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Economics to Sociology Phrasebook

Posted on August 29, 2017 by

In 1990, two economics PhD students at University of Chicago, Jeffrey A. Smith and Kermit Daniel, got bored hanging out with their fellow tiresome economists and boldly decided to graze in new attractive fields. Sensibly skipping over political scientists and anthropologists, Smith and Daniel (the … Continue reading →

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Theodor Adorno on the division between economics and sociology

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

In May-July 1968, Theodor W. Adorno, an eminent philosopher, sociologist and one of the founders of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, gave his last lecture series which were published in 2000 as Introduction to Sociology. In these accessible and lucid … Continue reading →

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Statisticism: the erroneous notion that computing is doing research

Posted on June 5, 2016 by

Notes on Social Measurement: Historical and Critical is a major and insightful book by a distinguished American sociologist Otis Dudley Duncan (1921-2004) published in 1984. Duncan has introduced many statistical techniques to sociology, and studied mainly intergenerational occupational mobility. In a paper “Otis Dudley Duncan, quantitative sociologist … Continue reading →

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Science is at your feet: Political Science and Sociology’s Most Cited Papers from Each Decade since the 1950s

Posted on December 1, 2014 by

Using the Web of Science database, Jim Moody (Sociology, Duke University) and Charles Breton (Political Science, University of British Columbia) took the most-cited papers in their respective disciplines, and produced a Top 10 list for each decade going back to … Continue reading →

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Zygmunt Bauman: “Sociologizing makes sense only in as far as it helps humanity.”

Posted on November 14, 2014 by

Zygmunt Bauman: “…Sociologizing makes sense only in as far as it helps humanity.” in: Beilharz, Peter. 2001. The Bauman Reader. Oxford: Blackwell. (p. 335)

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On economists, sociologists and evil – an anecdote :-) and an insight from Paul Krugman

Posted on November 2, 2014 by

Professor Paul Krugman: “When I went to graduate school, I took international trade from Jagdish Bhagwati who explained to his class his personal theory of reincarnation which was that if you are a good economist, the virtuous economist, you are … Continue reading →

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How to theorize a research? Richard Swedberg’s “The Art of Social Theory” is a unique book about the craft of theorizing

Posted on November 1, 2014 by

In the social sciences today, students are taught theory by reading and analyzing the works of Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi, Max Weber and other classics. What they rarely learn, however, is how to actually theorize. The Art of Social Theory is … Continue reading →

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Sociologists are here to stay! We won’t be defeated by computers! :-)

Posted on August 16, 2014 by

According to the study on computerization of work, the likelihood of Sociologists to be replaced by machines is only 0.059 (Hooray!), for Economists that is 0.43, Computer Programmers 0.48, Stock Clerks / Building Inspectors is 0.64, Property/Real Estate Managers is … Continue reading →

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Are you interested in grabbing a green tea or Asahi together at the International Sociological Association Congress in Yokohama?

Posted on July 4, 2014 by

I’m exciting to be heading to the International Sociological Association Congress in Yokohama, Japan. If you’ll be there too and you’re interested in saying hello/kon’nichiwa or grabbing a green tea or Asahi together, feel free to email me (komlik@gmail.com). We’ll try to stretch the … Continue reading →

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Add your PhD dissertation in sociology abstract and short info about yourself to the International Sociological Association website

Posted on May 29, 2014 by

Join us in creating a global community of Junior Sociologists! The International Sociological Association has recently launched a new initiative to create a global community of junior sociologists who are working on their PhD dissertations or have completed them in the last … Continue reading →

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