Andreas Schmitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3580836 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreas Schmitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreas |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmitz |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMITZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bonn |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9453-5748 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Integrating geometric data analysis and network analysis by iterative reciprocal mapping. The example of the German field of sociology
This paper presents an iterative procedure for reconstructing a scientific field by relating two relational methods. The procedure involves using geometric data analysis and network analysis in several steps. Blocks from block model analysis are projected into a space constructed by MCA, considered as subspaces using CSA, and subsequently inspected with regard to their manifest interaction structures. The findings allow us to examine the overall …
On the practical rationality of the use of homeopathy in the German-speaking social space: An integrated approach using geometric data analysis and regression analysis
This article examines the use of homeopathy from the perspective of Bourdieu's theory of social space and practice. Theoretically, we elaborate that the use of alternative medicine is subject to practical logics that cannot be reduced to and are incompatible with a scholastic rationalist logic. However, belief in scientific logic and evidence, like belief in alternative rationalities, is situated in the social space of society itself, which can b…
From Volunteerism to Corporatization: Analyzing Participation in the 2015 and 2023 Reddit Blackouts
Reddit, one of the largest global social media platforms, has undergone significant transformations since its inception in 2005. From a loosely structured, niche platform to a globally recognized company with a standardized and regulated governance system, Reddit's evolution has been marked by a shift in the power dynamics between its owners, moderators, and users. 2015 and 2023 were marked by the occurrence of two prominent protests, termed 'bla…
Types of Collaboration and the Consolidation of Sociological Research Evidence from publications in five German sociology journals 2000–2019
Career Paths Inside and Outside Academia , Seite 239 - 279
Viele Theorien, ein ‚Theorizing‘: Eine Rekonstruktion des deutschen Feldes soziologischer TheorieReconstructing the German Field of Sociological Theory
Appendix: Kontrafaktizität und Geltung
In diesem Diskussionsbeitrag werden die Argumente des in diesem Heft erscheinenden Beitrags „Regressionen, Relationen und die Unabhängigkeit der unabhängigen Variablen. Zur Bourdieu’schen Kritik der Regressionsanalyse” erörtert und vor diesem Hintergrund Möglichkeiten und Desiderate der gegenwärtigen Quantifizierung im Rahmen der Bourdieu’schen Methodologie aufgezeigt
Group Formation in Science between Homogenization and Differentiation: Modeling the Development of U.S. and German Sociology
We assess the empirical development of scientific homogenization and differentiation processes in terms of group development comparing U.S. and German sociology from 2004 to 2019. We introduce hierarchical multi-layered Bayesian stochastic block models to the issue of scientific group development. Based on publication data from Scopus, we analyze group formation simultaneously as collaboration networks, reference networks, and topical networks. E…
The German social space and its homologies: National variation on a basic structure
This article constructs a comprehensive new model of the contemporary class structure of Germany. More specifically, inspired by Pierre Bourdieu’s geometric conception of class relations and drawing on original survey data, it adopts multiple correspondence analysis paired with cluster analysis to chart the German ‘social space’, that is, the relational configuration of key forms of capital. It then explores correspondences with occupational grou…
Division of labour in families: An Integrative Dyadic Classification Approach
The topic of household division of labour has generated a considerable body of empirical research focusing on identifying determinants that can explain why the allocation of tasks has been persistently gendered for decades. Against the backdrop of couples’ increasingly complex and diverse sociostructural compositions in modern Western societies, conceiving household division of labour as a heterogeneous and dyadic phenomenon is indispensable in u…
Kontrafaktizität und Geltung. Von scheinbaren Defiziten zu unscheinbaren Potenzialen der Quantifizierung im Rahmen Bourdieu'scher Methodologie
In diesem Diskussionsbeitrag werden die Argumente des in diesem Heft erscheinenden Beitrags „Regressionen, Relationen und die Unabhängigkeit der unabhängigen Variablen. Zur Bourdieu'schen Kritik der Regressionsanalyse" erörtert und vor diesem Hintergrund Möglichkeiten und Desiderate der gegenwärtigen Quantifizierung im Rahmen der Bourdieu'schen Methodologie aufgezeigt
