Dr. Emily Erikson

Biography

Emily Erikson is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Yale University. She holds a PhD from Columbia University. Her research interests focus on social networks and their impact on macro-social change. She has published extensively in this field, with notable works including 'Social Networks and Macro-Social Change' in the Annual Review of Sociology and 'Social Networks and Port Traffic: Early Modern Trade' in Social Science History. Her book 'Chartering Capitalism: Organizing Markets, States, Publics' has been well received in academic circles and contributes to the understanding of political power in socio-economic contexts. Erikson is affiliated with the Yale Institute of Network Science and has been involved in various collaborative projects centered on social inequalities and life course dynamics. Her work not only advances theoretical frameworks within sociology but also engages with contemporary issues in economic sociology and historical sociology.

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