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2016-17 CASBS fellow Eric Klinenberg: "The Sociology of Connection: Lessons from Going Solo and Modern Romance"

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Thursday, January 19, 2017
11:35am - 12:35pm PST
Eric Klinenberg

Eric leads us through some of the research that underpins his two recent books, "Modern Romance" and "Going Solo."

Eric Klinenberg is professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, as well as research director of the federal government’s Rebuild by Design competition. He is the author of Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (Penguin, 2013), Fighting for Air (Holt, 2008), Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Chicago, 2nd ed., 2015), and, with Aziz Ansari, of Modern Romance (Penguin, 2015). He is also the editor of Climate Change and the Future of Cities (Duke, 2016)."

You can find more at http://www.ericklinenberg.com/

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