Fabien Accominotti

Fabien Accominotti

@faccominotti.bsky.social

Sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Inequality, status hierarchies, elites, culture, economic sociology, historical sociology. www.fabienaccominotti.com

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Fabien Accominotti
@faccominotti.bsky.social

Critiques of meritocracy are having a moment. In this review article, Mike Sauder and I look beyond the "we think it promotes equity, but it doesn't" argument.

UW-Madison Sociology@uwsoc.bsky.social

"Meritocracy, this approach highlights, shapes stratification not only by sorting individuals into unequal social positions, but also by creating merit orders that have stratifying effects of their own.” -Fabien Accominotti and Michael Sauder in the Annual Review of Sociology.

doi.orgThe Making of Meritocratic Status OrdersThis article surveys a growing body of work examining the concrete consequences of implementing meritocracy in social life. To date, this work remains compartmentalized into the separate subfields of ...
Fabien Accominotti
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New article out in Annual Review, with Mike Sauder: We survey recent work looking at meritocracy as the making of merit-based status hierarchies, and we show how it expands our understanding of meritocracy’s stratifying effects. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

annualreviews.orgThe Making of Meritocratic Status OrdersThis article surveys a growing body of work examining the concrete consequences of implementing meritocracy in social life. To date, this work remains compartmentalized into the separate subfields of ...
Fabien Accominotti
@faccominotti.bsky.social

What are elites? How do they even exist in societies premised on democratic equality? It was a joy going off the beaten path for this final chapter of the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Elites: tinyurl.com/yjfvu6b5

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Fabien Accominotti’s chapter in The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites makes the case for conceptualizing elites as upper status groups—that is, as groups whom others perceive as having superior value in one respect or another.

doi.orgElites as Status Groups in Democratic SocietiesAbstract. This chapter makes the case for conceptualizing elites as upper status groups—that is, as groups whom others perceive as having superior value in

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LSE Inequalities
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📢 Read now: The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites This handbook offers an unprecedented global overview of how elites shape, and are shaped by, the social, political, and economic landscapes of the 21st century. Read it here ⬇️

buff.lyThe Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global ElitesAbstract. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites offers an unprecedented global overview of how elites shape, and are shaped by, the social,
Fabien Accominotti
@faccominotti.bsky.social

UW-Madison Sociology is hiring! We're inviting applications for an assistant professor position in the fields of demography, soc of population, and health, to begin August 2027. Come join @uwsoc.bsky.social and the great @cdeuw.bsky.social! Apply here: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

jobs.wisc.eduAssistant Professor of Sociology - Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesCurrent Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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UW-Madison Sociology
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Fabien Accominotti (@faccominotti.bsky.social) was interviewed by @faculti.bsky.social about his work on the architecture of status hierarchies. A full written transcription is available along with the video. faculti.net/the-architec... #Sociology

faculti.netThe Architecture of Status Hierarchies | FacultiHow do the structural properties of status hierarchies, separate from individuals’ positions within them, influence inequality in material rewards?
Fabien Accominotti
@faccominotti.bsky.social

If, like me and many democratic theorists, you believe social status is what we ought to equalize to fight contemporary inequality, this is an article (and interview) for you: www.rsfjournal.org/content/rsfj... Thanks for featuring it alongside so much great research. faculti.net/the-architec...

faculti.netThe Architecture of Status Hierarchies | FacultiHow do the structural properties of status hierarchies, separate from individuals’ positions within them, influence inequality in material rewards?
Fabien Accominotti
@faccominotti.bsky.social

The ASA section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society is a vibrant community of computational and network scholars, interested in how larger social patterns emerge from local social dynamics. Sounds exciting? You can learn more – and join us! – at the link below: tinyurl.com/2e7exdfw

tinyurl.comDecision-Making, Social Networks, and Society Archives | American Sociological AssociationThe purpose of the Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society Section is to encourage and enhance research, teaching and other professional concerns relating to the scope and limits of explaining m...
Fabien Accominotti
@faccominotti.bsky.social

We're hiring at the associate level in the field of population research at UW-Madison. The call takes a broad view of what constitutes population research, and is agnostic as to research methods. Apply here! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/associate-professor-of-sociology-madison-wisconsin-united-states

jobs.wisc.eduAssociate Professor of Sociology - Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesJob Summary: The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for an Associate Professor (with tenure) position in the field of population research beginning i...

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