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Jens Beckert

March 17, 2024

Jens Beckert (born 21 July 1967, in Frankfurt am Main)[1] is a German sociologist with a strong interest in economic sociology.[2][3] The author of books on inherited wealth and the social foundations of economic efficiency and imagined futures in the economy,[4] he focuses on the role of the economy in society – especially based on studies of markets – as well as organizational sociology, the sociology of inheritance, and sociological theory.[5] He is director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne, Germany, and a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[6]

Jens Beckert

Education and career edit

Beckert earned his MA in sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York City in 1991 and his MBA at Free University of Berlin in 1993.[7] He earned his doctorate with a dissertation in the field of economic sociology in 1996 at Free University of Berlin and his habilitation at the same university with a book on the sociology of inheritance in 2003.[8]

An associate professorship in sociology at International University Bremen (2002–2003) and a professorship in sociology at the University of Göttingen (2003–2005) preceded Beckert’s appointment at age 37 as director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG),[9] which conducts basic research on the governance of modern societies.[10] Beckert has had visiting fellowships at Princeton University, Harvard University, the European University Institute in Florence,[11] the Center for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)[12] in Paris, and the Paris Institute for Advanced Study.[13] He gave a Mario Einaudi Lecture at the Center for International Studies at Cornell University in 2007.[14] In 2019-20 he was Theodor Heuß Professor at the New School for Social Research in New York.[15]

Current position and activities edit

He is director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne. In addition, Beckert is a member of the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne.[16] He is a faculty member of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, a doctoral program run jointly by the MPIfG and the Faculty of Management at the University of Cologne.[17][18] Beckert is an editor of the European Journal of Sociology[19] and a member of the editorial board of Socio-Economic Review.[20] He was council member of the Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA).[21]

Research edit

Economies as social orders within societies edit

Jens Beckert’s current work at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies reflects a research program he has developed with his former codirector Wolfgang Streeck which “proposes to invest in a theory of social action as the most promising approach to a deeper understanding and an improved theorization of the economy as a socially and politically constituted system of action.”[22]

“Any economy is socially and politically constructed. The way it is socially embedded reflects both prevailing systems of meaning and the results of political ‘market struggles’ over social regulation. Investigating institutional regulation of the economy requires studying how economies are constituted as social orders within societies.”[23]

Markets from a sociological perspective edit

In his research cluster on the “Sociology of Markets,” Beckert focuses on “markets as the core institution of capitalist economies,” seeking “to understand the functioning of markets from a distinctively sociological perspective.” Analyzing markets “from a Weberian viewpoint as arenas of social struggle in which actors confront each other under conditions of competition,” he explores the “social, cultural, and political underpinnings for the development of the order of markets.”[24]

Embeddedness of economic action edit

“The problem of uncertainty market actors face when making decisions” is a key issue in Beckert’s research, which examines “the coordination problems market participants must cope with” – the problems of value, competition, and cooperation. “Uncertainty also provides a theoretical opening to explain the embeddedness of economic action.”[25]

Awards and honours edit

  • 2010: Appointed to the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities[28]
  • 2005: Best Law Book of the Year, by the German law journal Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, his book Unverdientes Vermögen [Unearned Wealth][29]
  • 2005: Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities donated by the Commerzbank Foundation.[30] In its tribute, the Academy states that Jens Beckert is “one of the most original and productive sociologists of his generation, both nationally and internationally. He is considered a leading proponent of a new economic sociology [...].”[31]

Selected publications edit

Books edit

  • Uncertain Futures: Imaginaries, Narratives, and Calculation in the Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2018 (ed. with Richard Bronk), ISBN 978-0-19-882080-2
  • Imagined Futures: Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 2016.
  • Constructing Quality: The Classification of Goods in Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2013 (ed. with Christine Musselin).
  • The Worth of Goods: Valuation and Pricing in the Economy. New York: Oxford University Press 2011 (ed. with Patrick Aspers).
  • Inherited Wealth. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2008. (German edition: Unverdientes Vermögen: Soziologie des Erbrechts. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 2004).
  • Beyond the Market: The Social Foundations of Economic Efficiency. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2002. (German edition: Grenzen des Marktes. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus 1997).