Stocktake of G20 countries’ climate pledges reveals limited macroeconomic costs and employment shifts
Reaching the Paris Agreement temperature targets requires a substantial increase in individual countries’ ambition to reduce GHG emissions. Research on the macroeconomic implications of global decarbonization pathways is limited, often focuses on the energy sector, and ignores shifts toward non-energy sectors, leading to concerns regarding unemployment and economic losses. We aim to analyze the mitigation options to bring emissions in line with a…
Fear Factor(y)”: Academia. Subtle Mechanisms of Symbolic Domination in the Academic Field 1 , 2
The structure of and recent transformations in science affect the structure of the academic field, and ultimately the actors themselves: Today, academics often experience pressure, stress, and emotional discomfort. In this contribution, we show how emotions such as fear and concern may arise in reaction to the contemporary conditions of academic life, and how these emotions can operate as elements of the hierarchies between human actors (scientis…
Framework for interoperable service architecture development
Divided we stand, united we fall? Structure and struggles of contemporary German sociology
This contribution presents an analysis of the structure and conflictual dynamics of contemporary German sociology which has recently separated into two professional societies. Using geometric data analysis, we present an empirical construction of the power/knowledge structure of the field, its paradigmatic plurality, and the various forms of sociological practices involved
Rethinking the nation and international relations: The space of nation states
Efforts to move sociology beyond the nation state and international relations theory have both been plagued by several limitations and dualisms. Recent research has begun to find ways beyond the problems by turning to Pierre Bourdieu's relational conception of social structure and practice. Yet one specific relational structure forming a key part of the puzzle has been neglected or merely implicitly assumed so far: the space of nation states. Aft…
Towards a general sociology of fear: A programmatic answer to crucial deficits of the contemporary fear discourse
Data Quality of Digital Process Data: A Generalized Framework and Simulation/Post-Hoc Identification Strategy
Digital process data are becoming increasingly important for social science research, but their quality has been gravely neglected so far. In this article, we adopt a process perspective and argue that data extracted from socio-technical systems are, in principle, subject to the same error-inducing mechanisms as traditional forms of social science data, namely biases that arise before their acquisition (observational design), during their acquisi…
The Nexus between Methods and Power in Sociological Research
This article develops an integrative perspective on the nexus between power and sociological research methods. By reflecting upon two of the most widely used methodological approaches in sociology – standardized survey research and qualitative interview research – we develop a comprehensive heuristic framework for examining the ways in which the use of sociological methods affects and intersects any social scientific practice: (1) the power effec…
Divorce à l'allemande: Luttes symboliques et tensions institutionnelles dans la sociologie allemande contemporaine
Avec la création de l'Académie de sociologie (AS), le champ sociologique allemand compte désormais une nouvelle association professionnelle qui s'ajoute à la Société allemande de sociologie (DGS), établie de longue date. Cet article passe en revue les principales positions discursives, les sujets de controverse majeurs ainsi que les grandes lignes de fracture qui ont conduit à ce schisme. Les conflits contemporains sont interprétés au travers d'u…
In welcher Gesellschaft forschen wir eigentlich
Debatte
Das Feld der Macht: Eliten – Differenzierung – Globalisierung
Themed Section Introduction: Process‐Oriented Analysis
Methodological Relationalism
Methodological relationalism denotes a scientific approach to the social that places relations, rather than entities, individual or collective, at the beginning of its conceptions and analyses. Relational reasoning is arguably one of the most dynamic and productive approaches in modern social sciences. This contribution puts particular emphasis on linking relational theory to corresponding ways of conducting research, that is, getting from relati…
Empirical Investigations of Social Space
Netzwerke als transversale Felder
Social class, symbolic domination, and Angst: The example of the Norwegian social space
Today, 'fear' in its diverse facets is a topic growing in relevance in the media discourse. However, apart from analyses of individual psychic pathologies or general macro-sociological diagnoses, it has been largely neglected in (empirical) social sciences. The increasingly influential works of Bourdieu are no exception here, even though the concept of habitus inherently transcends positive interests such as lifestyle preferences, as analyzed in …
