- Sergio Adorno
- Jeffrey Alexander
- Margaret Archer
- Ulrich Beck †
- Howard Becker
- Eliezer Ben-Rafaël
- Judit Boxer-Liwerant
- Michael Burawoy
- Craig Calhoun
- Manuel Castells
- Marcel Fournier
- Hans Joas
- Peilin Li
- Helga Nowotny
- Alfonso Perez-Agote
- Elisa Reis
- Saskia Sassen
- Richard Sennett
- Immanuel Wallerstein
- Björn Wittröck