Sophie Mützel

Employment

since January 2009	Senior Researcher, Research Unit Cultural Sources of Newness, Social Science Research Center Berlin.
October 2003 - December 2008	Assistant Professor, Research Unit Comparative Structural Analysis, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin.
2002-2003	Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence.
1994-1995	Junior Researcher, Research Unit Organizations and Technology, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Berlin.

Education

2002	Columbia University, New York, NY. Ph.D. in Sociology. Dissertation: "Making meaning of the move of the German capital – networks, logics and the emergence of capital city journalism." Dissertation Committee: David Stark (chair), Peter Bearman, and Harrison White.
1998	Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. M.A. in Sociology. Master's Thesis: "The organizational field of women's politics in Berlin – islands of meaning and patterned heterogeneity." Committee: David Stark and Ron Breiger
1993	University of California at Berkeley, CA. B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude with high honors.

Professional Experience

November 2009	Organizer, international workshop on "Evaluation Practices in Art Worlds", WZB, Berlin.
September 2008	Organizer, international symposium "Relational Sociology: Transatlantic Impulses for the Social Sciences", Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin (funded by German Science Foundation und Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences).
February 2008	Organizer, Annual Meeting of Economic Sociology Section, "Theoretical Approaches in Economic Sociology", Berlin.
2006-	Co-Chair, Section on Economic Sociology, German Sociological Association.
2001-2006	Founding Co-Chair, Thematic Network on Identities, Council for European Studies.
October 2000	Co-Organizer, Graduate Student Workshop on "National Identities and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective", supported in part by the Japan-US Friendship Commission and the Japan Foundation.

Honors and Awards

2005	Travel Grant to attend ASA meeting, German Science Foundation.
2004	Travel Grant to attend SASE meeting, German Science Foundation.
2002	Annette Kade Fellowship, Annette Kade Charitable Trust, New York.
2002	Cornerhouse Travel Fund, Department of Sociology, Columbia University.
2002	Travel Fund, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Columbia University.
2000-2001	Graduate Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University.
2001	Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Columbia University.
2000	Dean's Summer Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Columbia University.
1998-2001	Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Columbia University.
1998-2000	Dissertation Fellowship, Hamburg Institute for Social Research, Germany.
1995-1998	Sage Graduate School Fellowship, Cornell University.
1997	Summer Research Stipend, Department of Sociology, Cornell University.
1996	Summer Travel Stipend for Pre-dissertational fieldwork, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University.
1993	Phi Beta Kappa, Northern California Chapter.
1991-1993	Dean's Honors List, University of Califonia at Berkeley.

Research Interests

Economic Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Organizational Sociology, Sociological Theory, Social Network Analysis.

Teaching

Relational sociology, Economic Sociology, Social Networks and Organizations, Sociology of Markets.

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