Eric Klinenberg

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge · New York University · company speakers →

Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. A prolific author and editor of Cultural Production in a Digital Age and the journal Public Culture, his scholarly work has been published in journals including the American Sociological Review; Theory & Society; and Ethnography, and he has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and more. His latest book is Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (2018).

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Speaking history

SXSW Conference & Festivals

15 March 2027 Austin, United States “Eric Klinenberg”

Aspen Ideas Festival

25 June 2026 Aspen, United States “The Poetics of Space: Why Space Matters”

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