2015-2016 Seminars

Fall 2015

► October 19: 
Networks of Knowledge Specialization and Creativity in NYC's Tech Economy
Victor Nee, Frank and Rosa Rhodes Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Economy & Society, Cornell University

► November 23: 
Contradictions in the Commodification of Hospital Care
Adam Reich, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Columbia University

Spring 2016

► February 22: 
Mobilizing Morality: The Labor Conditions of Migrant Domestic Workers in Dubai
Rhacel Parreñas, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California

► March 28: 
Volatility and Poverty: America's Hidden Inequality
Jonathan MorduchProfessor of Public Policy and Economics, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University

► April 4:
Millionaire Migration and the Taxation of the Elite: Evidence from Administrative Data
Cristobal Young, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

► April 18:
The Fracturing of Globalization in Plastic Money: From Visa to China UnionPay, India's RuPay and Russia's Mir
Alya Guseva, Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston University