FXIV-7-HCS-Granovetter-Web

Mark Granovetter

FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AWARD

Humanities and Social Sciences

14th Edition

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Humanities and Social Sciences (Social Sciences) has gone in this edition to Mark Granovetter, “probably the most eminent economic sociologist in the world,” in the words of the citation, for revealing the power of loose social ties or networks of “acquaintances” as a source of social capital.