Michael Mann awarded Honorary Doctorate

On May 25 in 2016, Michael Mann, Professor of Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature from University College Dublin.

The work of Prof Mann has explored power, state formation, nationalism, genocide, fascism and ethnic cleansing. He is also Honorary Professor and Director of Research at University of Cambridge.

“His magisterial and multivolume series The Sources of Social Power (four volumes published between 1986 and 2013) has made the most profound impact on scholars all over the world,” said Dr Steven Loyal, UCD School of Sociology, in his citation.

“These four books offer a novel and groundbreaking analysis of social power over the past ten thousand years and as such demonstrate a unique analytical skill and achievement that no other contemporary sociologist can match.”