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The department continues a long history of studying economic and organizational phenomena from a sociological perspective. Research questions range from family decisions to immigrate to organizational strategies for profitability to national choices of welfare policies. The department sponsors the [MIT-Harvard Economic Sociology Seminar](http://ess-seminar.scripts.mit.edu/), the [Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Seminar](http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k83133), and the [Work, Organizations, and Markets Seminar](/faq/work-organizations-and-markets-seminar).

[Affiliated Graduate Students](/people/graduate-student-research-clusters/economic-sociology-organizations)



 

##  Associated Faculty 

 



  [### Laura Kremen Adler

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   [### Clem Aeppli

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   [### Clem Aeppli

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   [### Francisca Afantchao Biakou

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   [### David Laurence Ager

 ](/people/david-laurence-ager) 

   [### Joa Alexander

 ](/people/joa-alexander) 

   [### John Almandoz

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   [### Tally Amir

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   [### Weihua An

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   [### Aja Antoine-Jones

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   [### David Arbeláez

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   [### Asad L. Asad

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   [### Victoria S. Asbury-Kimmel

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   [### Victoria Asbury-Kimmel

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   [### Hero Ashman

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   [### Elena Ayala-Hurtado

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   [### Matthew Gerard Baggetta

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   [### Silvan Daniel Baier

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   [### Eun Se Baik

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   [### Christopher Andrew Bail

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##  News related to Economic Sociology & Organizations 

 



  [### Symposium on Patterson's Paradox of Freedom Published

 ](/news/2026/06/symposium-pattersons-paradox-freedom-published) June 15, 2026 

 The European Journal of Sociology has published the remarks delivered at a panel discussion on the life and work of Stone Program faculty affiliate Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. This event took place at... 

 

 

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   [### Ellis Monk awarded ASA Theory Section Award

 ](/news/2026/06/ellis-monk-awarded-asa-theory-section-award) June 08, 2026 

 American Sociology Association's Theory Section’s Lewis A Coser Award for Theoretical Agenda-Setting awarded to Professor Ellis Monk. Please see more about the award here . 

 

 

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   [### The Monk Skin Tone Scale now held in permanent collection of UK museum

 ](/news/2026/06/monk-skin-tone-scale-now-held-permanent-collection-uk-museum) June 02, 2026 

 Learn more about the Monk Skin Tone Scale, and the display at National Science and Media Museum Sound and Vision galleries. 

 

 

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   [### 2026 Sociology Undergraduate Thesis Prizes and Academic Awards

 ](/news/2026/05/2026-sociology-undergraduate-thesis-prizes-and-academic-awards-0) May 26, 2026 

 Students receive Fulton, Hoopes, Cummings, and Rose prizes for outstanding thesis work; Five students inducted to Phi Beta Kappa; Three students accepted to American Sociological Association 2026 Honors Program. Read more here. 

 

 

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   [### 2026 Sociology Undergraduate Thesis Prizes and Academic Awards

 ](/news/2026/05/2026-sociology-undergraduate-thesis-prizes-and-academic-awards) May 26, 2026 

 The department would like to congratulate the following students for their outstanding thesis work and academic achievements during the 2026 academic year: Fulton Prize Each year the Albert M. Fulton, Class of 1897, Prize is presented to the senior who... 

 

 

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##  Related Publications 

 



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Winship, C., Staubmann, H., & Lidz, V. (2018). [Inchoate Situations and Extra-Rational Behavior](/publications/inchoate-situations-and-extra-rational-behavior). In *Rationality in the Social Sciences* (pp. 223-243). Springer International Publishing.



 

 

Winship, C., Staubmann, H., & Lidz, V. (2018). [Inchoate Situations and Extra-Rational Behavior](/publications/inchoate-situations-and-extra-rational-behavior). In *Rationality in the Social Sciences* (pp. 223-243). Springer International Publishing.



 

 

 

 

Small, M. L. (2017). *[Someone to Talk To](/publications/someone-talk)*. Oxford University Press.



 

 

Small, M. L. (2017). *[Someone to Talk To](/publications/someone-talk)*. Oxford University Press.



 

 

 

 

Buffel, V., Beckfield, J., & Bracke, P. (2017). [The Institutional Foundations of Medicalization: A Comparative Approach to Medicalizing Unemployment.](/publications/institutional-foundations-medicalization-comparative-approach-medicalizing) *Journal of Health and Social Behavior*, *58*, 272-90.



 

 

Buffel, V., Beckfield, J., & Bracke, P. (2017). [The Institutional Foundations of Medicalization: A Comparative Approach to Medicalizing Unemployment.](/publications/institutional-foundations-medicalization-comparative-approach-medicalizing) *Journal of Health and Social Behavior*, *58*, 272-90.



 

 

 

 

 



 

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