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Christof Brandtner

@cbrandtner.bsky.social
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org sociologist, social innovation prof @EMLYON, fellow @StanfordPACS, @CIFAR_News organization of cities, civil society & sustainability pro dumplings, salsa picante, 🦜🦜 www.christofbrandtner.org

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CREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Last year at the CREST Sociology seminar, this year in the American Journal of Sociology: Congratulations, @cbrandtner.bsky.social!
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American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New in AJS: How does organizational expertise shape urban integration? Brandtner and Laryea find suite-level expertise draws foundation funding and drives systemic integration; yet, many nonprofits build social integration through street-level expertise—or "tool up" to combine both.
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From Suites to Streets: Professional Expertise and the Organizational Pursuit of Social and Systemic Integration​ | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
What happens when cities step up on climate while national governments stall? In this blog post, @cbrandtner.bsky.social explains why urbanists and organizational scholars need to connect their insights to better understand—and advance—climate action in cities. buff.ly/qDFio9C #ClimateAction
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Five Reasons Why Urbanists and Organizational Scholars Should Read Each Other’s Work Christof Brandtner - Columbia University Press Blog
Christof Brandtner explores why urbanists and organizational scholars must connect insights to better understand and advance climate action in cities.
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In his new book, ASA member Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social draws on comparative research spanning 15 years and thousands of cities to show that city climate action is not simply a matter of political will; it is an organizational problem. @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Cities in Action | Columbia University Press
As national governments and global institutions fail to address climate change, an increasing number of cities have committed to major sustainability and cli... | CUP
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🧵 IT'S OUT! My book Cities in Action is now available from Columbia University Press. Why do some cities step up on climate while others stay on the sidelines? And how can we not just explain but empower city action? @columbiaup.bsky.social cup.columbia.edu/book/cities-...
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Cities in Action | Columbia University Press
As national governments and global institutions fail to address climate change, an increasing number of cities have committed to major sustainability and cli... | CUP
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🧵 IT'S OUT! My book Cities in Action is now available from Columbia University Press. Why do some cities step up on climate while others stay on the sidelines? And how can we not just explain but empower city action? @columbiaup.bsky.social cup.columbia.edu/book/cities-...
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Cities in Action | Columbia University Press
As national governments and global institutions fail to address climate change, an increasing number of cities have committed to major sustainability and cli... | CUP
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Michelle Jackson @mivich.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This is a great interview with my coauthor @cbrandtner.bsky.social about our recent @sfjournal.bsky.social paper: poetsandquants.com/2025/10/28/a... (the paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...)
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Are Business Schools Accidentally Turning Away Working-Class Talent?
MBA programs risk 'institutional exclusion' when their brands signal elitism, making first-gen & low-income students feel they don’t belong.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Prof Skocpol making a crucial point here. The centralized police. And then the lawless quasipolice who guard the camps. Trump’s death bill moves the US towards those two thresholds, well known from Germany in the 1930s. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A pleasure to meet the wonderful faculty and students of CREST Paris and to get to hear their comments on my work with Krystal Laryea and the Civic Life of Cities Lab (civiclifeofcities.org). Great group!
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CREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
TODAY at 12 NOON Paris time: @cbrandtner.bsky.social talking about "From Suites To Streets: Professional Expertise And The Organizational Pursuit Of Urban Integration" Come out to Palaiseau to see him in room 3049 or watch on-line: zoom.us/j/9343399288...
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American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The March 2025 issue of the American Journal of Sociology is now available online at: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ajs/2025...
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American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Hello world! We at the AJS are pleased to have our bluesky account all systems go!  We’ll be announcing our issues, accepted papers, and other relevant happenings. Watch this space for more.
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Stand Up for Science in Lyon 🪧 Solidarity with our US colleagues is not noble but necessary. Academia is so globally integrated nowadays that an attack against science anywhere is an attack against science everywhere! À la prochaine ! @standupforscifr.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
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404 Media @404media.co · 05/03/2025
​A French university is offering funding to American scientists concerned about potential censorship under the Trump administration. ​ 🔗 www.404media.co/french-unive...
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Trump portrait 2025Scientist injecting vials with fluid
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵
A screenshot of a social media post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) dated March 4, 2025, at 4:30 AM. The post states:

“All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I’m worried that many Americans have no idea what democracy even means, why it’s important, how it relates to our nation’s history, which is barely taught to begin with. Dems should be running civic workshops and teach-ins to explain, wild as it seems, why democracy is better than a dictatorship.
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Tom Mills @tommills.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This looks interesting: 'Elite corporate networks and CEO compensation: the causes and consequences of CEO pay premiums' academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
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Elite corporate networks and CEO compensation: the causes and consequences of CEO pay premiums
Abstract. CEO compensation has expanded dramatically over the past half-century, with network processes playing a pivotal role. We advance research on thes
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
for ongoing reporting at CNBC - if you’re regular everyday person in the USA directly impacted by cuts to federal spending & agencies led by Elon Musk’s “doge” — then I’d be interested in hearing about your experience. DM’s open here or try me on signal: lorakolodny.55
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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A panel on the Treasury this Thursday, with the incredible @epopppp.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social. This is not just for academics. Everyone needs to understand what's happening right now. Spread the word!
Announcement for a SPECIAL PANEL ON THE TREASURY with pictures of two speakers.

About this event:

What is at stake with the Treasury's payment systems? Recent events make this question more pertinent than ever before. Cutting across governance, policy, economic regulation, and the bureaucracies that sit at the core of the democratic state, the Treasury's financial pipes and plumbing are critical for the nation's well-being. In this special session, Elizabeth Popp Berman (U Michigan) and Abraham Newman (Georgetown U) will discuss why these systems matter as well as the risks posed by their capture by non-state actors. Please join us on Thursday, February 6 at 11 AM PST/ 2 PM EST for what will surely be an excellent conversation.

Please register here: https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/uSxuanM2TEWy5Hqn4-7KVg
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If today's (tonight's?) ASA Virtual Mini-Conference is on your agenda, make sure to come to this terrific panel on Climate & Society, co-organized by Ioana Sendroiu and myself. With the wonderful Rachel Shwom as discussant, could a panel get any better? #climate #sociology @asanews.bsky.social
Program of the climate panel at the ASA Virtual Mini-Conference, on January 30, starting at 4.15pm EST
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The @ethnoat.bsky.social is, hands down, the best resource and community for ethnographic work in management and organizations! Makes me wish I were an ethnographer (and didn't just collaborate with them).
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
1/ Excited to see this paper with the incredible Patrick Bergemann out in the American Journal of Sociology. We argue that a sense of ownership in a community—what we call territoriality—shapes the emergence of social norms in consequential ways. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Territoriality and the Emergence of Norms During the COVID-19 Pandemic | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
1/ Excited to see this paper with the incredible Patrick Bergemann out in the American Journal of Sociology. We argue that a sense of ownership in a community—what we call territoriality—shapes the emergence of social norms in consequential ways. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Territoriality and the Emergence of Norms During the COVID-19 Pandemic | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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Paul-Brian McInerney @pbmcinerney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Updated Starter Pack. Now with 10% more Orgs, Work, and Economic Sociology. go.bsky.app/9S2CgcW
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Bonjour. Permanently moving over here; any tips? I especially look to connect with sociologists and other social scientists interested in organizations, cities, climate change, social innovation, or some combination thereof.
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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Bonjour. Permanently moving over here; any tips? I especially look to connect with sociologists and other social scientists interested in organizations, cities, climate change, social innovation, or some combination thereof.
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