“Breaking the Wall to Universal Dignity” — Falling Walls Science Summit
“How to Heal a Divided World” — TEDWomen Conference
Michèle Lamont is represented by Stern Speakers.
Interviews and Podcasts
2024
“Ep 90: How Recognition can Help Heal a Divided World” — Interview with Joshua Steinfeldt on The Courageous Life podcast. Apple podcasts. Spotify.
“Bridging Divides: Michele Lamont's Vision for a More Inclusive Society | Ep. 060” — Interview with Cody McLain on the MindHack Podcast
2023
“Michèle Lamont: ‘L'enjeu politique aujourd’hui est de donner de la valeur aux gens’” — Interview in L’Echo, Brussels, Belgium
“Seeing Others: Michèle Lamont on The Power of Recognition in a Divided World” — Interview on the Culture & Inequality Podcast
“See Me: The Case for Recognition at Work and Beyond with Michèle Lamont” — Interview on the We Are Human Leaders Podcast
“Michèle Lamont joins Tavis Smiley” — Interview on the Tavis Smiley Show
“Michele Lamont – ‘Seeing Others’” — Interview with Kelly Leonard from Second City’s “Getting to Yes, And…” Podcast
“Seeing Others: Bridging Divides with Michele Lamont” — Interview with Stacey Grant-Lewis, host of the Culture Power Podcast
“Seeing Others - Recognition As A Foundation For Equity And Inclusion, With Michèle Lamont” — Interview with J. R. Lowry, host of the Career Sessions, Career Lessons Podcast
“Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Help us Heal a Divided World” — “Get Connected” Radio Interview
“Rethinking DEI” — Interview with Jessi Hempel, host of LinkedIn’s Hello Monday Podcast (full episode live on 10/25)
“Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Help us Heal a Divided World” — Next Big Idea Podcast
“Let’s not be strangers” — Interview with Christy DeSmith, The Harvard Gazette
“Recognizing Our Humanity w/ Michèle Lamont” — Interview with Cara Santa Maria, Talk Nerdy Podcast
“Recognition, Dignity, and Worth” — Interview with Brian Lehrer, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show
“Illuminating an Inclusive Path Through Recognition” — Conversation on the Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast
“Michèle Lamont Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World” — Interview with Dave O’Brien, New Books Network
“Seeing Others: A Conversation with Michèle Lamont” — Interview on Contexts Blog
“Dignity Matters As Much As Material Needs: Michèle Lamont on Recognition Claims and Understanding American Politics” — Interview with Caitlin Zaloom, Public Books
“A Few Questions for Michèle Lamont on her new book about the power of recognition, Seeing Others” — Interview in the Russell Sage Foundation Blog
“A Conversation with Michèle Lamont on Seeing Others” — Interview with Marc Lamont Hill, TheGrio
2022 and earlier
“Mapping out a better society with focus on inclusion, environment” — Interview with Liz Mineo, The Harvard Gazette
“Michèle Lamont on Stigma” — Podcast with SAGE Social Science Bites
“Culture Shift: Q&A with Sociologist Michèle Lamont” — Interview with CIFAR
“Michèle Lamont on Building Big Ideas” — Podcast in Cognitive Revolution with Cody Kommers
“Inequality in the US and Europe (with Michèle Lamont, Peter A. Hall, and Paul Pierson)” — Podcast in WCFIA Epicenter
“Michèle Lamont on The Sociology of Inequality” — Interview by Eve Gerber in Five Books
"Culture, inégalités, inclusion sociale: Entrevue avec Michèle Lamont, sociologue" — Interview (audio) with Radio Canada
"The Everyday Response to Racism" — Interview in Harvard Gazette
"Author Michele Lamont Discusses #GettingRespect on #ConversationsLIVE" -- Interview (audio) in "Conversations LIVE!" with Cyrus Webb
"Cross-National Responses to Discrimination: A Q&A with Michèle Lamont" -- Interview in Epicenter, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
"Michèle Lamont: A Portrait of a Capacious Sociologist" -- Interview by Nasar Meer in Sociology
