#172 - SHARON ZUKIN, Professor of Sociology
SUMMARY
“THE INNOVATION COMPLEX: CITIES, TECH AND THE NEW ECONOMY”
This week David and Marina are joined by Sharon Zukin, Sociologist and Professor at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, to discuss her new book "The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy". For anyone interested in learning more about the tech industry and its impact on urban cities and the economy, this is a great read!
ABOUT SHARON
Sharon Zukin is now professor emerita of sociology at Brooklyn College and at the CUNY Graduate Center but is still working with PhD students and will occasionally teach courses. Her new book, The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy, examines the shaping of the tech ecosystem in New York. Zukin has been a Broeklundian Professor at Brooklyn College; a visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Western Sydney, and Tongji University; and a distinguished fellow in the Advanced Research Collaborative at the CUNY Graduate Center. She received the Lynd Award for Career Achievement in urban sociology from the American Sociological Association and won the C. Wright Mills Book Award for Landscapes of Power.
