Experimental Sociology: Outline of a Scientific Field

About Bernhard KittelDavide BarreraKlarita GërxhaniLuis MillerTobias Wolbring

Davide Barrera is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Turin and Research Fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto. His interdisciplinary research focuses especially on cooperation and trust. His work has appeared in prestigious journals such as Socio-Economic Review Sociological Methods & Research Social Networks European Sociological Review and more. Klarita Gërxhani is Professor of Socio-Economics at the Vrije Universiteit. Her interdisciplinary research bridges economics and sociology occasionally venturing into social psychology. She has published in highly-ranked journals such as Journal of Political Economy American Journal of Sociology Harvard Business Review Annual Review of Sociology Social Networks Experimental Economics and more. Bernhard Kittel is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Vienna. His research interests include distributive justice labor markets and welfare states integrating perspectives from sociology political science and economics. He has published in high-ranking journals and is co-editor of Need-based Distributive Justice (2020) and Priority of Needs? (2024). Luis Miller is Research Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council. He uses experiments and behavioral models to understand social and political behaviors in divided societies. He has published in highly-ranked journals such as PNAS Political Analysis Journal of Conflict Resolution Sociological Methods & Research European Economic Review and more. Tobias Wolbring is Professor of Economic Sociology at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research is located at the intersection of sociology economics and psychology. He has published textbooks and papers in high-ranking journals was a visiting professor in Hong Kong and Utrecht and has received various awards including the Robert K. Merton Prize.