Dr. Georg Rilinger
Postdoctoral Researcher
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Paulstr. 3 | 50676 Cologne | Germany
Phone: +49 221 2767-158
Fax: +49 221 2767-555
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Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Paulstr. 3 | 50676 Cologne | Germany
Phone: +49 221 2767-158
Fax: +49 221 2767-555
Personal homepage
Research Interests
Economic sociology; sociology of knowledge; market design; regulation; sociology of economics; corporate crime; social theory; network analysisResearch Projects
Selected Publications
Rilinger, Georg. 2019. "Corporate Conspiracies and Complex Secrets: Structure and Perception of the Insull Scheme in 1930s Chicago." American Journal of Sociology 124 (4): 1043–1089.Rilinger, Georg. 2015. "Methodenprobleme immanenter Kritik: Das Beispiel der Entfremdung." Leviathan 43 (1): 88–112.
Vita
| Oct. 2020-present | Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2014-2020 | PhD, Sociology, University of Chicago |
| 2014-2016 | MA, Sociology, University of Chicago |
| 2011-2013 | Mphil in Politics: Political Theory, University of Oxford |
| 2008-2011 | BA, Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin |
Awards and Honors (Selected)
2019: Ron Burt Best Student Paper Award, Economic Sociology Section, American Sociological Association2019: Henderson Research Grant, Division of the Social Sciences, University of Chicago
2018-2019: Hanna Holborn Gray Fellowship, Mellon Foundation
2017-2020: Bradley Fellow, Stigler Center PhD Dissertation Award, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
2016-2017: Fellow, Critical Realism Working Group, Yale University
2015: Fellow, Philosophy of Social Science Seminar, Yale University
2012-2013: Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation