Academic Profile

Patrick Baert

Summary

Patrick Baert is Reader in Social Theory at the University of Cambridge. He is also Fellow and Director of Studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He is interested in social theory; philosophy of social science; and sociology of culture. Amongst his publications are Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (with F. Carreira da Silva, 2010), Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism (2005), Social Theory in the 20th Century (1998), Time, Self and Social Being (1992), and the edited volumes Politics of Knowledge (with F Rubio Dominguez, 2012), Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society (with S.Koniordos, G.Procacci and C.Ruzza, 2010), Pragmatism and European Social Theory (with BS Turner, 2007) and Time in Contemporary Intellectual Thought (2000). He studied at the Universities of Brussels and Oxford, where he obtained his D.Phil. He has held various visiting posts; for instance, Amiens, Aix-en-Provence, Berlin, Brussels, Cape Town, Concepcion, London, Paris, Providence (Rhode Island), Rome and Vancouver. He has been Vice-President for Publications of the European Sociological Association and Coordinator of the Social Theory Research Network of the ESA. He holds editorial positions at European Societies, the Journal for Classical Sociology, the European Journal of Social Theory, the International Journal of the Humanities, the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and the Journal of Change Management. 

Position

Reader in Social Theory, Cambridge University
Director of undergraduate education for Sociology, Cambridge University,
Fellow and Director of Studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge

Other professional positions

Editorial activities: Associate Editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology (2000-); Member of the International Advisory Board of the European Journal of Social Theory (2002-); Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Journal of the Humanities (2005-); Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (2006-); Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Change Management (2008-); Member of the Editorial Board of European Societies (2004-7); Review Essays Editor of European Societies (2004-6); Co-editor of the Routledge series on ‘Studies in European Societies’ (2004-7).

Involvement in professional associations: Vice-President (for Publications) of the European Sociological Association (2005-7); Chair of the Publication Committee of the European Sociological Association (2005-7); Executive Member of the European Sociological Association (2003-); Coordinator of the Social Theory Network of the European Sociological Association (20017-); Executive Member of the Research Committee on Social Theory of the International Sociological Association (1998-2002, 2006-).

Conferences organised: Member of organisation committee of conference ‘Knowledge and Society’ ESA-social theory conference (Madrid, 2006); Co-organiser of conference ‘What is Theory for?’ ESA-social theory conference (Paris, 2004); Co-organiser of conference ‘Changing Societies, Changing Knowledge’ funded by the British Academy and CRASSH Cambridge (Cambridge, 2003); Main organiser of conference ‘New Sources of Critical Theory’ ISA-social theory conference (Cambridge, 2000).

Visiting Professorships and Fellowships: Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique, CNRS-EHESS-Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Visiting Fellow 12.12), University of Cape Town (Visiting Prof. 12.08-01.09, 12.09-01.10, 12.10-1.11, 12.11), Brown University (Visiting Prof., 02-03.2008), University of Cape Town (Visiting Prof., 09.2006), Université d’Aix-Marseille (Visit. Prof, 05.2006), Université d’Amiens (Visit. Prof, 04-05.2005), Humboldt University Berlin (Visit. Prof, 09.2004), Université de Paris IV Sorbonne (Visit. Fellow, 04-05.2003), Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Visit. Fellow, 04-05.2003), Université Libre de Bruxelles (holder of ‘la Chaire Internationale Henri Janne’, 2001), University of British Columbia (Visit. Prof., invited under ‘Noted Scholar’ scheme, 07-08.2000), London School of Economics (Visiting Fellow, 01-09.1999), University of Concepcion, Chile (Visit. Prof., 09.1997), LUISS Rome (Visit.Prof., 04.1996).

Awards/grants: British Academy small research grant (2011-13); Pilkington Teaching Prize University of Cambridge (2005); British Academy research grant (2003); doctoral research awards from the British Council (twice 1987, 1988); doctoral research grant from Nuffield College, Oxford (1989); doctoral and post-doctoral research awards from the National Fund for Scientific Research Belgium (3 times, 1987, 1988, 1991).

