David Calnitsky, Assistant Professor
PhD, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
David Calnitsky is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Western University. His research interests include sociological theory, social policy, and poverty, and his empirical work has examined the impact of basic income on a range of outcomes, from wages and work to social stigma and gender dynamics. His research has been published in Socio-economic Review, Sociological Theory, Social Problems, Catalyst, Canadian Review of Sociology, Contexts, Sociology Compass, Basic Income Studies, and Social Science History. More recently, he has been doing research on the welfare state, collective action, and social change. A new book project examines how social change succeeds and fails. A second book project (with Michael McCarthy) analyzes and reconstructs the social theory of Erik Olin Wright.
Areas of Specialization
- Social Theory
- Inequality
- Gender
- Social Change
- Work
- Poverty
- Economic Sociology
- Social Policy
Selected Publications
- Calnitsky, David and Pilar Gonalons-Pons. 2020. "The Impact of an Experimental Guaranteed Income on Crime and Violence." Social Problems spaa001.
- Calnitsky, David. 2020. "The employer response to the guaranteed annual income." Socio-Economic Review 18(2): 493–517.
- Calnitsky, David. 2019. "The High-Hanging Fruit of the Gender Revolution: A Model of Social Reproduction and Social Change." Sociological Theory 37(1): 35-61.
- Calnitsky, David. 2018. "Structural and individualistic theories of poverty." Sociology Compass 12(12): 1-14.
- Calnitsky, David. 2017. "Debating Basic Income." Catalyst 1(3): 62-91.
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Contact Information
Dr. David Calnitsky
Department of Sociology
Room 5402, Social Science Centre
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
"I's the Power" (with Michael Martinez) at the November 2022 SSHA Annual Meeting