Visiting professors

Natàlia Cantó-Milà, Ph.D. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona
https://talent.uoc.edu/ca/natalia-canto-mila.html

Nir Rotem, Ph.D. The Leonard Davis Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NirRotem | Sociologist

Dr Lars Döpking is a research associate for modern and contemporary history at the German Historical Institute in Rome. As a historical sociologist, he previously researched questions of democracy and statehood at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. His book, published by Hamburger Edition, "Fiskalische Herrschaft. Taxes, State and Politics in Italy since 1945" was awarded the Leuphana University of Lüneburg Dissertation Prize in November 2023. In the summer semester of 2024, he will be teaching as a visiting professor at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Graz.

Dr Sarah Lenz is a research associate at the DFG research group "Futures of Sustainability" at the University of Hamburg. She previously worked at the Universities of Basel, Frankfurt/Main and as a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on economic sociology, moral economy, sustainability, engineering and digital technologies. Sarah Lenz is also a board member of the DGS Economic Sociology Section and an associate researcher at the Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin. In the summer semester 2024, she will be teaching as a visiting professor at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Graz.

Tova Benski is Senior Lecturer Emerita at the College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon Lezyon, Israel. Her research and teaching focuses on social movements and the sociology of emotions. She is a founding member and was several times President of the Research Committee "Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change" of the ISA.

Nicolas Demetzis is Professor at the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Director of the National Center for Social Research in Greece. His research and teaching focuses on political sociology, political communication and the sociology of emotions.

Francesca Setiffi, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, ARQUS short research stay at the Research Center for Economic Sociology.