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy in Sociology, Oxford University (Nuffield College), 1990
Licentiaat in Sociology (Magna cum Laude) Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1982

Biography and intellectual interests

Originally from Brussels, I have been living in England for 25 years. I studied at the Universities of Brussels and Oxford and have been teaching at Cambridge since 1992. My areas of specialisation are the sociology of intellectuals, French intellectual history, social theory and philosophy of social science. In the last couple of years, I have written on Sartre and the French intellectual landsape of the 1940s; how the role of the public intellectual has changed since the late nineteenth century; and the relevance of positioning theory for studying intellectual interventions. Prior to this, I have written on philosophy of the social sciences, the history of social theory, and time in social theory:

My research falls into three phases.

From 2009 onwards. My current research explores how from the late 1930s to the late 1960s a group of French intellectuals – most notably Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir - adopted, adjusted and further developed ‘existentialist’ ideas that were initially introduced outside France by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Heidegger. It shows how, in addition to their philosophical evolution, these ideas were altered substantially in response to the social and political problems affecting France at the time. The focus of the study is on the specific socio-political context in which French existentialism arose and developed, and its purpose is to explore the ways in which these writers’ historical and personal situation might at least partly account for the distinctive nature and idiosyncratic trajectory of their intellectual movement. The study also analyses the politically motivated resistance to existentialism from various quarters, ranging from conservative concerns regarding the need for individual obedience to law and society in the aftermath of the Second World War, to communists’ uneasiness with the existentialists’ liberal notions of free will. Finally, this study analyses the ways in which existentialists managed to distribute and propagate their ideas, and it also investigates their transmission and appropriation abroad. This research is funded by the British Academy and has led to a number of articles (see Baert 2011a, 2011b, 2011c). In conjunction with this research, I have developed a new methodological perspective for studying intellectual interventions; this perspective is centred round positioning theory (see Baert 2012). I have also co-written a broader sketch on changes in how intellectuals engage with the public (Baert & Shipman 2012) and a piece on the affinities between recent developments in the sociology of intellectuals and intellectual history (Baert and Isaac 2009).

2001-8. During this period, my academic work has centred around developing a new perspective on the philosophy of social science. Its originality lies in establishing the link between methodological considerations and cognitive interests, and analysing implications of the argument that self-understanding is a key cognitive interest underlying social research. I developed this view in my book Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism (Baert 2005a) and various articles (e.g. Baert 2004, 2005b, 2006a, 2006b, 2007b; 2009a; 2011d; Baert, Weinberg and Mottier 2011). The book led to critical exchanges with Peter Manicas (Baert 2008a, 2008b, 2008c) and with Stephen Turner, Paul Roth, Paul Rosenberg and Brendan Hogan (Baert 2009b).

Part of this enterprise is to show the weaknesses inherent in dominant approaches to the philosophy of social science today. Contrary to those philosophers of social science who attempt to demarcate scientific from other activities and infer prescriptions for the social sciences from this, I show that developments in the history and sociology of science have undermined this notion of demarcation. Contrary to those social scientists who liken their empirical research to an arbitration court that helps to decide the fate of the theory or research programme under consideration, I demonstrate that research in the social sciences relies on theoretical presuppositions which are contestable - and contested - to such an extent that empirical research cannot be regarded as a straightforward testing device. In opposition to what I call ‘the social cartography model’ (according to which high-quality social research captures the inner essence of the social world as accurately and completely as possible and social theory provides the conceptual building blocks for this representation), I argue that it is not fruitful to conceive of research in terms of the passive recording of the external world, and that this representational model ultimately leads to theoretical ossification.

