Michèle Lamont studies group boundaries to understand how we can create a more inclusive world.

Michèle Lamont's research shows how judgments about morality are used to validate all kinds of exclusion, and how shared views on "who matters" shape social hierarchies. Her wide-ranging work dives deeply into an examination of, say, how members of stigmatized groups respond to rejection or the role culture plays in poverty.

She is Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies and the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies at Harvard University.

What People Say About Seeing Others

“How to Heal a Divided World” — TEDWomen Conference

Recent News & Media

March 2024 “Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World”, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

May 2023 “When Did ‘Wholesome’ Become a Gen Z Compliment?”, The New York Times.

September 8, 2023 “A Few Questions for Michèle Lamont on her new book about the power of recognition, Seeing Others,” Russell Sage Foundation Blog.

October 2022 “Who Matters: Redefining Worth in our Divided World,” 2022 Cadario Lecture, Munk School of Business, University of Toronto, Canada.

September 2022 Global launch of the 2021/22 Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme.

Upcoming Events

March 28, 2024: “Meet The Author” book event, United Nations Bookstore, New York City

April 5, 2024: “Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How It Can Heal a Divided World”, NYU Stern’s Management & Organizations Seminar Talk

April 8, 2024: “Ideas At Ford Author Event”, Ford Foundation, New York City

April 19, 2024: “Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How It Can Heal a Divided World”, Colloquium Talk, Notre Dame, IL

May 9, 2024:  “Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How It Can Heal a Divided World”, Harvard Business School, Annual Race, Gender & Equity Symposium Keynote

May 28, 2024:  “Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How It Can Heal a Divided World”, Harvard Alumni Club, Ottawa, Canada

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