Jens Beckert
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Jens Beckert is a German sociologist renowned for his work on economic sociology, particularly the role of expectations and uncertainty in markets.
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| Jens Beckert canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jens Beckert Context triple: [Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, hasDirector, Jens Beckert]
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Lars Schmidt
Lars Schmidt was a Swedish theatrical producer and director known for bringing American and British plays to Scandinavian and European stages and for his marriage to actress Ingrid Bergman.
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Andreas Scholz
Andreas Scholz is a person known for bearing the surname Scholz, though no widely recognized public profile or specific notable achievements are clearly associated with him from the given information.
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Jochen Kuttler
Jochen Kuttler is a German local politician who serves as the mayor of the town of Wadern in Saarland.
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D.
Holger Weise
Holger Weise is a German local politician who serves as the mayor of the municipality of Steinheim am Albuch in Baden-Württemberg.
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Johannes Popitz
Johannes Popitz was a German lawyer, conservative politician, and high-ranking finance official who served as Prussian finance minister and later became involved in resistance circles against the Nazi regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jens Beckert Target entity description: Jens Beckert is a German sociologist renowned for his work on economic sociology, particularly the role of expectations and uncertainty in markets.
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A.
Lars Schmidt
Lars Schmidt was a Swedish theatrical producer and director known for bringing American and British plays to Scandinavian and European stages and for his marriage to actress Ingrid Bergman.
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B.
Andreas Scholz
Andreas Scholz is a person known for bearing the surname Scholz, though no widely recognized public profile or specific notable achievements are clearly associated with him from the given information.
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C.
Jochen Kuttler
Jochen Kuttler is a German local politician who serves as the mayor of the town of Wadern in Saarland.
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D.
Holger Weise
Holger Weise is a German local politician who serves as the mayor of the municipality of Steinheim am Albuch in Baden-Württemberg.
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E.
Johannes Popitz
Johannes Popitz was a German lawyer, conservative politician, and high-ranking finance official who served as Prussian finance minister and later became involved in resistance circles against the Nazi regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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sociologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| affiliation | Max Planck Society ⓘ |
| citizenship | German ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Free University of Berlin
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New School for Social Research ⓘ |
| employer | Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic sociology
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sociological theory ⓘ sociology of capitalism ⓘ sociology of markets ⓘ theory of social action ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in sociology ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
fictional expectations
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imagined futures in capitalism ⓘ |
| hasRole |
editor of academic volumes on economic sociology
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member of editorial boards of sociological journals ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary research on fictional expectations in economics
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studies of wealth and inheritance in sociology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Karl Polanyi
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Max Weber ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to the sociology of valuation
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research on expectations in markets ⓘ research on uncertainty in economic action ⓘ work on fictional expectations in the economy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beyond the Market: The Social Foundations of Economic Efficiency
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Imagined Futures: Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics ⓘ Inherited Wealth ⓘ Uncertain Futures: Imaginaries, Narratives, and Calculation in the Economy ⓘ |
| occupation |
sociologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
coordination in markets
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inequality ⓘ role of imaginaries in capitalism ⓘ role of institutions in the economy ⓘ wealth and inheritance ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
institutionalist economic sociology
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interpretive sociology ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cologne ⓘ |
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