A substantive development of my proposal is to put forward new guidelines for social research. Whilst most philosophies of social science assume that social research is an explanatory (and possibly predictive) enterprise, few significant contributions to social research are straightforward explanatory works, and even fewer are exclusively explanatory. My argument is that most of those groundbreaking works involve ‘self-referential knowledge’: they enable a community to re-describe and re-conceptualise itself and its presuppositions. I have made a concerted effort to promote research in pursuit of self-referential knowledge and to analyse the various methodological strategies that make this possible in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from archaeology and social anthropology to sociology and history. For instance, I have explored analytically the respects in which genealogical history can provide contemporary communities with tools that enable them to re-evaluate the moral and cognitive categories they use to describe the world and their place within it. I argue that the pursuit of self-referential knowledge ties in with the German notion of Bildung or self-edification and with a new role for the intellectual, whereby he or she helps to facilitate the awareness of alternative socio-political scenarios rather than presenting a set of normative guidelines.

1990-2000. My earlier work consisted of two components. (a.) In Time, Self and Social Being; Towards a Temporalised Sociology (Baert 1992a) and various articles (e.g. Baert 1989, 1991, 1992b, 1993a, 2000b), I developed a new approach to social theory centred on the pragmatist notion of time as an alternative to the emphasis on unconscious reproduction of order in sociology (e.g. Giddens, Bourdieu). This new perspective explores two key ideas. Firstly, when confronted with unexpected events such as unintended effects of intentional action (Baert 1991), people may reconstruct the past symbolically and reflect discursively upon previously tacit presuppositions and practices. Once collectively established, second-order reflection can be an important source of intended change or deliberate maintenance of social structures (Baert 1992a, 1992b, 1993a). Secondly, there are evolutionary feedback mechanisms in the social realm through which cultural innovations alter the surroundings in a way that affects the selection of those cultural attributes. These feedback mechanisms can be both negative and positive, and the latter are exemplified in phenomena of lock-in and path-dependency (Baert 2000b). (b.) Social Theory in the Twentieth Century (1998a) is a contribution to the history of modern social theory, tracing the linkage with philosophical strands. This book develops innovative criticisms of rational choice theory (Baert 1998a ch.7) and critical realism (Baert 1998a ch.8, see also Baert 1996) and original insights into Foucault’s historical methodology (Baert 1998a ch.5, see also Baert 1998b). The second edition developed some pragmatist themes (Baert and Carreira da Silva 2010), leading to a critical exchange with Simon Susen (see Baert and Carreira da Silva 2012).

Publications:

1. Books:

- Rubio Dominguez, F. and P. Baert (eds.) (2012a) The Politics of Knowledge. London: Routledge.

- Baert, P. and F. Carreira da Silva (2010) Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond. 2nd edition. Cambridge: Polity Press. (translated into Spanish, Italian and soon Polish)

- Baert, P. et al. (eds.) (2010) Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society. London: Routledge.

- Baert, P. and B.S. Turner (eds.) (2007a) Pragmatism and European Social Theory. Oxford: Bardwell Press.

- Baert, P. (2005a) Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism. Cambridge: Polity Press. (translated into Chinese and Turkish)

- Baert, P., (ed.) (2000a) Time in Contemporary Intellectual Thought. New York: Elsevier North-Holland.

- Baert, P., (1998a) Social Theory in the 20th Century. Cambridge / New York: Polity Press & New York University Press. (translated into Italian, Spanish and Chinese)

- Baert, P. (1992a) Time, Self and Social Being; Outline of a Temporalised Sociology. Aldershot: Ashgate. (translated into Chinese)

2. Articles (exluding book reviews and small contributions to encyclopedias or dictionaries):

- Baert, P. (2012) 'Positioning theory and intellectual interventions'. In: Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (forthcoming).

- Baert, P. and F. Carreira da Silva (2012) 'A reply to Susen'. In: Distinktion (forthcoming).

- Baert, P. and A.Shipman (2012) ‘Transformation of the intellectual’. In: The Politics of Knowledge, eds. F. Rubio Dominguez and P.Baert. London: Routledge, pp.179-204.

- Dominguez Rubio, Fernando and Patrick Baert (2012b) 'Politics of Knowledge; an introduction'. In: The Politics of Knowledge, eds. Fernando Dominguez Rubio and Patrick Baert. London: Routledge, pp. 1-11.

