Carlos Forment

Carlos Forment is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Politics at The New School for Social Research, serving as Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology and Founder/Co-director of the graduate minor Critical Perspectives on Democratic Anti-Colonialism. Previously, he held faculty positions at Universidad Nacional de San Martin (Buenos Aires) and Princeton University, and directed Buenos Aires' Centro de investigacion y documentacion de la vida publica.

His academic background includes:

• Ph.D., Harvard University, 1991
• M.A., Harvard University
• Studies at Duke University
• Studies at Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH), Mexico City

Forment's research centers on democratic and post-democratic life in Latin America, examining citizenship practices through historical and contemporary lenses. His work emphasizes practical judgment and ordinary language in socio-political formations, spanning 19th-century public sociability to contemporary assemblyism in Buenos Aires under neoliberal globalization.

His 2012-2019 publications reveal consistent focus on plebeian citizenship in Buenos Aires, analyzing waste pickers, neighborhood assemblies, and informal markets as sites where marginalized groups enact democratic practices outside institutional frameworks. These works blend political theory, sociology, and anthropology to document how structural adjustment reshapes citizenship.

His scholarly recognition includes:

• Fulbright Scholar
• Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship

As Director of Graduate Studies, Forment mentors sociology students while securing research funding from:

• Argentina's CONICET
• Chile's FONDECYT
• Open Society Foundations
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Social Science Research Council

He founded the Critical Perspectives on Democratic Anti-Colonialism graduate minor and co-edits influential volumes on citizenship, maintaining active roles in academic networks focused on Latin American democratic theory and plebeian studies.