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This is a selection of my publications. For a full list, please see my CV or visit my Google Scholar profile.
Books
Dissecting the Social: On the Principles of Analytical Sociology. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
解析社會： 分析社會學原理. Nanjing University Press. 2024.
Segregation. Makadam Förlag, 2020
Anatomia del Soziale. VS Bruno Mondadori, 2006.
The Frontiers of Sociology. Brill, 2009.
Anatomie des Sozialen - Prinzipen der Analytischen Soziologie. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008.
Kvantitativ metod för samhälls– och beteendevetare. Studentlitteratur, 2003.
Organisationer och samhälle: Analytiska perspektiv. Studentlitteratur, 1999.
Sociology Through Time and Space. Stockholm University, 1996.
Structures of Inequality: A Study of Stratification within Work Organizations. Almqwist & Wiksell International, 1988.
Published papers
The following papers illustrate my approach to sociological analysis, with its emphasis on social interactions, micro–macro dynamics, and the close integration of empirical and theoretical analysis.
Popper’s situational analysis and contemporary sociology
Philosophy of the Social Sciences 28(3): 339–364 (with Richard Swedberg and Lars Udehn).
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Social mechanisms: An introductory essay
In Hedström and Swedberg (eds.) Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory. Cambridge University Press, 1998 (with Richard Swedberg).
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Rational imitation
In Hedström and Swedberg (eds.) Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Mesolevel networks and the diffusion of social movements
American Journal of Sociology 106(1): 145–172 (with Rickard Sandell and Charlotta Stern).
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Experimental macro sociology
Explaining the growth patterns of social movements
In J. Elster et. al. (eds.) Understanding Choice, Explaining Behaviour. Oslo University Press
Analytical sociology and theories of the middle range
In Hedström and Bearman (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford University Press, 2009 (with Lars Udehn)
Causal mechanisms in the social sciences
Annual Review of Sociology 36: 49–67 (with Petri Ylikoski).
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Analytical sociology and rational choice theory
In G. Manzo (ed.) Analytical Sociology: Actions and Networks. Wiley, 2014 (with Petri Ylikoski).
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Identifying complex dynamics in social systems
Sociological Methods & Research 44(2): 1-33 (with Viktoria Spaiser, David Sumpter, Kim Jansson, and Monica Nordvik).
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Urban scaling and the regional divide
The Trojan-horse mechanism: How networks reduce gender segregation
Science Advances 2021: Vol. 7, no. 16 (with Martin Arvidsson and Francois Collet).
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The past and future of analytical sociology
In G. Manzo (ed.) Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology. Edward Elgar, 2021.
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Wide social influence and the emergence of the unexpected: An empirical test using Spotify data
Sociological Science, 2025 (with Martin Arvidsson and Marc Keuschnigg).
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Ethnic preferences, opportunity structure, and the school segregation process
European Sociological Review, 2025 (with Selcan Mutgan and Martin Arvidsson).
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Contact information:
Linköping University
Institute for Analytical Sociology
601 74 Norrköping
SWEDEN
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