Dr. Leon Jesse Wansleben
Vita
Since 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics
2014 Head of the SNF Ambizione Project, University of Lucerne (Switzerland), Department of Sociology
2010-2014 Research associate „Bild und sozialer Sinn“ (eikones Basel), University of Lucerne (Switzerland), Department of Sociology
2007-2010 Ph.D. student, Ph.D. Program "Cultures of Time", Center of Excellence “Cultural Foundations of Integration“, University of Konstanz
2006-2007 M.Sc. in Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science (quantitative and qualitative methods, globalization including the sociology of financial markets, sociological theory)
2003-2006 B.A. with distinction, in philosophy and cultural reflection, University of Witten/Herdecke (cultural theory, sociology, economics and management)
2001 High school completion (Abitur) with distinction, Gymnasium Thusneldastraße, Cologne
2004-2006 Student assistant, Cultural-Scientific Institute (KWI), Essen, Department of Memory and Remembrance (Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer)
2002-2003 Volunteer, UNITED for Intercultural Action, European Network Against Racism, Amsterdam; Member of the Board since 2005
2001-2002 Intern, Institute for the Research of Social Chances, Department of Organization and Ecology, Cologne
Research Areas
- Economic sociology, particularly ethnography of financial markets
- Sociology of science
- Political sociology
- Sociological theory and cultural theory
Function within the center
Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz (April-August 2018)
Research project “Remaking Monetary Authority: Die Transformation der Zentralbanken vor der Weltfinanzkrise”
Abstract
Former member of the Ph.D. program “Cultures of Time”
about the Ph.D. program
Dissertation project “‘Economists in-between’: The epistemic profile of macro-economic experts in the financial industry”
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Selected Publications
Hrsg. mit S. Kleiner & M. Lay-Brander Geteilte Gegenwarten. Kulturelle Praktiken von Aufmerksamkeit. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn, 2016.
Cultures of Expertise in Global Currency Markets, London: Routledge, 2013.
‘Economists’ Model Forecasts vs. Analysts’ Market Views. Divergences and Hierarchies among Cultures of Expertise,’ Science in Context 27/4, S. 605-630, 2014.
Hrsg. mit S. Kleiner & M. Lay-Brander Geteilte Gegenwarten. Kulturelle Praktiken von Aufmerksamkeit. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag 2016.
‘Economists’ Model Forecasts vs. Analysts’ Market Views. Divergences and Hierarchies among Cultures of Expertise,’ Science in Context 27/4, 2014, S. 605-630.
Cultures of Expertise in Global Currency Markets, London: Routledge 2013.
Was bedeutet „Research“? Praktiken von Währungsanalysten im Kontext sich wandelnder Marktkulturen. In: Herbert Kalthoff, Uwe Vormbusch (Hg.): Soziologie der Finanzmärkte. Bielefeld: Transcript 2012, S. 235-264.
Economists in the Wild. Von der Finanzökonomik zu dem undisziplinierten Wissen der Finanzmärkte. In: Florian Hoof, Eva-Maria Jung, Ulrich Salascheck (Hg.): Jenseits des Labors. Transformationen von Wissen zwischen Entstehungs- und Anwendungskontext. Bielefeld: Transcript 2011, S. 259-278.
Schnelles Geld. Wie in der Finanzindustrie die Echtzeit reagiert. In: Nonstop. Ein Lese- und Hörbuch über die Geschwindigkeit des Lebens, S. 34-41, Herausgegeben vom Stapferhaus Lenzburg, Baden: Hier+Jetzt, 2009.
Laborexplorationen. Eine inkongruente Perspektive auf den Alltag sozialwissenschaftlicher Praxis (Sozialwissenschaften und Berufspraxis, Jahrgang 30/2007, Nr. 2/Juli-Dezember)
Contact
e-mail l.j.wansleben[at]lse.ac.uk