3 Questions for Gil Eyal
How did you get into Sociology? Like a lot of other sociologists, accidentally. Few people grow up wanting to be sociologists. In my case, I came out of three years…
Kohli Fellowship 2024: Alexander Hoppe
After announcing the laureates of the Kohli Prize for Sociology and the Infrastructure Prize for Sociology 2024 in the last two weeks, we are pleased to present this year’s Kohli…
Kohli Prize for Sociology 2024: Michèle Lamont
The Kohli Foundation for Sociology is delighted to announce this year's laureate of the Kohli Prize for Sociology. This year's prize goes to Michèle Lamont. With her path-breaking comparative research…
Infrastructure Prize for Sociology 2024: European Social Survey
The Kohli Foundation for Sociology is delighted to announce this year's laureate of the Infrastructure Prize for Sociology. This year's prize goes to the European Social Survey (ESS) represented by…
Award Ceremony 2023
The first Kohli Foundation Award Ceremony was held on 8 November 2023 at the European University Institute (EUI) and celebrated Kathleen Mullan Harris and Gøsta Esping-Andersen for their remarkable contributions…
3 Questions for Fabrizio Bernardi
How did you get into Sociology? I received my bachelor’s degree in social statistics and demography. My original intention was to study historical demography, or history in general - at…
3 Questions for Heike Solga
How did you get into Sociology? For a better understanding of the following, it is important to know that I was born, went to school and graduated in East Germany…
Sociological Trivia…
... this quote is taken from an interview with Marie Jahoda, who is probably best known in Sociology for her engagement of the famous ‘Marienthal Study’. For years Jahoda, her…
3 Questions for Randall Collins
How did you get into Sociology? When I went to Harvard University in 1959-63, I found all sorts of courses that did not exist in secondary school: philosophy, psychology, anthropology,…