Rainer Diaz-Bone

Prof. Dr. Rainer Diaz-Bone is a Professor of Sociology specializing in qualitative and quantitative methods at the University of Lucerne's Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. He has held visiting scholar positions at institutions such as Laboratoire IDHES (École Normale Supérieure, Paris-Saclay) and Université de Lille.

• Education: Diploma in Social Sciences (Applied Social Research) from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (1996); PhD in Sociology from Universität Trier (2001); Habilitation in Sociology from Freie Universität Berlin (2008).

His research focuses on Economic Sociology, Social Theory, and Methodological Foundations of the New French Economic Sociology, including discourse theory and Bourdieu's theories of distinction. His habilitation thesis examined 'Felder und Konventionen in der Wirtschaft'.

• Scientific Awards: Dissertationspreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (2004).

He has served as President of the Swiss Sociological Association (2018–2021), co-editor of the book series 'Soziologie der Konventionen' (Springer VS, since 2018) and 'Quantitative Sozialforschung' (Springer VS, since 2024), and on editorial boards of journals like 'Historical Social Research' and 'Economic Sociology' (Max Planck Institute for Social Research).