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Kohli Foundation for Sociology
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The Kohli Foundation for Sociology is an independent private foundation dedicated to honor and promote excellent work that promises to move sociology forward.

https://kohlifoundation.eu/
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𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲!

📅12.12.2025
📍Deutsches Theater in Berlin

Join us for a talk by Nils C. Kumkar offering a sociological lens on numbers, facts and truth(s), tied to the play "One Minute of Humanity" by Stanisław Lem.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
𝗔 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
Our gratitude to this year’s laureates, Peter Bearman and Philip Cohen, for their inspiring lectures.
@socarxiv.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social @incitecolumbia.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I delivered the laudatio for @socarxiv.bsky.social which won the 2025 @kohli-sociology.bsky.social Infrastructure Prize for Sociology. The ceremony was at the @eui-eu.bsky.social and SocArXiv was represented by @philipncohen.com .

My laudatio here:
www.fabriziobernardi.net/laudatio-for...
Laudatio for the Award of the Kohli Infrastructure Prize for Sociology to SocArXiv » fabrizio bernardi
On November 5th at the EUI, I had the honour of delivering the laudatio for SocArXiv, which was awarded the Kohli Infrastructure Prize for Sociology for the year 2025. SocArXiv ... Read more
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November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Peter Bearman - Laureate of the Kohli Prize 2025- gives the Max Weber lecture @eui-eu.bsky.social. He speaks about pathways to poverty analysing thousands of letters written to Warren Buffet using LLM.
@kohli-sociology.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Congratulations to us, and thank you, @kohli-sociology.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Today at @eui-eu.bsky.social @philipncohen.com receives the infrastructure prize for sociology of the @kohli-sociology.bsky.social

Very, very well deserved!

#sociology
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Just a few more minutes until this years award ceremony will start. Looking forward to hear Peter Bearman and @philipncohen.com speak. @kohli-sociology.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
Kevin Caners sits down with Rory Fitzgerald, Director of the European Social Survey and laureate of the 2024 Kohli Infrastructure Prize, to uncover the story behind one of the most influential social research projects in Europe.
pod.link/1786456001/e...

@ess-survey.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
✨𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱✨
Join us in honoring the laureates of the Kohli Prize and Infrastructure Prize for Sociology.

📅 4–6 November 2025
📍 European University Institute, Florence
🔗 Register via: kohlifoundation.eu/registration/

@socarxiv.bsky.social @philipncohen.com @incitecolumbia.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨🚨🚨There was a typo: The deadline for application is November 16, 2025! 🚨🚨🚨
October 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📢𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!📢
We’re now accepting applications for the 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social

Apply via our online portal:
kohlifoundation.eu/programs-koh...

📆 Deadline 16 November 2025
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We mourn the loss of Claus Offe, an outstanding scholar and esteemed member of our academic community.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
www.faz.net
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Another reason to congratulate @steffenmau.bsky.social — we're grateful to have you on our board of trustees!
We are thrilled to announce that @steffenmau.bsky.social, one of Germany’s leading sociologists, has been appointed Director at our Institute. He will lead a new Department on Inequality, Transformation & Conflict, addressing pressing societal challenges via cutting-edge social science research.
October 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Herzlichen Glückwunsch @steffenmau.bsky.social! 👏
Was haben @steffenmau.bsky.social und @soziopolis.bsky.social gemeinsam?
Beide haben auf eine herausragende Weise die Soziologie in der Öffentlichkeit vertreten und werden dafür heute von der DGS mit dem Preis für herausragende Leistungen
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗬

November 5, 2025
at the European University Institute, Fiesole/Florence

Join us in honoring Peter Bearman (Kohli Prize) and SocArXiv (Infrastructure Prize for Sociology)!

@eui-eu.bsky.social @socarxivbot.bsky.social @philipncohen.com @incitecolumbia.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thank you Michele for being our guest!
Some of you may enjoy this podcast where I discuss my student years in Paris, the development of cultural sociology, and much more. I am grateful to the Kohli foundation for the opportunity to reminisce on my unusual trajectory!
for Sociology: Michèle Lamont – Kohli Foundation
kohlifoundation.eu
September 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
💡Conference week 💡
Currently representing the Kohli Foundation at the ECSR conference in Cologne - many great talks and encounters, very interesting sessions and inspiring keynotes.
Looking forward to the Conference dinner. We are very happy to support such important networking events!
#ECSR2025
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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📢📢 Job Alert

In dem Projekt "Embracing Capital" im Rahmen des #Sfb294-tpl ist eine Stelle als Post-Doc ausgeschrieben. Untersucht werden soll die Ausbreitung und die veränderten Strukturen von Kapitalgesellschaften von 1948 bis heute anhand von Registerdaten.

www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
Stellenausschreibung VI-341/25: Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in (d/m/w) - 75 % Arbeitszeit - Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L Berliner Hochsc... – Stellenausschreibungen der Technischen Universität Berlin
Fakultät VI - Planen Bauen Umwelt, Fakultät VI - Institut für Soziologie / FG Organisations-, Arbeits- und Wirtschaftssoziologie
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de
August 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Congratulations to all ASA award winners!👏
Come celebrate ASA’s award winners and President at the #ASA2025 Honorary Reception, happening now! 🎉
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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How are capital and the family interconnected? This article argues that by owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders.

#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/WrEFMkp
August 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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I enjoyed this interview very much!! Thank you!!
🎙️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! 🎙️

This time, our host Kevin Caners is joined by Michèle Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social, the 2024 Kohli Prize Laureate and one of the most influential sociologists of our time.
Listen to Michèle Lamont reflecting on her intellectual journey via: pod.link/1786456001/e...
For Sociology
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July 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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'We cannot predict whether democracy will last'

Sociologist Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social and our CEO Georg Schütte reflect on the end of the 'fair-weather #democracy' (Mau) and the journey into the unknown 👇
'We cannot predict whether democracy will last' | VolkswagenStiftung
Germany is at the centre of a maelstrom of global crises and conflicts. Right-wing populists are enjoying growing popularity. And many solutions are expected from the new federal government. And quick...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🎙️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! 🎙️

This time, our host Kevin Caners is joined by Michèle Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social, the 2024 Kohli Prize Laureate and one of the most influential sociologists of our time.
Listen to Michèle Lamont reflecting on her intellectual journey via: pod.link/1786456001/e...
For Sociology
pod.link
July 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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We're embarrassingly late to the party but congratulations to our own @philipncohen.com, recipient of this year's Kohli Foundation Infrastructure Prize for Sociology for his work with @socarxiv.bsky.social!
🎉🎉🎉
👏The 2025 Infrastructure Prize for Sociology goes to @socarxiv.bsky.social, represented by @philipncohen.com , for its accessible and timely contribution to the dissemination of sociological knowledge.
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June 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM