Craig Calhoun

Craig Calhoun FBA FAcSS
Calhoun at the London School of Economics Library
Born	Craig Jackson Calhoun (1952-06-16) June 16, 1952 (age 71) Watseka, Illinois, US
Title	President of the Berggruen Institute; Director and Centennial Professor, London School of Economics; Global Distinguished Professor of Sociology at New York University[3]
Spouse	Pamela F. DeLargy
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Southern California (BA) Columbia University (MA) University of Manchester (MA) St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil)
Thesis	Community, Class and Collective Action[1] (1980)
Doctoral advisor	Ronald Max Hartwell[2]
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Sub-discipline	Comparative historical sociology
Institutions	Columbia University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill New York University London School of Economics
Main interests	Social theory social movements social change[3]

Craig Jackson Calhoun FBA FAcSS (born 1952) is an American sociologist who currently serves as the University Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University.^[4] He is a strong advocate for applying social science to address issues of public concerns. Calhoun served as the Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from September 2012 until September 2016 and continues to hold the title of Centennial Professor of Sociology at LSE.^[5]

Before this tenure at LSE, Calhoun led the Social Science Research Council,^[6] and held the position of University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University (NYU). He was also the Director of NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge. After LSE, he became the first president^[7] of the Berggruen Institute, where he now serves as a senior advisor to the Berggruen Prize.^[8][9]