Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Thank you, friends! @crestsociology.bsky.social @emlyon.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerCREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Last year at the CREST Sociology seminar, this year in the American Journal of Sociology: Congratulations, @cbrandtner.bsky.social! 141
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerAmerican Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026New 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.journals.uchicago.eduFrom Suites to Streets: Professional Expertise and the Organizational Pursuit of Social and Systemic Integration | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja 021
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerColumbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 29/04/2026What 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 #ClimateActionbuff.lyFive Reasons Why Urbanists and Organizational Scholars Should Read Each Other’s Work Christof Brandtner - Columbia University Press BlogChristof Brandtner explores why urbanists and organizational scholars must connect insights to better understand and advance climate action in cities. 032
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerAmerican Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 21/04/2026In 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 bit.lyCities in Action | Columbia University PressAs national governments and global institutions fail to address climate change, an increasing number of cities have committed to major sustainability and cli... | CUP 044
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerChristof 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-...cup.columbia.eduCities in Action | Columbia University PressAs national governments and global institutions fail to address climate change, an increasing number of cities have committed to major sustainability and cli... | CUP 164
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This book was written to be read, and I'd love it if you did! If you're in the US, consider your local bookstore or buy directly from CUP. 20% off with code CUP20. If you can't afford it, ask your local or university library to order a copy—most do on demand these days. 000
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 25/02/20263/ Until that changes, I hope this book gives us food for thought and some optimism. It was fun to discuss political tensions in cities worldwide, how organizations and institutions work in real places, and how to scale climate solutions as nations falter in London at Bayes ETHOS yesterday! 100
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I wish these questions were less timely—that national governments were on top of climate change instead of retreating, and city staff could focus on clearing sewers and organizing cultural events instead of compensating for national policy. #endangerment #paris #climatechange #climateaction 100
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-...cup.columbia.eduCities in Action | Columbia University PressAs national governments and global institutions fail to address climate change, an increasing number of cities have committed to major sustainability and cli... | CUP 164
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerMichelle Jackson @mivich.bsky.social · 30/10/2025This 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...)poetsandquants.comAre 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. 0104
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Prof 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...talkingpointsmemo.comCritical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American DemocracyTPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared... 251080436
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A 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! 021
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerCREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · 14/05/2025TODAY 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... 033
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerAmerican Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The March 2025 issue of the American Journal of Sociology is now available online at: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ajs/2025... 072
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerAmerican Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Hello 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. 014937
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Ça n'a duré qu'une heure. mais j'espère que ce n'était pas la dernière fois ! 010
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Stand 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 180
Reposted by Christof Brandtner404 Media @404media.co · 05/03/2025A French university is offering funding to American scientists concerned about potential censorship under the Trump administration. 🔗 www.404media.co/french-unive... 22927262
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 05/03/2025When 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.🧵 251383568
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I'm sure you know Young & Holsteen's multivrs (prev. mrobust): ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode... // Book forthcoming: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...cambridge.orgMultiverse Analysis | Quantitative methods 110
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerCrystal 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. 820152
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerTom Mills @tommills.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This looks interesting: 'Elite corporate networks and CEO compensation: the causes and consequences of CEO pay premiums' academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...academic.oup.comElite corporate networks and CEO compensation: the causes and consequences of CEO pay premiumsAbstract. CEO compensation has expanded dramatically over the past half-century, with network processes playing a pivotal role. We advance research on thes 02210
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13/02/2025for 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 58739
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerSarah Quinn @sarahquinn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025A 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! 8369231
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 30/01/2025If 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 020
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The @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). 020
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerChristof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/12/20241/ 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/...journals.uchicago.eduTerritoriality and the Emergence of Norms During the COVID-19 Pandemic | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja 151
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/12/20245/ We think our findings have implications beyond neighborhoods, such as whether people have a sense of ownership in their workplace or other communities. More on that forthcoming... Meanwhile, check out the "just accepted" paper in AJS! Please DM for access. 000
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/12/20244/ To be clear, territoriality is not inherently good. Feeling ownership of one's space can foster prosocial behaviors and resilience, but it can also reinforce parochialism and bigotry. Exploring these trade-offs in local communities and organizations is a research frontier. 110
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/12/20243/ Using NYC neighborhoods during the early Covid-19 pandemic, we show that where people were more invested in their neighborhood (e.g., through homeownership, stability, or property improvements), norm enforcement (311 complaints) and compliance (staying home) were higher. #call311 100
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/12/20242/ What excited us most was the ability to study norm emergence in a real-life setting. Our findings show that neighborhood context shapes what has often been understood as a primarily psychological process. Place matters, once again. 100
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 17/12/20241/ 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/...journals.uchicago.eduTerritoriality and the Emergence of Norms During the COVID-19 Pandemic | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja 151
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Bob loves this paper, as everyone who's attended the @casbsstanford.bsky.social summer institute on organizational effectiveness can attest. 010
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerPaul-Brian McInerney @pbmcinerney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Updated Starter Pack. Now with 10% more Orgs, Work, and Economic Sociology. go.bsky.app/9S2CgcW 553
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Would love to be in there. Thanks for putting this together, Paul-Brian! 110
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerChristof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Bonjour. 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. 271
Reposted by Christof BrandtnerGlobalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024go.bsky.app/TU4z6Q4 42211
Christof Brandtner @cbrandtner.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Bonjour. 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. 271