Pluralizing field analysis: Toward a relational understanding of the field of power
A crucial yet often-overlooked starting point for any Bourdieusian field analysis is to relate the field under consideration to the 'field of power', so as to enable an examination of its relative autonomy or heteronomy, i.e. its relation to other fields of society and to society as a whole. However, Bourdieu and his successors did not implement this key conceptual consideration systematically, or did so peripherally at best. For this reason both…
The Nexus between Methods and Power in Sociological Research
This article develops an integrative perspective on the nexus between power and sociological research methods. By reflecting upon two of the most widely used methodological approaches in sociology – standardized survey research and qualitative interview research – we develop a comprehensive heuristic framework for examining the ways in which the use of sociological methods affects and intersects any social scientific practice: (1) the power effec…
A multi-model assessment of food security implications of climate change mitigation
The German social space and its homologies: National variation on a basic structure
This article constructs a comprehensive new model of the contemporary class structure of Germany. More specifically, inspired by Pierre Bourdieu’s geometric conception of class relations and drawing on original survey data, it adopts multiple correspondence analysis paired with cluster analysis to chart the German ‘social space’, that is, the relational configuration of key forms of capital. It then explores correspondences with occupational grou…
Divided we stand, united we fall? Structure and struggles of contemporary German sociology
This contribution presents an analysis of the structure and conflictual dynamics of contemporary German sociology which has recently separated into two professional societies. Using geometric data analysis, we present an empirical construction of the power/knowledge structure of the field, its paradigmatic plurality, and the various forms of sociological practices involved
Rethinking the nation and international relations: The space of nation states
Efforts to move sociology beyond the nation state and international relations theory have both been plagued by several limitations and dualisms. Recent research has begun to find ways beyond the problems by turning to Pierre Bourdieu's relational conception of social structure and practice. Yet one specific relational structure forming a key part of the puzzle has been neglected or merely implicitly assumed so far: the space of nation states. Aft…
Towards a general sociology of fear: A programmatic answer to crucial deficits of the contemporary fear discourse
An Interview with Frédéric Lebaron on the Genesis and Principles of Bourdieusian Sociology: The Real Is (Still) Relational
This interview comprises different key aspects of Pierre Bourdieu's work. Amongst others, the following topics are treated: the development of Frédéric Lebaron's collaboration with Bourdieu, the political and ideological conditions prevailing at the time of Bourdieu's early works and during the phase of his establishment, the epistemological foundations of Bourdieu's relationism, the relationship to other modern paradigms such as Fligstein's and …
Strukturale Psychologie. Zum Verhältnis von Sozialraum, Habitus und Persönlichkeit
Integrating geometric data analysis and network analysis by iterative reciprocal mapping. The example of the German field of sociology
This paper presents an iterative procedure for reconstructing a scientific field by relating two relational methods. The procedure involves using geometric data analysis and network analysis in several steps. Blocks from block model analysis are projected into a space constructed by MCA, considered as subspaces using CSA, and subsequently inspected with regard to their manifest interaction structures. The findings allow us to examine the overall …
On the practical rationality of the use of homeopathy in the German-speaking social space: An integrated approach using geometric data analysis and regression analysis
This article examines the use of homeopathy from the perspective of Bourdieu's theory of social space and practice. Theoretically, we elaborate that the use of alternative medicine is subject to practical logics that cannot be reduced to and are incompatible with a scholastic rationalist logic. However, belief in scientific logic and evidence, like belief in alternative rationalities, is situated in the social space of society itself, which can b…
Group Formation in Science between Homogenization and Differentiation: Modeling the Development of U.S. and German Sociology
We assess the empirical development of scientific homogenization and differentiation processes in terms of group development comparing U.S. and German sociology from 2004 to 2019. We introduce hierarchical multi-layered Bayesian stochastic block models to the issue of scientific group development. Based on publication data from Scopus, we analyze group formation simultaneously as collaboration networks, reference networks, and topical networks. E…