- Baert, P. (2011a) 'The sudden rise of French existentialism: A case-study in the sociology of intellectual life'. In: Theory and Society 40 5, pp. 619-644.

- Baert, P. (2011b) 'Jean-Paul Sartre’s positioning in Anti-Semite and Jew'. In: Journal of Classical Sociology 11 4, pp.378-397.

- Baert, P. (2011c) ‘The power struggles of French intellectuals at the end of the Second World War: A study in the sociology of ideas.’ In: European Journal of Social Theory 14 4, pp.415-435.

- Baert, P. (2011d) 'Neo-pragmatism and philosophy: a proposal'. In: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 3 2, pp. 24-40.

- Baert, P., D. Weinberg and V.Mottier (2011) ‘Social Constructionism, postmodernism and deconstruction'. In:  Sage Handbook of the Philosophy of Social Sciences, eds. J. Zamora and I. Jarvie. London: Sage, pp. 475-486.

- Baert, P. and J.Isaac (2011) 'Intellectuals and society: sociological and historical perspectives'. In: Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory, eds. G. Delanty and S. Turner. London: Routledge, pp. 200-211. 

- Baert, P., H. Jeronimo and A. Shipman (2010) ‘Social sciences and the democratic ideal: from technocracy to dialogue’. In: The Social Sciences and Democracy, ed. J. Van Bouwel. London: Palgrave, pp. 22-50.

- Baert, P. and S. Koniordos (2010) ‘Introduction: the erosion of the post-war political orthodoxy.’ In: Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society, eds. P.Baert et al. London: Routledge, pp. 1-10.

- Baert, P. (2009a) ‘A neo-pragmatist agenda for social research; integrating Levinas, Gadamer and Mead’. In: Pragmatism in International Relations, eds. H.Bauer and E.Brighi. London: Routledge, pp. 44-62.

- Baert, P. (2009b) ‘Research with a purpose; A reply to my critics.’ In: Human Studies 32 (2), pp. 391-400. 

- Baert, P. and F. Dominguez Rubio (2009) 'Philosophy of the Social Sciences.' In: Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, ed. B.S. Turner. Oxford: Blackwell / John Wiley & Sons, pp. 0-80.

- Baert, P. (2008a) ‘Pragmatism misunderstood; a reply to Peter Manicas.’ In: Journal of Critical Realism 7 2, pp. 72-82.

- Baert, P. (2008b ‘Unreal promises; on the limits of realist philosophy of social science.’ In: Journal of Critical Realism 7 2, pp. 83-91.

- Baert, P. (2008c) ‘Realism revised: a reply to Peter Manicas’ reply.’ In: Journal of Critical Realism 7, 2, pp. 94-101.

- Baert, P. (2007a) ‘Jurgen Habemas.’ In: Fifty Key Sociologists; The Contemporary Theorists, ed. J. Scott. London: Routledge, pp. 126-131.

- Baert, P. (2007b) ‘Why Study the Social.’ In: Pragmatism and European Social Theory, eds. P. Baert and B.S Turner. Oxford: Bardwell Press, pp. 45-68.

- Baert, P. (2007c) ‘Contextualising Max Weber.’ In: International Sociology 22 2, pp. 19-128.

- Baert, P. and B.S. Turner (2007b) ‘Introduction.’ In: Pragmatism and European Social Theory, eds. P. Baert and B.S Turner. Oxford: Bardwell Press, pp. 7-16.

- Baert, P. (2006a) ‘Social Theory and the Social Sciences.’ In: Handbook of Contemporary European Social Theory, ed. G. Delanty. London: Routledge, pp. 14-24.

- Baert, P. (2006b) The Relationship between Social Theory and Empirical Research.’ In: The International Journal of the Humanities volume 3, nr 8, pp. 265-276.

- Baert, P. (2005b) ‘Towards a Pragmatist-Inspired Philosophy of Social Science.’ In: Acta Sociologica volume 48, issue 3, pp. 191-203.

