Jacobs University Bremen: Prof. Dr. Christofer Edling

Prof. Dr. Christofer Edling

Professor of Sociology
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Integrated Social Sciences

Street Address:
Campus Ring 1
28759 Bremen
Germany

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 750 561
28725 Bremen
Germany

Telephone:    +49 421 200-3496

Fax:    +49 421 200-3303

E-Mail:    c.edling@jacobs-university.de

Office:    Research IV, Room 79

Research and Teaching Positions:

2008-
Professor of Sociology, Jacobs University
2006-2008
Head of Department, Dep. of Sociology, Stockholm University
2004-2008
Associate Professor, Stockholm University
2000-2002
Director of Graduate Studies, Dep. of Sociology, Stockholm University
1999-2004
Assistant Professor, Stockholm University

Main Research Interests:

Social Network Analysis, Sociological Theory and Methods

Funded Projects:

2008
Social capital and labour market integration: A cohort study, Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (2.9M) SEK
2008
Policy networks and sustainable development, Swedish Research Council (2.1M SEK)
2006
Local elites and local democracy, Swedish Research Council, (2.9M SEK)
2000
Structural Dynamics and Diffusion in Swedish Business, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (1.8M SEK)

Other Professional Activities:

2007- Board member, Stockholm Resilience Center

2006- Member, Stockholm Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies

Academic Publications:

(selected)

2000 "Rational Choice Theory and Quantitative Analysis: A Comment on Goldthorpe's Sociological Alliance". European Sociological Review. Vol 16, no. 1.

2001 "The web of human sexual contacts". Nature, vol. 411, 21 juni 2001, s. 907-908. (With Luis Amaral, Fredrik Liljeros, Eugene Stanley and Yvonne Åberg).

2001 "Social Influence and Corporate Behavior. A Case Study of Interdependent Decision Making in Sweden's Publicly Traded Firms." European Sociological Review, vol. 17, no. 4, s. 389-399. (With Rickard Sandell).

2002 "Mathematics in sociology". Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 28. s. 197-220.

2003 "Scandinavian Rational Choice Sociology". Acta Sociologica, vol 46, s. 5-16. (With Charlotta Stern).

2003 Kvantitativa metoder (Quantitative Methods). Lund: Studentlitteratur. (With Peter Hedström).

2003 "Spatial diffusion of social organizing". Advances in Strategic Management, vol 20, s. 267-290. (With Fredrik Liljeros).

2004 "Structure and time-evolution of an Internet dating community". Social Networks, Vol. 26, Pp. 155-174. (With Petter Holme and Fredrik Liljeros).

2005 "Analytische Soziologie in Tocquevilles Demokratie in Amerika". Berliner Journal für Soziologie, vol 15, no 4, s. 511-22 (With Peter Hedström).

2007 Social handling och sociala relationer (Social Action and Social Relations). Stockholm: Natur & Kultur (Co-ed. with Jens Rydgren).

2008 "Corporate governance in Scandinavia: comparing networks and formal institutions". European Management Review, 5(1):27-40. (with Evis Sinani, Anna Stafsudd, Steen Thomsen and Trond Randøy)

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