Interim Professor of Comparative and Transnational Sociology

Research

Particular research foci:

• Theories of society and theorizing change in society
• Understanding current social transformations, especially in relation to processes of transnationalization and globalization
• Sociology of Europe, in particular the tensions between Europeanization and regionalization/re-nationalization as well as the structures of European governance
• Contemporary epistdemic cultures, with special focus on new cultures of work and expert cultures as well as social transformations relating to increasing scientization and digitalization of society
• Transformations of politics and government in contemporary society, especially at the example of changing modes of political governance and expertise
• Classical and current issues of economic sociology and sociology of development

 

Current research project:

EU Professionalism. A qualitative study of different forms of EU-related expertise

This research project is a sub-project of the research group „Horizontal Europeanization” funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) between 2012-2018. I coordinate this project together with Steffen Mau from Humboldt University Berlin.