- Baert, P. & Shipman, A. (2005a) ‘University under Siege? Trust and Accountability in the Contemporary Academy.’ In: European Societies volume 7, issue 1, pp. 157-185.

- Baert, P. & Shipman, A. (2005b), “To πανεπιστήμιο σε πολιορκία;”, στο Δ. Γράβαρης & Νίκος Παπαδάκης (επιμ.), Εκπαίδευση και Εκπαιδευτική Πολιτική μεταξύ Κράτους και Αγοράς. Αθήνα: Σαββάλας, pp.253- 287. (in Greek. Reprint of Baert and Shipman 2003.)

- Baert, P. and B.S. Turner (2004b) ‘New Pragmatism and Old Europe; Introduction to the Debate between Pragmatist Philosophy and European Social and Political Theory.’ In: European Journal of Social Theory volume 7, issue 3, pp.267-274.

- Baert, P. (2004) ‘Pragmatism as a Philosophy of Social Science.’ In: European Journal of Social Theory volume 7, issue 3, pp. 355-370.

- Baert, P. & Shipman, A. (2003) ‘To πανεπιστήμιο σε πολιορκία; Εμπιστοσύνη και απόδοση λόγου στη σύγχρονη ακαδημαϊκή κοινότητα’ στο Ν. Ε. Παπαδάκης (επιμ.). Κράτος, Κοινωνία, Αγορά και Πολιτικές στην Εκπαίδευση, (Αθήνα: Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης και Εκδόσεις Σαββάλα), pp. 112-146. (in Greek Reprinted: Baert and Shipman 2005b.)

- Baert, P. (2003a) 'Realism, Pragmatism, Hermeneutics'. In: Foundations of Science volume 8, issue1, pp. 89-106.

- Baert, P. (2003b) 'Time'. In: Blackwell Dictionary to Social Thought, 2nd edition (ed. W. Outhwaite). Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 693-698.

- Baert, P. (2003c) 'Pragmatism versus Sociological Hermeneutics'. In: Current Perspectives in Social Theory volume 22, pp. 351-367.

- Baert, P. (2002) 'Richard Rorty's Pragmatism and the Social Sciences'. In: History of the Human Sciences, vol 5, issue 1, pp.139-149.

- Baert, P. (2001a) 'Pragmatismo e critica sociale'. In: Quaderni di Teoria Sociale nr 1, pp. 75-89. (in Italian)

- Baert, P. (2001b) 'Jurgen Habermas'. In: Profiles in Social Theory (ed. A.Elliott & B.S. Turner) (London: Sage), pp. 84-93.

- Jones, S., Baert, P., Fischer, K. and J.Gershuny (2000) ‘A Multinational Longitudinal Time-Use Data Archive’. In: Gershuny, J. Changing Times; Work and Leisure in Postindustrial Society (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 270-288.

- Baert, P. and A.Shipman (2000) 'Introducing Time'. In: Time in Contemporary Intellectual Thought (ed. P.Baert) (Oxford/New York: Elsevier), ix-xvii.

- Shipman, A. and P.Baert (2000) 'A Time whose Idea has Come; Towards a Conclusion'. In: Time in Modern Intellectual Thought (ed. P.Baert) ( Oxford/New York: Elsevier), pp. 315-329.

- Baert, P. (2000b) 'Time in Social Theory'. In: Time in Contemporary Intellectual Thought (ed. P.Baert) (Oxford/New York: Elsevier), pp. 203-230.

- Baert, P. (2000c) 'The End of Prophecy; A Reply to Pryor'. In: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology volume 59, issue1, pp. 65-69.

- Baert, P. (1999a) 'A Critique of Realist Philosophy of Science'. In: Einstein meets Magritte; Social and Cultural Studies of the Sciences (eds. D.Aerts et. al) (New York / Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers), pp. 53-62.

