CSES is an incubator for new ideas and research in economic sociology

The Center

The Center for the Study of Economy and Society is a research and training center focused on advancing the sociological analysis of economic markets and economic action.

The Center’s History

Inspired by Max Weber and his influential book Economy and Society, CSES’s mission is to extend the core ideas and insights pioneered by Weber in a new institutionalist approach to the study of economy, society, and polity.

“The great bulk of controls over social behavior are not external but built into the relationships themselves.”— George Homans