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Mark Wittek is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Network and Data Science at the Central European University (CEU). His research focuses on social processes such as segregation, stratification, and the emergence of social categories in domains like schools, science, and art. He employs relational sociology, network theory, cultural sociology, action theory, and field theory, combined with statistical methods, network analysis, and large language models. His work examines mechanisms shaping resource centralization among elites, cultural content evolution, and attention-driven social structures.
- Education: Dr. rer. pol. (Sociology) and M.Sc. from the University of Cologne.
- Positions: Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (2024), Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Stuttgart (2024), ERC project contributor on adolescent social integration (2018-2022).
Key research interests include Hollywood filmmaking networks, scientific collaboration dynamics in neuroblastoma research, and interethnic relations in schools. He explores how historical and institutional factors influence social processes, aiming to develop an integrative theory on attention centralization and its societal impacts.
Major projects include analyzing Hollywood’s stylistic evolution (1930-1999) and the role of competition in scientific novelty. His work bridges computational social science (CSS), network analysis, and sociological theory.
