Thierry Rossier
@thierryrossier.bsky.social
Researcher at UNIL-LIVES & LSE Sociology. Studying Elites, Inequality, Gender, Class, Power, Economics & Science.
Currently working on an SNSF Sinergia project on Child Well-Being & Post-Separation Custody Arrangements
Currently working on an SNSF Sinergia project on Child Well-Being & Post-Separation Custody Arrangements
We also owe a great deal to colleagues having studied the field of power before: @jhjellb.bsky.social and colleagues in Norway, Denord/Lagneau-Ymonet/Thine in France and the other part of the Danish Dream Team @chellersgaard.bsky.social & @antongrau.bsky.social (10/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We also owe a great deal to colleagues having studied the field of power before: @jhjellb.bsky.social and colleagues in Norway, Denord/Lagneau-Ymonet/Thine in France and the other part of the Danish Dream Team @chellersgaard.bsky.social & @antongrau.bsky.social (10/10)
Following @mikesavagelse.bsky.social's writings we acknowledged the ambition of social change theorists who made sense of evolutions during the 20th century, but using Bourdieu’s triad of field/capital/habitus to do so, reviving 'big picture sociology' (9/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Following @mikesavagelse.bsky.social's writings we acknowledged the ambition of social change theorists who made sense of evolutions during the 20th century, but using Bourdieu’s triad of field/capital/habitus to do so, reviving 'big picture sociology' (9/10)
We showed a return to past logics as the current main object of struggles in the field of power resembles the one from a century ago when imperial powers were ruling the world & Switzerland was becoming the bank of the empires (8/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We showed a return to past logics as the current main object of struggles in the field of power resembles the one from a century ago when imperial powers were ruling the world & Switzerland was becoming the bank of the empires (8/10)
We found that 1) until the 1940s, organisational network connections opposed inherited wealth; 2) then until the 1980s both could be accumulated together; but 3) recently social capital opposed economic capital again, in the same way as before WW2 (7/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We found that 1) until the 1940s, organisational network connections opposed inherited wealth; 2) then until the 1980s both could be accumulated together; but 3) recently social capital opposed economic capital again, in the same way as before WW2 (7/10)
To uncover historical shifts in elite structures we used multiple correspondence analysis with 32-34 variables and 82-94 modalities (organised into 7 variable blocks). Through this we traced the changing geometry of power (6/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
To uncover historical shifts in elite structures we used multiple correspondence analysis with 32-34 variables and 82-94 modalities (organised into 7 variable blocks). Through this we traced the changing geometry of power (6/10)
Using @obelitessuisses.bsky.social data (18,435 individuals & 2,174 organizations across 6 historical periods 1910–2015) we previously uncovered the effective agents in the Swiss field of power though k-shell decomposition: doi.org/10.1111/1468...) (5/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Using @obelitessuisses.bsky.social data (18,435 individuals & 2,174 organizations across 6 historical periods 1910–2015) we previously uncovered the effective agents in the Swiss field of power though k-shell decomposition: doi.org/10.1111/1468...) (5/10)
We focused on the Swiss case, where elites have known diverse coordination settings and the field of power is shaped by economic and network logics (4/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We focused on the Swiss case, where elites have known diverse coordination settings and the field of power is shaped by economic and network logics (4/10)
To investigate how elites wield power we used Bourdieu’s notion of the field of power where the dominant effective agents define the main societal stakes. We analysed how economic, cultural, social, symbolic & organisational capital interacted over time (3/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
To investigate how elites wield power we used Bourdieu’s notion of the field of power where the dominant effective agents define the main societal stakes. We analysed how economic, cultural, social, symbolic & organisational capital interacted over time (3/10)
We asked about the relationship between social change and capital accumulation & argued that social change should be considered in relation with elite transformations. We analysed how elites defined and accumulated capital over a period of more than a century (2/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We asked about the relationship between social change and capital accumulation & argued that social change should be considered in relation with elite transformations. We analysed how elites defined and accumulated capital over a period of more than a century (2/10)
🚨 New Paper Out! 🚨
🔍 Forms of Capital, Social Change and the Weight of the Past: The Effective Agents of the Swiss Field of Power 1910–2015
w/ Jacob Aagaard Lunding in open access in Sociology
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/0038...
