Dr. Will Charles

Research on organizations, platforms, and contested authority.

Handle: BadHabitus (a shorthand for the mismatch between habitus and field)

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For the publications list, see Research → Publications.

Areas

Economic sociology · Organizational sociology · Sociology of technology

Themes

Authority & coordinationinstitutions

How organizations coordinate action when legitimacy is contested.

Work & platformslabor

Software-managed work, dependence, and governance through design.

Culture & evaluationstatus

How value, distinction, and closure are produced inside organizations.

Crisis & publicsrisk

Public sensemaking, contested expertise, and institutional ambiguity.

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Primary materials and entry points.

Program statement and publications.

Courses taught, core themes, and key literatures.

Institutional biography and overview.

Essays and working notes on legitimacy, institutions, crisis, and public life.

Email and external profiles.

Recent writing.

Blog

On production, accumulation, and value capture

An essay on Muskism, China’s EV sector, the difference between production and accumulation, and the gig economy as a system of value capture.