Kontrafaktizität und Geltung. Von scheinbaren Defiziten zu unscheinbaren Potenzialen der Quantifizierung im Rahmen Bourdieu'scher Methodologie
In diesem Diskussionsbeitrag werden die Argumente des in diesem Heft erscheinenden Beitrags „Regressionen, Relationen und die Unabhängigkeit der unabhängigen Variablen. Zur Bourdieu'schen Kritik der Regressionsanalyse" erörtert und vor diesem Hintergrund Möglichkeiten und Desiderate der gegenwärtigen Quantifizierung im Rahmen der Bourdieu'schen Methodologie aufgezeigt
Fear Factor(y)”: Academia. Subtle Mechanisms of Symbolic Domination in the Academic Field 1 , 2
The structure of and recent transformations in science affect the structure of the academic field, and ultimately the actors themselves: Today, academics often experience pressure, stress, and emotional discomfort. In this contribution, we show how emotions such as fear and concern may arise in reaction to the contemporary conditions of academic life, and how these emotions can operate as elements of the hierarchies between human actors (scientis…
Framework for interoperable service architecture development
Divorce à l'allemande: Luttes symboliques et tensions institutionnelles dans la sociologie allemande contemporaine
Avec la création de l'Académie de sociologie (AS), le champ sociologique allemand compte désormais une nouvelle association professionnelle qui s'ajoute à la Société allemande de sociologie (DGS), établie de longue date. Cet article passe en revue les principales positions discursives, les sujets de controverse majeurs ainsi que les grandes lignes de fracture qui ont conduit à ce schisme. Les conflits contemporains sont interprétés au travers d'u…
Conference Report - Empirical Investigation of Social Space II University of Bonn, 12-14 October 2015
In October 1998, the first international conference on “Empirical Investigation of Social Space” was held in Cologne, Germany. The motivation was to bring together social scientists interested in both traditional and modern methods of constructing social spaces, in line with the work of Pierre Bourdieu. A particular focus was put on methodological and statistical research on correspondence analysis and its application within the social sciences. …
Geordnete Verhältnisse? Vielfalt und Einheit relationalen Denkens in der Soziologie
Catherine Hakim: Erotic Capital: the Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom
The erotic as a subject has frequently been discussed in the social sciences. Georg Simmel, while searching for an ‘individual law of the erotic’, described the development of erotic situations as the specific tension between promise and denial. Talcott Parsons examined the relevance of eroticism for the socialization process, and Anthony Giddens discussed the erotic in terms of a physically symbolized cultivation of emotions. Pierre Bourdieu des…
Entwicklung von Algorithmen zur Aufbereitung komplizierter Netzplanstrukturen für eine maschinelle Netzplandarstellung
Entwicklung Von Algorithmen Zur Aufbereitung Komplizierter Netzplanstrukturen Für eine Maschinelle Netzplandarstellung
Do Women Pick Up Lies before Men?The Association between Gender, Deception Patterns, and Detection Modes in Online Dating
Due to its particular conditions, the Internet increases opportunities for lies and deception compared to offline interactions. In online dating, misrepresentation of the self is an issue of particular relevance. Previous studies have shown that searching for a mate online is accompanied by a high risk of being deceived. This paper focuses on the rarely-considered perspective of the receivers of deception. Our study will first investigate decepti…
Catherine Hakim: Erotic Capital: the Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom
The erotic as a subject has frequently been discussed in the social sciences. Georg Simmel, while searching for an ‘individual law of the erotic’, described the development of erotic situations as the specific tension between promise and denial. Talcott Parsons examined the relevance of eroticism for the socialization process, and Anthony Giddens discussed the erotic in terms of a physically symbolized cultivation of emotions. Pierre Bourdieu des…
Correspondence Analysis, History of
ZombieApocalypse: Modeling the social dynamics of infection and rejection
In this article, we propose a model that we call ZombieApocalypse and that relies on agent-based simulation on a dynamic network topology. We simulate three strategies common to the zombie mythology and the sociology of figurational dynamics by Norbert Elias: cutting ties, being sentimental, and stigmatization. The simulation results are analyzed on two dimensions: the outcome for the populations of zombies and humans as well as the resulting cha…
Strukturale Psychologie. Zum Verhältnis von Sozialraum, Habitus und Persönlichkeit
Conference Report - Empirical Investigation of Social Space II University of Bonn, 12-14 October 2015
