Abstract. The growing emphasis on open science has increased interest in recognizing open research data (ORD) practices in research assessment. Yet, curren

Sociologue à l’Université de Lausanne, Anne-Sophie Delval étudie les pratiques familiales qui façonnent les trajectoires scolaires et professionnelles des élites. Derrière la réussite académique se de...

Despite being considered as key indicators of research impact, citations are shaped by factors beyond intrinsic research quality—such as including prestige, social networks, and research topics. While...

L’Observatoire des élites suisses fête ses 10 ans en 2025. Retour avec deux membres de son équipe fondatrice sur les caractéristiques des personnes de pouvoir en Suisse et leur évolution, alors que le...

Par le choix de ses sujets, de ses auteurs et de sa direction artistique, la revue fondée en 1975 est parvenue à s’imposer jusqu’à « faire institution contre l’institution ».

Participez à une soirée-débat avec l’Observatoire des élites suisses (Unil) : pouvoir, héritage, éducation et genre au cœur d’échanges conviviaux.

Discourses around research excellence and quality are predominant within the economic sciences, with various forms of ranking playing a central role. They make

For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault

In this research note, we map the power elite in Greenland, amidst the current geopolitical interest in the nation. Using social network analysis, we identify a power elite of 123 individuals as the ...

RESSH2025 conference of the international association ENRESSH (European Network for Research Evaluation in the SSH) is organized 19-21 May, 2025, in Helsinki, Finland. It brings together specialists o...

Un collectif de chercheurs, parmi lesquels le maître de conférences en sociologie à l’université Paris-Dauphine Paul Lagneau-Ymonet, a constitué un outil de recherche pour mieux comprendre comment cha...

Culture is a relational concept, and the empirical manifestations of culture are worth being analysed in a structural vein to unveil the patterns of r…

Abstract. This paper investigates the political activities of different segments within the capitalist class, comparing an inner circle of interlocked dire

The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re...

They dominate the countries that account for more than half of global GDP — but who are they?

The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re....

Une équipe dirigée par le sociologue Etienne Ollion, professeur à Polytechnique, a mené une enquête approfondie sur la place tenue par la question du genre dans 120 publications scientifiques. Elle es...

The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re...

The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re....

Artiste pluridisciplinaire, et figure emblématique de l’underground new-yorkais, qui aurait introduit l'avant-garde au hip-hop Rammellzee reste pourtant un quasi-inconnu. Ami et collaborateur de Jean-...

The relationships between youth culture and social transitions are examined through a Bourdieusian analysis of musical culture and inequality in contemporary Japan. Employing Bourdieu's concepts of h...

Lecture by Professor Diliara Valeeva, University of Amsterdam.

Qui accède au pouvoir en Suisse et comment ? Depuis 10 ans, l’Observatoire des élites suisses (OBELIS) explore les dynamiques du pouvoir et des élites en Suisse. Sa base de données unique retrace les ...

Abstract. Many countries are concerned about the migration of top taxpayers. Yet we know little about how economic elites weigh the taxes they pay when dec

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Abstract. CEO compensation has expanded dramatically over the past half-century, with network processes playing a pivotal role. We advance research on thes

The world looks set to see five trillionaires by the end of the decade — and more billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism. Anjela Taneja and Harry Bignell int…