Mustafa Emirbayer

Mustafa Emirbayer
Born
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis (B.A.)
Harvard University (M.A.) (Ph.D.)
Known forSocial network analysis, relational sociology
AwardsLewis A. Coser Award, Clifford Geertz Award
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Doctoral advisorNathan Glazer
Other academic advisorsTheda Skocpol, Daniel Bell, David Riesman
Doctoral studentsMatthew Desmond, Mimi Sheller, Jacques Berlinerblau, Shamus Khan

Mustafa Emirbayer is an American sociologist and professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is known for his theoretical contributions to social network analysis, and is "one of the most vocal advocates of the relational approach in the social sciences."[1] In 2009 he won the Lewis A. Coser Award for Theoretical Agenda-Setting from the American Sociological Association.

  1. ^ Erikson, Emily (2013). "Formalist and relationalist theory in social network analysis" (PDF). Sociological Theory. 31 (3): 219–242. doi:10.1177/0735275113501998. S2CID 19492749. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

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