"New Paper Argues for a Bigger Focus on the Social Factors that Can Make or Break Interdisciplinary Teams in the Social, National and Computational Sciences" -- Interview in Inside Higher Ed
“Q&A with Michèle Lamont, ASA President-Elect” -- Interview in ASA Culture Section
"Interview with Michèle Lamont (Harvard University)" -- Interview by Damian Omar Martinez of Max Plank Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
“Sociologist Michèle Lamont” -- Interview (video) in ScienceLives, National Science Foundation
“In Conversation with...Michèle Lamont” -- Interview in Centerpiece, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Articles
2024
“The Secret to Flourishing Employees: Recognition in the Workplace” — Article in Inc. Magazine by Angélica S. Gutiérrez
“This Women’s Day, let’s talk about masculinity” — Mention in article by Shrayana Bhattacharya, The Indian Express
“Brand Biden vs. Brand Trump: The Power of Empathy in a Story of Brand Decline” — Mention in article by Steven Naert, Allyson Leavy, and Gosia Burakowska, IPSOS Views
Listed as one of “The 8 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 That You Need To Read in 2024” — Book Riot
“Als verlies van status dreigt, klampen mensen zich vast aan nationalisme” — Interview in de Volkskrant newpaper, Netherlands
“Gen Z and the Art of Incentivized Self-Actualization” — Article in Wired Magazine
2023
“The Best Scholarly Books of 2023” — OpEd on the best book of 2023, The Chronicle of Higher Education
“Seeing Others” — book excerpt in Chicago Booth’s Promarket Blog
“Ordinary Universalism” — Article and book excerpt in the Stanford Social Innovation Review
“Michèle Lamont: Businesses should ‘broaden who is valued and viewed as worthy’” — OpEd in Management Today
“Learning to see the worth of others: Michèle Lamont and the social importance of recognition” — OpEd review by Matthew Wade on ABC Australia
“I’m Still Thinking About The Roman Empire. We All Should Be.” — mention by Joshua David Stein, Fatherly blog
“Recognition Chains: How Digital Platforms Influence What We Consume” — OpEd on Literary Hub
“Yes, the Supreme Court has taken away rights and resources. But it’s so much worse” — OpEd in the Los Angeles Times
“When Did ‘Wholesome’ Become a Gen Z Compliment?” — Article in The New York Times, by Sadiba Hasan
2022 and earlier
“Middle-Class Shame Will Decide Where America Is Headed,” — Blog article on EconomicHardship.org
“The New Physics of Inequality: Compounding Advantage for the Rich and Accelerating Disadvantage for the Bottom 60 Percent” — Blog article on Inequality.org by Derek Robey
“Trump’s Language, Unseemly to Critics, Reassures His Base" — Article in Harvard Gazette
"What Trump’s Campaign Speeches Show About His Lasting Appeal to the White Working Class" — Article with Bo Yun Park and Elena Ayala-Hurtado in Harvard Business Review
"The Big Picture: Social Solidarity" — Article in Public Books
"La solidarité sociale en péril: les États-Unis, une «Bully Nation»?" — Article in Le Devoir
"The US Administration's Clampdown on Facts, Research and Knowledge Provides Great Opportunity for Canada to Lead" — Article in Policy Options
"In Europe, Nationalism Rising" — Article in Harvard Gazette
"Sociology Professor Explores Racial Identities in New Book" — Article in The Harvard Crimson
"What Makes Teams Tick: Emotional Connections Key to Successful Cross-Disciplinary Research" -- Article in Harvard Magazine
"European Data Suggests the Gig Economy Helped Create Trump, Sanders" -- Article in The Conversation
"Sociologue Engagée": A Contribution to a Debate on "Can Comparative Historical Sociology Save the World?" -- Opinion piece in ASA Comparative and Historical Sociology Section Newsletter
"Neoliberal Policy Implementation Goes Hand in Hand with Stronger Symbolic Boundaries" -- Blog post in Epicenter, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs