Erhard Friedberg


Erhard Friedberg is an Austrian sociologist born in 1942. His major contribution to organizations analysis is the conceptualization of the "organized action" and a methodology to analyze it.

Career

Most of his professional career has been spent in France.
From 1998 to 2007 he is the director of the Centre de sociologie des organisations, Center for the Sociology of Organizations, located in Paris, a laboratory under the joint sponsorship of CNRS and Sciences Po.
From 1998 to 2010, he is a professor of political science at Sciences Po Paris.
From 2012 to 2015, he is Program Director of the School of Government and Public Policy. Since 2015 he is Eminent Visiting Professor at the University of Brunei Daressalam.

Honours

Doctor honoris causa of the University of Liege.

Publications

Books

Pr Friedberg has written the following books: