The Project ESSE – For a European Research Space in Social Sciences has been completed. From 2004 to 2009, ESSE brought together researchers from various countries within and outside of Europe. Many of the 17 conferences on different topics such as The Translation and international circulation of Ideas (2006) have also been followed up by conference proceedings and other publications (see list below). The foundation of the transnational and interdisciplinary journal TRANSEO that deals with the modes of production and the usages of culture, literature and science has been another continuing benefit.
For the Foundation Bourdieu, ESSE has not only been a decisive preparatory means but also one of the largest and most exemplary research projects to date. The Foundation succeeds ESSE in the coordination of the international network of researchers and critical social research associated with Pierre Bourdieu.
Gérard Mauger on the political implications of Bourdieu's work
Gérard Mauger, research director at the Centre de sociologie européenne (CNRS/EHESS, Paris), highlights the political implications of Pierre Bourdieu's work in a paper presented at the conference "Was tun mit dem Erbe?" (Bielefeld, 2-3 october...
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The Shanghai-Ranking is Not Scientific
In an Article in the Journal La Recherche (N°430 - 05/2009) Yves Gringas discusses the epistemological foundations of the predominance of global university rankings, implemented a few years ago by the university of Shanghai. Departing from the finding that existing...
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About us
The "Fondation Pierre Bourdieu - For a European Research Space in Social Sciences" was founded in Geneva in March 2005. It is dedicated to carrying on the tradition of critical social theory and research associated with the man after whom it is named and coordinating an international network of congenial researchers.