12 Facts About Edward Laumann

Edward Otto Laumann was born on August 31,1938 and is an American sociologist.

Edward Laumann is professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago.

Edward Laumann served as Dean of the social sciences and Provost at Chicago.

Edward O Laumann was born to Otto and Emalyn Laumann in 1938 near Youngstown, Ohio.

Edward Laumann moved to the University of Chicago in 1973, where he would eventually serve as the chair of the Department of Sociology, the dean of the Social Sciences, as well as the provost of the university.

Edward Laumann was the editor of the American Journal of Sociology from 1978 to 1984 and from 1995 to 1997.

Edward Laumann is currently the chairman of the board of trustees of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

Edward Laumann is known for his pioneering work in several areas of sociology.

Edward Laumann is one of the founders of the field of social network analysis, and wrote some of the foundational work on networks of elites, organizational networks, and egocentric networks.

Edward Laumann argued that individuals' resolution of these impulses forms the basis of class consciousness within a given society.

Edward Laumann defined the "boundary specification problem", which refers to the theoretical and methodological challenge of determining the appropriate set of actors and connections to analyze in order to identify the relevant social network within a given setting.

In recognition of these and his various other contributions to the field, Edward Laumann was chosen as the keynote speaker at the first European social networks conference in Groningen, Netherlands in 1989, and at the Annual Sunbelt Conference in Vancouver, Canada, in 2006.