Simon Susen is Professor of Sociology at City St George’s, University of London. Before joining City in 2011, he held lectureships at Birkbeck, University of London (2010–2011), Newcastle University (2008–2010), and Goldsmiths, University of London (2007–2008). He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2007. Prior to that, he studied sociology, politics, and philosophy at a range of international universities and research centres – including the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh, the Colegio de México, the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Mexico City, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is Affiliate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Andrés Bello in Santiago, Chile. In addition, he is Associate Member of the Bauman Institute and, together with Bryan S. Turner, Editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology.
He is the author of numerous books, including Humanity and Uncontrollability: Reflections on Hartmut Rosa’s Critical Theory (2024), Sociology in the Twenty-First Century: Key Trends, Debates, and Challenges (2020), Pierre Bourdieu’nün Mirası: Eleştirel Söylemler (2019, co-edited with B.S. Turner), The Sociology of Intellectuals: After ‘The Existentialist Moment’ (2017, co-edited with P. Baert), Pierre Bourdieu et la distinction sociale. Un essai philosophique (2016), The ‘Postmodern Turn’ in the Social Sciences (2015), The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’ (2014, co-edited with B.S. Turner), and The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu (2011, co-edited with B.S. Turner).
