Prof. Dr. John Levi Martin

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietSoziologische Theorie
KeywordsFeldtheorie, political psychology, Soziale Netzwerke

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtChicago
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
Institut/AbteilungSociology Department

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Priv. Doz. Dr. Jan Arendt FuhseBerlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.11.2016

Programm(e)

2016Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Martin is one of the most important and influential sociologists of his generation. He pioneers quantitative techniques to study social structures from relationship networks in communes to political voting patterns. In addition, he develops pragmatist foundations for sociology, formulating a social aesthetics of how actors behave and relate to each other in diverse social fields. In Germany, Professor Martin focuses on the political field, from its conceptualization to empirical case studies.