Neil Smelser

Neil Smelser
Neil Smelser
Born	Neil Joseph Smelser; July 22, 1930; Kahoka, Missouri, US
Died	October 2, 2017 (aged 87); Berkeley, California, US
Academic background
Alma mater	Harvard University; Magdalen College, Oxford;
Academic advisors	Talcott Parsons
Influences	Émile Durkheim; Max Weber;
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Sub-discipline	Economic sociology; political sociology;
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley

Neil Joseph Smelser (1930–2017) was an American sociologist who served as professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was an active researcher from 1958 to 1994. His research was on collective behavior, sociological theory, economic sociology, sociology of education, social change, and comparative methods. Among many lifetime achievements, Smelser "laid the foundations for economic sociology."

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