- Baert, P. (1999b) 'Self-referential Knowledge Acquistion: The Case of Foucault's History of the Present'. In: Einstein meets Magritte; Science and Art (eds. D.Aerts et. al). (New York / Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers), pp. 49-58.

- Baert, P. (1998b), 'Foucault's History of the Present as Self-Referential Knowledge Acquisition'. In: Philosophy and Social Criticism 24(6) November, pp. 111-126.

- Baert, P. (1997) 'Algumas Limitacoes das Explicacoes da Escolha Racional na Ciencia Politica e na Sociologia. In: Revista Brasilieira de Ciencias Sociais 12, 35, 1997, pp. 63-74. (in Portuguese)

- Baert, P. (1996) 'Realism as a Philosophy of Social Sciences and Economics: a Critical Evaluation'. In: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 20, issue 3, September, pp. 513-522.

- Baert, P. (1995a) 'Pour une sociologie de la création'. In: Revue de l'Institut de sociologie 3/4,pp. 147-160. (in French)

- Baert, P. (1995b) 'Realismo Critico e ciêcias sociais'. In: Dados 2, 32, pp. 277-290. (in Portuguese)

- Baert, P. (1993a) 'Le temps et la societé'. In: Structuration du social et modernité; Autour des travaux d'Anthony Giddens (eds. M.Audet and H. Bouchikhi) (Presses Université Laval, pp. 183-197. (in French)

- Gershuny, J., with S.Jones and P.Baert (1993), Changing Times, Report to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, November 1993.

- Baert, P. (1992b) 'Time, Reflectivity and Social Action'. In: International Sociology, Vol. 7, 3, Sep, pp. 317-327.

- Baert, P. (1991) 'Unintended Consequences: A Typology with an Application'. In: International Sociology, Vol.6, 2, June, pp.201-210.

- Baert, P.J.N. (1989) 'The Creation of an Invented Future; An Inquiry into G.H. Mead's Relatively-Open Future with Special Reference to Sociological Theory'. In: International Philosophical Quarterly, 3, 115, September, pp. 319-338.

- Baert, P., and J. De Schampheleire (1988) 'Autopoiesis, Self-Organization and Symbolic Interactionism'. In: Kybernetes: The International Journal of Cybernetics and System Theory, 1, pp.60-69.

- Baert, P., J. De Schampheleire and C. Cuypers (1987) 'The Silent Force of the Screen; Pilot-Survey on the Impact of Micro-Electronics on Work Autonomy'. In: Computer Networks and ISDN Systems; The International Journal for Computer and Telecommunications, 14, pp. 267-270.

- Elchardus, M., P. Baert, K. De Schouwer, Scheys, M. and H. Van den Bussche (1985) Vlamingen en de Derde Wereld, Vrije Universiteit Brussel/NCOS, Brussels. (in Dutch)

- Baert, P. (1985) 'De blinde roerganger en zijn deemoedige dienaar; Een essay omtrent beleid en technologisch effectenonderzoek'. In: Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 5, 1/2, pp. 61-74. (in Dutch)

- Elchardus, M., and P. Baert (1983) 'Redeneringsvermogen, liefdesdrang en statusdrift'. In: Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 4, 3, pp. 277-319. (in Dutch)

