Inaugurated at the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1997, the Economic Sociology Seminar aims to be the home for cutting-edge economic sociology in the greater Boston social science research community. Since 2003, the seminar has been jointly run by...
Research Interests: Work and organizations; Inequality and stratification; Political sociology; Care labor; Technology; Culture; Mixed methods
Nayun Eom is a doctoral student in Sociology. Her research spans the sociology of politics, science and...
(Sociology, June 2004)
Thesis Title: The Burning Man Organization Grows Up: Blending Bureaucratic and Alternative Structures
Committee: Peter V. Marsden (chair), J. Richard Hackman, David John Frank
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Derek Bok Teaching...
(Sociology, May 2011)
Thesis Title: Motherhood, Inc.: Cultural and Organizational Dynamics in the Commercialization of Personal Life
Committee: Orlando Patterson (Chair), Mary C. Brinton, Jocelyn Viterna, and Ezra W. Zuckerman (MIT)
Initial Placement: Assis...
Research Interests: Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Organizations, Political Economy, Industrial Relations, Labor/Social Movements
Jeremy Mopsick is a PhD student in Sociology. Jeremy is broadly interested in how work can be structured to be...
Research interests: Economic Inequality, Social Stratification, Education, Gender and Work, Quantitative Methods, Organization, Social Demography
Jen-Chen Chao is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard University and a Doctoral Trainee at the Center for...
Sören Tumeltshammer is a sociologist interested in how organizations shape social inequality, with a particular focus on gender, family, and the labor market. He is a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University (Fall 2026) and a PhD candidate in Sociology at...
Research Interests: Education Reform, Organizational and Economic Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Accountability and Governance, Research Practice Partnerships, Research Methods
Marissa Combs is a PhD student in Sociology, a PIER Fellow at the Center for...
