Andreas Wimmer is Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy at the Department of Sociology, Columbia University which he joined in 2015. He is currently a fellow of the Boundaries, Membership & Belonging Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. For Princeton University Press, he edits the book series Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology. He also serves as one of the deputy editors of Sociological Science. He received an honorary PhD from McGill University, the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, life-time achievement awards from sections of the American Sociological Association and the International Studies Association, as well as numerous best book and best article awards. He is also a recipient of the Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Research Council.
