Alexander Dobeson

About

E-mail

ado.msc@cbs.dk

Telephone

Office: +4538153284

Departments

Department of Management, Society and Communication

Room: DH.V.2.37

Subjects

Qualitative methods Environment Culture Society Moral Sociology

Primary research areas

Economic sociology (culture and economy)

Sociology of markets (markets and morality)

Sociology of valuation (values and value conflicts in society)

Sociology of ownership (land and property rights)

Comparative historical sociology (land reform, cooperatives, valuation methodology)

I expose a neglected issue: how societies value land and property

I study how different conceptions of ownership have evolved and how they shape the ways we value things. My research brings neglected questions about ownership and property to the forefront of societal debate to guide debates on fairness, equity, and sustainability.
- how land and property is valued in both economic and non-economic terms; - how moral understandings of what is valuable shape economic practices;
- how social movements and political discourses challenge and shape existing regimes of ownership and valuation.

Before joining MSC, I received my PhD from Uppsala University (Sweden) and held visiting fellowships at the University of Chicago (USA) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK).