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Professor Gil Eyal is a sociologist at Columbia University, affiliated with the Department of Sociology within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He holds the rank of Professor and specializes in the sociology of expertise, historical sociology, and science and technology studies. His research addresses the crisis of trust in experts, politicization of scientific knowledge, and the intersection of expertise with political and legal systems. Eyal co-directs the Mellon Seminar on ‘Trust and Mistrust of Science and Experts’ and Columbia’s Precision Medicine & Society program, exploring the societal implications of precision medicine.
Education: Ph.D., UCLA, 1997.
Research focuses on contemporary challenges to expert authority, including vaccine hesitancy, climate science skepticism, and Brexit debates. He examines how ‘scientization of politics’ fuels politicization of science, creating recursive crises. Key projects include studies on long-COVID medical gaslighting, RCTs in international development, and the social origins of the autism spectrum disorder ‘epidemic.’
His work bridges theoretical sociology with applied issues like precision medicine ethics, genomic policy, and public health equity. Though no specific grants or advising roles are listed, his programs foster interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars, scientists, and the public to address trust challenges in science and governance.
