This review answers recent calls to consider the transformative role of transnational
professionals in contemporary globalization. It departs from the dominant perspective, which …

Research on elites experienced a resurgence in sociology over a decade ago, but this work
was largely gender neutral. Recently, a body of work on elite women and gender dynamics …

Abstract 'Revolving doors' is a well‐suspected phenomenon of skills and knowledge transfer
between the private and public sectors. It is thought to be especially notable among elites in …

Finding direction in new policy areas requires a combination of mandate, expertise, and
stakeholder engagement. Here we investigate the formation of the EU's sustainable finance …

This article discusses anonymizing elite interviewees. Based on our experiences with
interviewing professional elites and ultra-elites in different research projects, we describe …

Elites often use merit to explain, justify, and make sense of their advantaged positions. But
what exactly do they mean by this? In this paper, we draw on 71 interviews with elites in …

Sociological research has long been interested in occupational evaluation. However,
occupational research remains hampered by conceptual ambiguity and methodological …

For elite studies to be publically relevant they need to engage and convince. To convince,
the definition and demarcation of the elite must be theoretically sound and methodologically …

To contribute to studies on upper classes' self-justification, in this article, we aim to develop a
perspective to explore how the increasingly wealthy upper classes seek to morally justify …

In this contribution, we introduce 'career hubs' as an alternative to interlocking directorates
and propose to study transnational corporate elite networks with this new concept. Career …