3. Small contributions to encyclopedias and dictionaries:

- Baert, P. (2006c) ‘Raymond Aron.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 22.
- Baert, P. (2006d) ‘Epistemology.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 171.
- Baert, P. (2006e) ‘Explanation.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 185-187.
- Baert, P. (2006f) ‘Paul Feyerabend.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 204.
- Baert, P. (2006g) ‘Hans-Georg Gadamer.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 222.
- Baert, P. (2006h) ‘Jurgen Habermas.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 258-259.
- Baert, P. (2006i) ‘Niklas Luhmann.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 343.
- Baert, P. (2006j) ‘Phenomenology.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 438-439.
- Baert, P. (2006k) ‘Philosophy of the Social Sciences.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 440.
- Baert, P. (2006l) ‘Time.’ In: Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology, ed. B. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 629-630.
- Baert, P. (2006m) ‘Ethnomethodology.’ In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory, eds. A.Harrington, H-P. Muller, B. Marshall. London: Routledge, pp. 180-181.
- Baert, P. (2006n) ‘Dramaturgical school.’ In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory, eds. A.Harrington, H-P. Muller, B. Marshall. London: Routledge, pp. 149-150.
- Baert, P. (2006o) ‘Harold Garfinkel.’ In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory, eds. A.Harrington, H-P. Muller, B. Marshall. London: Routledge, pp. 216-217.
- Baert, P. (2006p) ‘Erving Goffman.’ In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory, eds. A.Harrington, H-P. Muller, B. Marshall. London: Routledge, pp. 231-232.
- Baert, P. (2006q) ‘Pragmatism.’ In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory, eds. A.Harrington, H-P. Muller, B. Marshall. London: Routledge, pp. 462-463.
- Baert, P. (2006r) ‘Role.’ In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory, eds. A.Harrington, H-P. Muller, B. Marshall. London: Routledge, pp. 524-526.
- Baert, P. (2006s) ‘Time.’ In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory, eds. A.Harrington, H-P. Muller, B. Marshall. London: Routledge, pp. 625-627.
- Baert, P., (1998c) 'Pierre Bourdieu'. In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (ed. E. Craig) (London: Routledge), pp. 848-850.

4. Book reviews and small contributions to newsletters:

- Baert, P. (2005c) ‘Letter from Europe.’ In: Perspectives (Newsletter of the theory section of the American Sociological Association). March 28 1, pp. 4-7. See also: http://www.asatheory.org/ or www.cas.sc.edu/socy/faculty/deflem/theory/march2005.pdf
- Baert, P., (1998d) 'Book Review: Macnaghten and Urry's Contested Natures'. In: Times Higher Education Supplement 6 November.
- Baert, P., (1998e) 'Book Review: Mohr's Causes of Human Behavior'. In: British Journal of Sociology 49 1 March.
- Baert, P., (1998f) 'Book Review: Fay's Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science'. In: British Journal of Sociology 49 1 March.
- Baert, P. (1993b) 'Clever Money'. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 3 Dec.
- Baert, P. (1983), 'Omtrent Nys and Uyttebrouck's Micro-Electronica in de Vlaamse Industrie: een survey'. In: Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 4,4, pp. 481-485. (in Dutch)

Recent plenary talks and main events:

- Meet the author session around P. Baert and F. Carreira da Silva, Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Polity 2010), Conference of the European Sociological Association, Geneva, 10 September 2011.
- plenary talk at Conference on the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Copenhagen, August 25-26 2011.
- plenary talk at 'Intellectuals in the Public Sphere', Antwerp, 23-25 March 2011.
- plenary talk at ‘Science in Society’, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 5 August 2009.
- plenary talk at ‘Quadrangular Conference in Technology, Organizations and Society’, Judge Business School, Cambridge, 3 June 2009.
- plenary talk at the 'Sixth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities', 15 July 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.
- author-meets-critics session around ‘Baert, P. Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism (Polity Press)’. American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, 6 April 2007.
- plenary talk at the ‘Social Sciences and Democracy’ Congress, University of Ghent, Belgium, 28-30 September 2006.
- plenary talk at the ‘International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences’, University of Aegean, Island of Rhodes, Greece, 18-21 July 2006. Website: http://www.i06.cgpublisher.com/
- One of the main speakers at ‘New Philosophy of the Social Sciences’, IX Summer School of Economics and Philosophy, San Sebastian, Spain, 10-14 July 2006.
- plenary talk at the 2005 Humanities Conference; The Third International Conference on New Directions in Humanities (Theme: ‘The Humanities in a Knowledge Society’) at Cambridge, UK, 2-5 August 2005.
- plenary talk at the 2004 annual conference of the Finnish Sociological Association, Jyvaskyla, Finland, March 2004.

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