Dr. Will Charles
Research on organizations, platforms, and contested authority.
Handle: BadHabitus (a shorthand for the mismatch between habitus and field)
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.
Start here
Primary materials and entry points.
Featured essay
Recent writing.
Blog
The Backrooms After the Zone
Stalker, trauma, simulation, and the horror of liquid modernity
An essay on Backrooms, Stalker, liquid modernity, post-bureaucracy, and why contemporary horror so often converts social liquidation into trauma and simulation.