Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism Leaderboard

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1

Tobias Kalt

Universität Hamburg

2

Felipe Antunes de Oliveira

Queen Mary University of London

3

Rami Kaplan

Tel Aviv University

4

Joscha Abels

University of Tübingen

5

Ilias Alami

Maastricht University

6

Courtney J. Fung

University of International Relations

7

Anna-Lena Maier

Hamburg Port Consulting (Germany)

8

Sidney A. Rothstein

Williams College

9

Jason C. Mueller

Kennesaw State University

10

Sue A. S. Iamamoto

Universidade Federal da Bahia

Rising Stars Papers

1

Private infrastructure in geopolitical conflicts: the case of Starlink and the war in Ukraine

European Journal of International Relations|2024

47 cit.

2

A partial conversion: how the ‘unholy trinity’ of global economic governance adapts to state capitalism

European Journal of International Relations|2024

35 cit.

3

Foreign investment screening mechanisms and emergent geographies of (post)globalization

Dialogues in Human Geography|2024

35 cit.

4

Transition conflicts: A Gramscian political ecology perspective on the contested nature of sustainability transitions

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions|2024

33 cit.

5

The German scramble for green hydrogen in Namibia: Colonial legacies revisited?

Political Geography|2025

24 cit.

6

<i>Quo vadis</i> neoliberalism in an age of resurgent state capitalism?

Finance and Space|2024

20 cit.

7

Personnel power shift? Unpacking China's attempts to enter the<scp>UN</scp>civil service

Global Policy|2024

14 cit.

8

Mapping China’s influence at the United Nations

The Review of International Organizations|2024

12 cit.

9

Drivers and Limits of the Geoeconomic Turn in EU Infrastructure Policy

Politics and Governance|2024

11 cit.

10

The Rise of Investor‐Driven Climate Governance: From Myth to Institution?

Regulation & Governance|2025

10 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Papers

1

Spreading rebellion?: The rise of extinction rebellion chapters across the world

Environmental Sociology|2022

83 cit.

2

Technological sovereignty and strategic dependencies: The case of the photovoltaic supply chain

Journal of Cleaner Production|2023

34 cit.

3

Historical Political Economy: Past, Present, and Future

Annual Review of Political Science|2022

30 cit.

4

On the growth impact of different eco-innovation business strategies

Economia Politica|2022

24 cit.

5

The diffusion of digital skills across EU regions: structural drivers and polarisation dynamics

Regional Studies Regional Science|2023

17 cit.

6

Explaining Out-Group Bias in Weak States

World Politics|2022

13 cit.

7

Critical geoeconomics, critique of geoeconomics or something else?

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space|2024

13 cit.

8

Anticolonial connectivity and the politics of solidarity: between home and the world

Postcolonial Studies|2022

11 cit.

9

I Am Not Just a Nurse: The Need for a Boundaried Ethic of Care in the Context of Prolific Relationality

Journal of Business Ethics|2022

8 cit.

10

Between Algeria and the world: anticolonial connectivity, aporias of national liberation and postcolonial blues

Postcolonial Studies|2022

8 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1

An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology.

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1993

9.4k cit.

2

An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology

The Canadian Journal of Sociology|1993

8.4k cit.

3

World Society and the Nation‐State

American Journal of Sociology|1997

4.7k cit.

4

Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values

American Sociological Review|2000

4.6k cit.

5

TAKING STOCK OF NETWORKS AND ORGANIZATIONS: A MULTILEVEL PERSPECTIVE.

Academy of Management Journal|2004

2.3k cit.

6

The Cross-National Diversity of Corporate Governance: Dimensions and Determinants

Academy of Management Review|2003

1.6k cit.

7

Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values

American Sociological Review|2000

1.5k cit.

8

A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING.

Academy of Management Journal|2003

1.4k cit.

9

Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change

Administrative Science Quarterly|1998

1.3k cit.

10

Corporate Elite Networks and Governance Changes in the 1980s

American Journal of Sociology|1997

1.3k cit.

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