A thread (1/10)
🔍 Forms of Capital, Social Change and the Weight of the Past: The Effective Agents of the Swiss Field of Power 1910–2015
w/ Jacob Aagaard Lunding in open access in Sociology
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/0038...
A thread (1/10)
March 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨 New Paper Out! 🚨
🔍 Forms of Capital, Social Change and the Weight of the Past: The Effective Agents of the Swiss Field of Power 1910–2015
w/ Jacob Aagaard Lunding in open access in Sociology
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/0038...
A thread (1/10)
🔍 Forms of Capital, Social Change and the Weight of the Past: The Effective Agents of the Swiss Field of Power 1910–2015
w/ Jacob Aagaard Lunding in open access in Sociology
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/0038...
A thread (1/10)
Working on the editorial of a certain special issue. #mappingrelationalstructuresinculture #poetics
January 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Working on the editorial of a certain special issue. #mappingrelationalstructuresinculture #poetics
With @benzpierre.bsky.social & @araujopedro.bsky.social we just published a small preliminary paper showing the role of research topics in securing careers and funding in Swiss sociology, showing that those who obtain advanced grants tend to align with quant methods
serval.unil.ch/resource/ser...
serval.unil.ch/resource/ser...
January 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
With @benzpierre.bsky.social & @araujopedro.bsky.social we just published a small preliminary paper showing the role of research topics in securing careers and funding in Swiss sociology, showing that those who obtain advanced grants tend to align with quant methods
serval.unil.ch/resource/ser...
serval.unil.ch/resource/ser...
Very soon in your favourite book shops and libraries, and also in gold open access (feat. Stephan Pühringer & Jens Maesse): www.routledge.com/The-Power-of...
January 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Very soon in your favourite book shops and libraries, and also in gold open access (feat. Stephan Pühringer & Jens Maesse): www.routledge.com/The-Power-of...
If you happen to be in Lausanne this Thursday, do stop by at Unil as @benzpierre.bsky.social and I will be giving a very short introduction on Multiple Correspondence Analysis in R.
An then you can fly straight to Oslo for a one-week MCA course with @magneflemmen.bsky.social next month!
An then you can fly straight to Oslo for a one-week MCA course with @magneflemmen.bsky.social next month!
December 3, 2024 at 8:23 AM
If you happen to be in Lausanne this Thursday, do stop by at Unil as @benzpierre.bsky.social and I will be giving a very short introduction on Multiple Correspondence Analysis in R.
An then you can fly straight to Oslo for a one-week MCA course with @magneflemmen.bsky.social next month!
An then you can fly straight to Oslo for a one-week MCA course with @magneflemmen.bsky.social next month!
SMALL DEADLINE EXTENSION for the "Mapping relational structures in culture" special issue in @Poetics_Journal. The NEW DEADLINE is now JANUARY 15th 2023. See the call for papers on the website: sciencedirect.com/journal/poet...
December 8, 2023 at 7:09 AM
SMALL DEADLINE EXTENSION for the "Mapping relational structures in culture" special issue in @Poetics_Journal. The NEW DEADLINE is now JANUARY 15th 2023. See the call for papers on the website: sciencedirect.com/journal/poet...
At the @obelitessuisses.bsky.social
meeting @GiddeyThibaud is presenting his new project on Swiss business lawyers 1950-2000
meeting @GiddeyThibaud is presenting his new project on Swiss business lawyers 1950-2000
November 16, 2023 at 4:11 PM
At the @obelitessuisses.bsky.social
meeting @GiddeyThibaud is presenting his new project on Swiss business lawyers 1950-2000
meeting @GiddeyThibaud is presenting his new project on Swiss business lawyers 1950-2000
Meeting of @obelitessuisses.bsky.social this afternoon at University of Lausanne. Adrian Zimmermann and André Mach present a first work w/ Line Rennwald on Swiss union elites since the 1900s
November 16, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Meeting of @obelitessuisses.bsky.social this afternoon at University of Lausanne. Adrian Zimmermann and André Mach present a first work w/ Line Rennwald on Swiss union elites since the 1900s
Soon. Very very soon!! With @chellersgaard.bsky.social
November 13, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Soon. Very very soon!! With @chellersgaard.bsky.social