Karin D. Knorr Cetina
· Otto Borchert Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, Sociology, and of Social Sciences in the CollegeUniversity of Chicago · Social Policy and Social Services
Active 1969–2023
About
Karin D. Knorr Cetina is the Otto Borchert Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Sciences in the College at the University of Chicago. She specializes in economic anthropology and sociology, the anthropology of science, knowledge and technology, globalization and global society studies, contemporary social theory, and qualitative methods. Her research focuses on understanding the social and epistemic aspects of financial markets, synthetic societies, and the role of technology and information in social processes. Knorr Cetina earned her PhD from the University of Vienna in 1971. Her work includes significant contributions to the sociology of finance, the study of global microstructures, and the social dynamics of knowledge societies. She has authored and edited numerous publications on topics such as the architecture of financial markets, the social ontology of high-energy physics experiments, and the impact of digital transformation on social order. Her research often explores the interaction between social relations and technological systems, emphasizing the importance of understanding knowledge production, market dynamics, and globalization through a sociological lens.
Research topics
- Sociology
- Political science
- Epistemology
- Computer science
- Business
Frequent coauthors
- 178 shared
Sabine Adam
Walter de Gruyter (Germany)
- 178 shared
Stefan Hinz
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- 178 shared
Jörg Rössel
University of Zurich
- 155 shared
Werner Preisendörfer
University of Kaiserslautern
- 153 shared
Ilona Nunner-Winkler
Walter de Gruyter (Germany)
- 151 shared
Hendrik Bielefeld
University of Kaiserslautern
- 133 shared
Wolfgang Schmidt
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica
- 123 shared
Hartmann Tyrell
Awards & honors
- Otto Borchert Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropolog…
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