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How Could Donald Trump and Brexit Happen?

September 20, 2017

Social Europe | In this spotlight video, Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer discusses the roots of populism with Peter Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies in the Department of Government and at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies of Harvard University. This conversation is also available as an audio podcast.



The focal point: White supremacy

August 15, 2017

Harvard Gazette | In an interview, Harvard sociologist Bart Bonikowski examines the seeming resurgence of white supremacist and nationalist groups in the wake of the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va.



Training Programs and Reporting Systems Won’t End Sexual Harassment. Promoting More Women Will

November 15, 2017

Harvard Business Review | By Frank Dobbin (Professor of Sociology, Harvard University) and Alexandra Kalev (Tel Aviv University).



Research: Hiring Chief Risk Officers Led Banks to Take on Even More Risk

July 13, 2017

Harvard Business Review | By Kim Pernell (University of Toronto), Jiwook Jung (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Frank Dobbin (Professor of Sociology, Harvard University). The authors discuss their findings, recently published in the American Sociological Review.
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National Academies Committee Meeting on the Impacts of Sexual Harassment in Academia

October 4, 2017

The National Academies  | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is undertaking a study on the impact of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. To advance this discussion, the Committee on the Impacts of Sexual Harassment in Academia held a half-day meeting in Boston. Harvard's Frank Dobbin, a Professor of Sociology whose research has examined discrimination in the workplace and diversity management, spoke in the opening session. View the conference materials and presentation videos online.



What Trump’s Campaign Speeches Show About His Lasting Appeal to the White Working Class

November 8, 2017

Harvard Business Review | By Michèle Lamont, Bo Yun Park, and Elena Ayala-Hurtado. Michèle Lamont is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African and African American studies. Bo Yun Park and Elena Ayala-Hurtado are PhD students in Sociology at Harvard.



The Big Picture: Social Solidarity

November 13, 2017

Public Books | By Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies. This is the 26th installment of The Big Picture, a public symposium on what’s at stake in Trump’s America, co-organized by Public Books and NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge.



The Big Picture: Multiracial Cooperation

October 9, 2017

Public Books | By William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. This is the first installment of The Big Picture, a public symposium on what’s at stake in Trump’s America, co-organized by Public Books and NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge.



What 'Me Too' Can Teach Men Who Are Willing To Listen

October 19, 2017

Time | By Mario Luis Small (PhD '01), Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology. Small is the author of Someone to Talk To, just published by Oxford University Press.



The Paradox of Confiding in (Near) Strangers

September 28, 2017

Psychology Today | Interview with Mario Luis Small about his new book, Someone To Talk To (Oxford University Press, 2017). Small (PhD '01) is Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology at Harvard.

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