Articles edit

  • Beckert, Jens (2023). "Varieties of Wealth: Toward a Comparative Sociology of Wealth Inequality". Socio-Economic Review[32].
  • Beckert, Jens (2022). "Durable Wealth: Institutions, Mechanisms, and Practices of Wealth Perpetuation". Annual Review of Sociology, 48: 233–255.[33]
  • Beckert, Jens (2021). "The Firm as an Engine of Imagination: Organizational Prospection and the Making of Economic Futures". Organization Theory, 2 (2).[34]
  • Beckert, Jens (2020). "Markets from Meaning: Quality Uncertainty and the Intersubjective Construction of Value". Cambridge Journal of Economics, 44 (2): 285–301.[35]
  • Beckert, Jens (2013). "Imagined futures: fictional expectations in the economy". Theory and Society. 42 (3): 219–240. doi:10.1007/s11186-013-9191-2. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-000E-EF70-7. ISSN 0304-2421. S2CID 55657162.
  • Beckert, Jens (2010). "Institutional Isomorphism Revisited: Convergence and Divergence in Institutional Change". Sociological Theory. 28 (2): 150–166. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9558.2010.01369.x. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0012-4219-5. ISSN 0735-2751. S2CID 32889286.
  • Beckert, Jens (2010). "How Do Fields Change? The Interrelations of Institutions, Networks, and Cognition in the Dynamics of Markets". Organization Studies. 31 (5): 605–627. doi:10.1177/0170840610372184. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0012-41FC-F. ISSN 0170-8406. S2CID 145148295.
  • Beckert, Jens (2009). "The social order of markets". Theory and Society. 38 (3): 245–269. doi:10.1007/s11186-008-9082-0. ISSN 0304-2421.
  • Beckert, Jens (2016). "Agency, Entrepreneurs, and Institutional Change. The Role of Strategic Choice and Institutionalized Practices in Organizations". Organization Studies. 20 (5): 777–799. doi:10.1177/0170840699205004. ISSN 0170-8406. S2CID 145494629.
  • Beckert, Jens (1996). "What is sociological about economic sociology? Uncertainty and the embeddedness of economic action". Theory and Society. 25 (6): 803–840. doi:10.1007/BF00159817. ISSN 0304-2421. S2CID 144369748.

References edit

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  4. ^ "Publications by Jens Beckert in the Catalog of the German National Library". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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  11. ^ "Max Planck Society – CV Jens Beckert". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  12. ^ "The CSO welcomes Jens Beckert". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University, p.23" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Jens Beckert". www.mpifg.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
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  19. ^ "European Journal of Sociology". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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  26. ^ "Jens Beckert". www.mpifg.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  27. ^ "Leibniz Prize to Jens Beckert". www.mpifg.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  29. ^ "Juristische Bücher des Jahres – Eine Leseempfehlung". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  30. ^ "Prizewinners". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  31. ^ "Tribute to Jens Beckert". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  32. ^ Beckert, Jens (2023-12-25). "Varieties of wealth: toward a comparative sociology of wealth inequality". Socio-Economic Review. doi:10.1093/ser/mwad068. ISSN 1475-1461.
  33. ^ Beckert, Jens (2022-07-29). "Durable Wealth: Institutions, Mechanisms, and Practices of Wealth Perpetuation". Annual Review of Sociology. 48 (1): 233–255. doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-030320-115024. ISSN 0360-0572.
  34. ^ Beckert, Jens (April 2021). "The Firm as an Engine of Imagination: Organizational prospection and the making of economic futures". Organization Theory. 2 (2): 263178772110057. doi:10.1177/26317877211005773. ISSN 2631-7877.
  35. ^ "Markets from Meaning: Quality Uncertainty and the Intersubjective Construction of Value". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2024-02-22.

External links edit

  • Homepage Jens Beckert
  • Personal Portrait – Jens Beckert In: MaxPlanckResearch, 3/2006
  • Publication list
  • Jens Beckert in the WorldCat catalog (accessed via Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog)
  • Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies
  • International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy

