In a wired and globalized world, how do place-based social interactions continue to define cities and their civil society? In response to this question, a recent collection of essays from San Francisco, Seattle, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sydney, and Vienna suggests a dual emphasis on place and organizations. Based on data from the Civic Life of Cities project, we show how comparisons of the people, practices, and partnerships of civil society organizations enable new middle-range theories of civil society. Our approach promises to offer rich comparative insights into similarities and differences among organizations around the globe.
Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n Christof Brandtner<\/span> is an assistant professor at emlyon and a senior research fellow at the Stanford Civic Life of Cities Lab.<\/p>\n\n An organizational sociologist, he studies how institutions, organizations, and urban environments shape the emergence and diffusion of social innovations. He conducts research on civil society organizations, urban governance, and institutional change. His work has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, Sociological Theory, Organization Studies, and Urban Studies, among others. He is writing Cities in Action, a book about cities\u2019 efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change (under contract with Columbia University Press).<\/p>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/potrait_emlyon.jpeg\")
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