In October 1998, the first international conference on “Empirical Investigation of Social Space” was held in Cologne, Germany. The motivation was to bring together social scientists interested in both traditional and modern methods of constructing social spaces, in line with the work of Pierre Bourdieu. A particular focus was put on methodological and statistical research on correspondence analysis and its application within the social sciences. …
Geordnete Verhältnisse? Vielfalt und Einheit relationalen Denkens in der Soziologie
Pluralizing field analysis: Toward a relational understanding of the field of power
A crucial yet often-overlooked starting point for any Bourdieusian field analysis is to relate the field under consideration to the 'field of power', so as to enable an examination of its relative autonomy or heteronomy, i.e. its relation to other fields of society and to society as a whole. However, Bourdieu and his successors did not implement this key conceptual consideration systematically, or did so peripherally at best. For this reason both…
Energy investment needs for fulfilling the Paris Agreement and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Social class, symbolic domination, and Angst: The example of the Norwegian social space
Today, 'fear' in its diverse facets is a topic growing in relevance in the media discourse. However, apart from analyses of individual psychic pathologies or general macro-sociological diagnoses, it has been largely neglected in (empirical) social sciences. The increasingly influential works of Bourdieu are no exception here, even though the concept of habitus inherently transcends positive interests such as lifestyle preferences, as analyzed in …
An Interview with Frédéric Lebaron on the Genesis and Principles of Bourdieusian Sociology: The Real Is (Still) Relational
This interview comprises different key aspects of Pierre Bourdieu's work. Amongst others, the following topics are treated: the development of Frédéric Lebaron's collaboration with Bourdieu, the political and ideological conditions prevailing at the time of Bourdieu's early works and during the phase of his establishment, the epistemological foundations of Bourdieu's relationism, the relationship to other modern paradigms such as Fligstein's and …
Netzwerke als transversale Felder
Empirical Investigations of Social Space
A multi-model assessment of food security implications of climate change mitigation
In welcher Gesellschaft forschen wir eigentlich
Debatte
Das Feld der Macht: Eliten – Differenzierung – Globalisierung
Themed Section Introduction: Process‐Oriented Analysis
Methodological Relationalism
Methodological relationalism denotes a scientific approach to the social that places relations, rather than entities, individual or collective, at the beginning of its conceptions and analyses. Relational reasoning is arguably one of the most dynamic and productive approaches in modern social sciences. This contribution puts particular emphasis on linking relational theory to corresponding ways of conducting research, that is, getting from relati…
Empirical Investigations of Social Space
Towards a general sociology of fear: A programmatic answer to crucial deficits of the contemporary fear discourse
Data Quality of Digital Process Data: A Generalized Framework and Simulation/Post-Hoc Identification Strategy
Digital process data are becoming increasingly important for social science research, but their quality has been gravely neglected so far. In this article, we adopt a process perspective and argue that data extracted from socio-technical systems are, in principle, subject to the same error-inducing mechanisms as traditional forms of social science data, namely biases that arise before their acquisition (observational design), during their acquisi…
The Nexus between Methods and Power in Sociological Research
This article develops an integrative perspective on the nexus between power and sociological research methods. By reflecting upon two of the most widely used methodological approaches in sociology – standardized survey research and qualitative interview research – we develop a comprehensive heuristic framework for examining the ways in which the use of sociological methods affects and intersects any social scientific practice: (1) the power effec…
Divorce à l'allemande: Luttes symboliques et tensions institutionnelles dans la sociologie allemande contemporaine
Avec la création de l'Académie de sociologie (AS), le champ sociologique allemand compte désormais une nouvelle association professionnelle qui s'ajoute à la Société allemande de sociologie (DGS), établie de longue date. Cet article passe en revue les principales positions discursives, les sujets de controverse majeurs ainsi que les grandes lignes de fracture qui ont conduit à ce schisme. Les conflits contemporains sont interprétés au travers d'u…
Sociology (23 works) · Epistemology (17 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (17 works) · Philosophy (15 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Social science (14 works) · Political science (12 works) · Psychology (8 works) · German (7 works) · Law (7 works)