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Jens Beckert born 21 July 1967 in Frankfurt am Main 1 is a German sociologist with a strong interest in economic sociology 2 3 The author of books on inherited wealth and the social foundations of economic efficiency and imagined futures in the economy 4 he focuses on the role of the economy in society especially based on studies of markets as well as organizational sociology the sociology of inheritance and sociological theory 5 He is director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies MPIfG in Cologne Germany and a member of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 6 Jens Beckert Contents 1 Education and career 2 Current position and activities 3 Research 3 1 Economies as social orders within societies 3 2 Markets from a sociological perspective 3 3 Embeddedness of economic action 4 Awards and honours 5 Selected publications 5 1 Books 5 2 Articles 6 References 7 External linksEducation and career editBeckert earned his MA in sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York City in 1991 and his MBA at Free University of Berlin in 1993 7 He earned his doctorate with a dissertation in the field of economic sociology in 1996 at Free University of Berlin and his habilitation at the same university with a book on the sociology of inheritance in 2003 8 An associate professorship in sociology at International University Bremen 2002 2003 and a professorship in sociology at the University of Gottingen 2003 2005 preceded Beckert s appointment at age 37 as director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies MPIfG 9 which conducts basic research on the governance of modern societies 10 Beckert has had visiting fellowships at Princeton University Harvard University the European University Institute in Florence 11 the Center for the Sociology of Organizations CSO 12 in Paris and the Paris Institute for Advanced Study 13 He gave a Mario Einaudi Lecture at the Center for International Studies at Cornell University in 2007 14 In 2019 20 he was Theodor Heuss Professor at the New School for Social Research in New York 15 Current position and activities editHe is director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies MPIfG in Cologne In addition Beckert is a member of the Faculty of Management Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne 16 He is a faculty member of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy a doctoral program run jointly by the MPIfG and the Faculty of Management at the University of Cologne 17 18 Beckert is an editor of the European Journal of Sociology 19 and a member of the editorial board of Socio Economic Review 20 He was council member of the Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association ASA 21 Research editEconomies as social orders within societies edit Jens Beckert s current work at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies reflects a research program he has developed with his former codirector Wolfgang Streeck which proposes to invest in a theory of social action as the most promising approach to a deeper understanding and an improved theorization of the economy as a socially and politically constituted system of action 22 Any economy is socially and politically constructed The way it is socially embedded reflects both prevailing systems of meaning and the results of political market struggles over social regulation Investigating institutional regulation of the economy requires studying how economies are constituted as social orders within societies 23 Markets from a sociological perspective edit In his research cluster on the Sociology of Markets Beckert focuses on markets as the core institution of capitalist economies seeking to understand the functioning of markets from a distinctively sociological perspective Analyzing markets from a Weberian viewpoint as arenas of social struggle in which actors confront each other under conditions of competition he explores the social cultural and political underpinnings for the development of the order of markets 24 Embeddedness of economic action edit The problem of uncertainty market actors face when making decisions is a key issue in Beckert s research which examines the coordination problems market participants must cope with the problems of value competition and cooperation Uncertainty also provides a theoretical opening to explain the embeddedness of economic action 25 Awards and honours edit2021 Appointed to the Academia Europaea 26 2018 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation DFG 27 2010 Appointed to the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 28 2005 Best Law Book of the Year by the German law journal Neue Juristische Wochenschrift his book Unverdientes Vermogen Unearned Wealth 29 2005 Prize of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities donated by the Commerzbank Foundation 30 In its tribute the Academy states that Jens Beckert is one of the most original and productive sociologists of his generation both nationally and internationally He is considered a leading proponent of a new economic sociology 31 Selected publications editBooks edit Uncertain Futures Imaginaries Narratives and Calculation in the Economy Oxford Oxford University Press 2018 ed with Richard Bronk ISBN 978 0 19 882080 2 Imagined Futures Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics Cambridge MA Harvard University Press 2016 Constructing Quality The Classification of Goods in Markets Oxford Oxford University Press 2013 ed with Christine Musselin The Worth of Goods Valuation and Pricing in the Economy New York Oxford University Press 2011 ed with Patrick Aspers Inherited Wealth Princeton Princeton University Press 2008 German edition Unverdientes Vermogen Soziologie des Erbrechts Frankfurt a M Campus 2004 Beyond the Market The