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Philipp Brandt is an Assistant Professor at the Center for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO) at Sciences Po, Paris. His research focuses on emerging professions, expert work, and their socio-economic contexts. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University (2016), with a dissertation on the data science profession. He previously conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Mannheim.
Key research interests include the construction of professional identities (e.g., data scientists), precarious work, and the impact of technology on labor. His current projects explore the decline of yellow taxi drivers and the cultural dimensions of data science. In 2023, he received an ERC Starting Grant for a project on work returns in occupational and organizational contexts.
- Education:
- Ph.D. in Sociology, Columbia University (2016)
- M.Phil. and M.A. in Sociology, Columbia University
- B.A. in Integrated Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen (2010)
Teaching includes courses on data science for social good and expert work in the digital age at Sciences Po, Nancy Campus, along with roles at the University of Mannheim and Columbia University. He is active in professional associations like the American Sociological Association and European Sociological Association.
Grants include seed funding from the Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (2017–2018) for projects on immigrant career trajectories and political careers in the German Bundestag. His awards include a student teaching award (2019) and a prestigious fellowship at Columbia University (2010–2015).
Philipp Brandt’s work bridges computational and qualitative methods, emphasizing the micro-level dynamics of work and expertise in unstable contexts. His research contributes to understanding how technological and economic changes reshape professions and labor practices.
