Dr. Brigitte Adriaensen
Social and behavioural sciences, Languages, Hispanic Literature
Social and behavioural sciences
Sociology
Sociology of knowledge; sociology of finance; economic sociology; contemporary social theory; globalisation; cultural sociology; qualitative methods; ethnography
John Desmond Bernal Distinguished Contribution to the Field Award, Society for Social Studies of Science, 2009
Theory Award from the American Sociological Association for the article "Global Microstructures: The Virtual Societies of Financial Markets", 2007
George Wells Beadle Distinguished Service Professorship, The University of Chicago, 2006
Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Letters, University of Lucerne, Switzerland, 2005
Robert K. Merton Professional Award for the book Epistemic Cultures, from the American Sociological Association, Section on Science, Knowledge and Technology, 2001
Recipient of the Ludwik Fleck Prize for the book Epistemic Cultures as best book of the year 2000 in the social sciences, from the Society for Social Studies of Science, 2001
English, German
Knorr Cetina, K.: The Synthetic Situation: Interactionism for a Global World. In: Interaction 32(1), 2009. pp. 61-87.
Knorr Cetina, K., Prada, A.: The Sociology of Financial Markets. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Knorr Cetina, K., Brügger, U.: Global Microstructures: The Virtual Societies of Financial Markets. In: American Journal of Sociology 107(4), 2002. pp. 905-950.
Knorr Cetina, K.: Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
Knorr Cetina, K.: The Manufacture of Knowledge: An Essay on the Constructivist and Contextual Nature of Science. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1981.
Head of the Section on Theory of the American Sociological Association, 2006 – 2007
Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, since 2004
Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1992 – 2003
President of the Society for Social Studies of Science, 1996 – 1997
Head of the Section on the Sociology of Science of the American Sociological Association, 1995 – 1996
You can only see the contact information of the academics in the database if you are a registered user of AcademiaNet.
Please register here
Social and behavioural sciences, Languages, Hispanic Literature
Social and behavioural sciences, Simulation of innovation processes in complex social systems
Languages, Social and behavioural sciences, Arts and Cultural Studies
Languages, Social and behavioural sciences, Modern Chinese Studies / Sinology; Political Science; Political Sociology