social media
- Culture and Space
- Cultural studies
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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«Curtius Academy» im Rahmen des European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities (2023-2026)
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Steyaert, C. (Partner) & Holt, R. (Partner)
01.10.23 → 30.09.26
Project: Research
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TrICo Subprojekt - Community Art and Culture
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Cnossen, B. (Project manager, academic), Kuchar, R. (Project staff), Bartusch, L. (Project manager, academic), Schellmann, M. (Project staff) & Börner, S. (Project staff)
01.04.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
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Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
24.06.19 → …
Project: Research
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European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic), Metelmann, J. (Project manager, academic) & Johnsen, R. (Project manager, academic)
European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities
01.01.18 → 30.09.28
Project: Other
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Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy 2022-2024 (Fritz Thyssen Stiftung)
Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Pias, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.22 → 21.06.24
Project: Scientific event
Research output
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Rehearsing Organization: Art, eutopia, pre-enactment
Beyes, T. & Vilstrup Holm, D., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Organization Studies. 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Autonomie organisieren: Organisation als Medium der Kunst
Beyes, T., 09.12.2025, Kunstautonomie: Positionen zu einer Kontroverse. Feige, D. M. & Lüthy, M. (eds.). 1 ed. transcript Verlag, p. 73-90 17 p. (Philosophie – Aufklärung – Kritik; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Soziale Farbe (I): Mocha Mousse, die Unordnung der Farbe und die Ordnung des Sozialen
Beyes, T., 02.05.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 912, p. 39-49Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Soziale Farbe (II): Farbe an der Arbeit
Beyes, T., 07.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 914, p. 21-31 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Soziale Farbe (III): Blau machen
Beyes, T., 09.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 916, p. 50-60 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
Activities
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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
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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
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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
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Kurs - Organizing Culture
Beyes, T. (Speaker), Steyaert, C. (Speaker) & Schulze, J. (Speaker)
11.04.2023 → 15.04.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
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Situation, envelopment, attunement: A critique of organizational atmospherics
Beyes, T. (Speaker)
23.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Press/Media
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Etwas von der Offenheit und Undefiniertheit des Provisoriums beibehalten: ein Interview mit Timon Beyes
01.09.10
1 item of Media coverage
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Gespräch: Weniger planen, mehr zulassen
Beyes, T., Rinderknecht, M. & Carmine, G.
31.12.09
1 Media contribution
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