Christian Borch

Presentation

My research centres on economic sociology, especially new developments within algorithmic finance (including high-frequency trading). I have a long-standing interest in how particular forms of knowledge, in the form of scholarly semantics, have political effects. I have examined this in studies of crime semantics (my PhD) and crowd semantics, the latter culminating with my award-winning book, The Politics of Crowds: An Alternative History of Sociology (Cambridge UP, 2012). In addition to this, I am interested in architecture and urban sociology, in particular in issues relating to atmospheres and atmospheric politics.

Primary research areas

• Crowds
• Political sociology
• Economic sociology
• Architecture and urban space
• Social theory (e.g. Gabriel Tarde, Nikas Luhmann, Peter Sloterdijk, Michel Foucault)

Courses

• Politik, stat og kommunikation'' (cand.soc. programme in Political Management and Communication)
• Theories of Contemporary Society I'', BA programme in Business Administration and Sociology

Supervision

• I supervise MA and PhD students within my research areas.