Job title:
Professor of Sociology
Bio/CV:
John Lie (pronounced "Lee") is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.Lie's main scholarly interest is social theory. After working on a reconceptualization of "markets," he sought to rethink the categories of modern peoplehood - race, ethnicity, and nation - which was published as Modern Peoplehood (2004). His longstanding interest in the environment has led him to write a book on sustainability - Japan, the Sustainable Society (2021) - and another on our inattention to and inaction on the impending natural catastrophe (The Global Environmental Crisis, 2025).
