School of Social and Political Science

Dr Tod Van Gunten

Senior Lecturer

Photograph of Tod Van Gunten
tvangun@exseed.ed.ac.uk
+44 (0)131 6504637
http://todvangunten.com
6.10
Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
Edinburgh
UK
EH8 9LD

Research interests

Data & Digital Digital sociology Finance and economic sociology Methods Nationalism and political action Work & Economy

Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Social Network Analysis, Computational Social Science, Globalization, Economic Development, Sociological Theory

Founding member of the the Social Data Science Hub.

In the 2025/26 academic year, I am available to supervise MSc students on the MSc Digital Sociology with Social Data Science pathway.

Topics interested in supervising

I am interested in supervising PhDs in economic, political and comparative/historical sociology that take a broad range of methodological approaches, both qualitative and quantitative. In addition, I am interested in working with students using social network analysis, computational text analysis, and other computational social science/social data science methods, on a wide array of topics. For PhD supervision inquiries, please contact me at latest by October 1st of the year before you hope to begin your PhD (e.g. by 1st October 2024 for a PhD beginning in September 2025). Earlier than this is better. After this date I may not be able to offer supervision in a timely manner for PhD funding applications. I expect to work with applicants for at least two months in developing their research proposals to improve applicants' chances of a funding award. Please bear in mind that PhD funding is extremely competitive.

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Van Gunten TS. Elite politics and economic crisis: Hyperinflation in Argentina, 1989–1990. Political Power and Social Theory. 2024 Nov 28;41:141-173. doi: 10.1108/S0198-871920240000041006
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Van Gunten T. Mapping economists’ belief spaces using survey data. Œconomia - History, Methodology, Philosophy . 2023 Jun 1;13(2):517-557. doi: 10.4000/oeconomia.15158
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Kozlowski AC, Van Gunten TS. Are economists overconfident? Ideology and uncertainty in expert opinion. British Journal of Sociology. 2023 Jun;74(3):476-500. Epub 2023 Feb 15. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.13001
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Van Gunten TS. Analyzing online social networks. In Gregory K, editor, SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online. SAGE Publications. 2022 Epub 2022 Jul 12. doi: 10.4135/9781529609585
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Van Gunten TS, Kohl S. The inversion of the ‘really big trade-off’: Homeownership and pensions in long-run perspective. In Johnston A, Kurzer P, editors, Bricks in the Wall: The Politics of Housing in Europe. 1 ed. Routledge. 2021. (West European Politics). Epub 2021 Mar 30.
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Van Gunten T. Visualizing the network structure of COVID-19 in Singapore. Socius. 2021 Mar 9;7:1-3. doi: 10.1177/23780231211000171
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Van Gunten T, Kohl S. The inversion of the ‘really big trade-off’: Homeownership and pensions in long-run perspective. West European Politics. 2020 Feb;43(2):435-463. Epub 2019 May 24. doi: 10.1080/01402382.2019.1609285
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Van Gunten TS. Gregory W. Fuller: The Political Economy of Housing Financialization. Intergenerational Justice Review. 2020;6(1):30-32. doi: 10.24357/igjr.6.1.797
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Van Gunten T, Navot E. Varieties of indebtedness: Financialization and mortgage market institutions in Europe. Social Science Research. 2018 Feb;70:90-106. Epub 2017 Dec 2. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.11.005
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van Gunten TS. Washington dissensus: Ambiguity and conflict at the international monetary fund. Socio-Economic Review. 2017 Jan 1;15(1):65-84. Epub 2015 Dec 30. doi: 10.1093/ser/mwv032
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Van Gunten TS, Martin JL, Teplitsky M. Consensus, polarization, and alignment in the economics profession. Sociological Science. 2016 Dec 5;3:1028-1052. doi: 10.15195/v3.a45
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Van Gunten TS. Cohesion, consensus, and conflict: Technocratic elites and financial crisis in Mexico and Argentina. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 2016 Jan 19;56(5):366-390. doi: 10.1177/0020715215626238
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Van Gunten TS. Cycles of polarization and settlement: Diffusion and transformation in the macroeconomic policy field. Theory and Society. 2015 Jul;44(4):321-354. Epub 2015 Jun 12. doi: 10.1007/s11186-015-9253-8
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Levi Martin J, van Gunten T, Zablocki BD. Charisma, status, and gender in Groups with and without gurus. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 2012 Mar 1;51(1):20-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01633.x
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