Social Foundations of Economic Efficiency Princeton Princeton University Press 2002 German edition Grenzen des Marktes Frankfurt a M Campus 1997 Articles edit Beckert Jens 2023 Varieties of Wealth Toward a Comparative Sociology of Wealth Inequality Socio Economic Review 32 Beckert Jens 2022 Durable Wealth Institutions Mechanisms and Practices of Wealth Perpetuation Annual Review of Sociology 48 233 255 33 Beckert Jens 2021 The Firm as an Engine of Imagination Organizational Prospection and the Making of Economic Futures Organization Theory 2 2 34 Beckert Jens 2020 Markets from Meaning Quality Uncertainty and the Intersubjective Construction of Value Cambridge Journal of Economics 44 2 285 301 35 Beckert Jens 2013 Imagined futures fictional expectations in the economy Theory and Society 42 3 219 240 doi 10 1007 s11186 013 9191 2 hdl 11858 00 001M 0000 000E EF70 7 ISSN 0304 2421 S2CID 55657162 Beckert Jens 2010 Institutional Isomorphism Revisited Convergence and Divergence in Institutional Change Sociological Theory 28 2 150 166 doi 10 1111 j 1467 9558 2010 01369 x hdl 11858 00 001M 0000 0012 4219 5 ISSN 0735 2751 S2CID 32889286 Beckert Jens 2010 How Do Fields Change The Interrelations of Institutions Networks and Cognition in the Dynamics of Markets Organization Studies 31 5 605 627 doi 10 1177 0170840610372184 hdl 11858 00 001M 0000 0012 41FC F ISSN 0170 8406 S2CID 145148295 Beckert Jens 2009 The social order of markets Theory and Society 38 3 245 269 doi 10 1007 s11186 008 9082 0 ISSN 0304 2421 Beckert Jens 2016 Agency Entrepreneurs and Institutional Change The Role of Strategic Choice and Institutionalized Practices in Organizations Organization Studies 20 5 777 799 doi 10 1177 0170840699205004 ISSN 0170 8406 S2CID 145494629 Beckert Jens 1996 What is sociological about economic sociology Uncertainty and the embeddedness of economic action Theory and Society 25 6 803 840 doi 10 1007 BF00159817 ISSN 0304 2421 S2CID 144369748 References edit Max Planck Society CV Jens Beckert Retrieved 24 June 2014 Personal Homepage Jens Beckert Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Jens Beckert answers ten questions about economic sociology Economic Sociology The European Electronic Newsletter Vol 7 No 3 2006 34 39 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Publications by Jens Beckert in the Catalog of the German National Library Retrieved 24 June 2014 Research Interests Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Current Members of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Prof Dr Jens Beckert Researchers at the MPI for the Study of Societies Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Personal Homepage Jens Beckert Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Max Planck Society CV Jens Beckert Retrieved 24 June 2014 Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Max Planck Society CV Jens Beckert Retrieved 24 June 2014 The CSO welcomes Jens Beckert Retrieved 24 June 2014 Fellows at Paris Institute for Advanced Study Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Cornell University p 23 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 15 June 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Jens Beckert www mpifg de Retrieved 2024 02 22 Cologne Graduate School in Management Economics and Social Sciences University of Cologne Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy IMPRS SPCE Archived from the original on 6 July 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 PhD Program at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies PDF Archived from the original PDF on 6 June 2013 Retrieved 24 June 2014 European Journal of Sociology Retrieved 24 June 2014 Socio Economic Review Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Section on Economic Sociology American Sociological Association Archived from the original on 29 June 2014 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Research Program of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Archived from the original on 24 January 2015 Retrieved 24 June 2014 J Beckert and W Streeck Economic Sociology and Political Economy A Programmatic Perspective PDF Archived from the original PDF on 23 July 2013 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Introduction to Sociology of Markets Research Projects at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Archived from the original on 12 December 2007 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Introduction to Sociology of Markets Research Projects at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Archived from the original on 12 December 2007 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Jens Beckert www mpifg de Retrieved 2024 02 22 Leibniz Prize to Jens Beckert www mpifg de Retrieved 2024 02 22 Current Members of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 24 June 2014 Juristische Bucher des Jahres Eine Leseempfehlung Retrieved 24 June 2014 Prizewinners Retrieved 24 June 2014 Tribute to Jens Beckert Retrieved 24 June 2014 Beckert Jens 2023 12 25 Varieties of wealth toward a comparative sociology of wealth inequality Socio Economic Review doi 10 1093 ser mwad068 ISSN 1475 1461 Beckert Jens 2022 07 29 Durable Wealth Institutions Mechanisms and Practices of Wealth Perpetuation Annual Review of Sociology 48 1 233 255 doi 10 1146 annurev soc 030320 115024 ISSN 0360 0572 Beckert Jens April 2021 The Firm as an Engine of Imagination Organizational prospection and the making of economic futures Organization Theory 2 2 263178772110057 doi 10 1177 26317877211005773 ISSN 2631 7877 Markets from Meaning Quality Uncertainty and the Intersubjective Construction of Value academic oup com Retrieved 2024 02 22 External links editHomepage Jens Beckert Personal Portrait Jens Beckert In MaxPlanckResearch 3 2006 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