RSS Economic Sociology Workshop

The economic sociology workshop serves as a forum for students and faculty in the areas of economic sociology and the sociology of organizations, both broadly defined.  We seek to explore the social organization of economic activity, at macro, meso, and micro levels of analysis, and engage in a wide variety of theoretical perspectives.  We are methodologically eclectic, representing network approaches, historical analysis, and ethnographic work, as well as research that is primarily theoretical in orientation.  Examples of our ongoing projects include a historical study of the emergence of the “economy” as an object of social knowledge, an analysis of the rise of new developing country powers in the World Trade Organization, an examination of how internal networks affect the productivity of nanotech firms in different environments, a mixed-methods study of social work organizations that provide care for both substance abuse and intimate partner violence, and a post-structuralist analysis of the work of Harrison White.

Presenters circulate a completed manuscript in the week prior to their talks. Student participants are expected to provide the speaker with an anonymous review of the manuscript (written in the form of a review for a scholarly journal) for each session. Presentations are interactive, with intensive questioning encouraged, as a means of preparing students for external talks, including job talks. We expect to meet approximately every other week during the term. Attendance at each session is mandatory.

Faculty participating in the Economic Sociology workshop include:  

Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Wayne Baker, Gerald Davis, Victoria Johnson, Greta Krippner (12-13 faculty organizer), Mark Mizruchi, Jason Owen-Smith, Jeffery Paige, Margaret Somers, Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Frederick Wherry, Mayer Zald

Graduate Students participating in the Economic Sociology workshop include: 

Elizabeth Armstrong, Jon Atwell, Erica Blom, Patricia Chen, Natalie Cotton, Maria Farkas, Russell Funk, Dan Hirschman, Mikell Hyman, Kristen Hopewell, Alwyn Lim, Kathy Lin, Todd Schifeling, Lotus Seeley

 

In 2012-13, this workshop is only being offered in the Winter semester.

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  • Economic Sociology Workshop

    "Durable Domination: Mechanisms of Elite Entrenchment" Read More
    Speaker: Johan Chu
    Date: 02/12/2013; 1:00PM to 2:30PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Economic Sociology Workshop

    "An Economy Free of Inequality? How Economics Rediscovered Income Distribution." Read More
    Speaker: Dan Hirschman
    Date: 02/26/2013; 1:00PM to 2:30PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Economic Sociology Workshop

    "A Dynamic Network Model of Group Problem Solving." Read More
    Speaker: Jon Atwell & Mark Mizruchi
    Date: 03/12/2013; 1:00PM to 2:30PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Economic Sociology Workshop

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    Speaker: Russ Funk
    Date: 03/26/2013; 1:00PM to 2:30PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Economic Sociology Workshop

    "Should birds of a feather flock together? Same nationality agglomeration as a constraint in international expansion." Read More
    Speaker: Heeyon Kim
    Date: 04/09/2013; 1:00PM to 2:30PM
    Location: 4154 LSA

  • Economic Sociology Workshop

    "The Ambiguities of Short Selling: Lessons from the Nineteenth Century Paris Stock Exchange" Read More
    Speaker: Paul Lagneau-Ymonet
    Date: 04/16/2013; 1:00PM to 2:30PM
    Location: 4154 LSA