About the CST

Mervyn Horgan

Mervyn Horgan is a social theorist, cultural sociologist, and urban studies scholar whose normative commitments and theoretical and empirical interests centre on solidarity in everyday life. He is co-editor (with Jeffrey C. Alexander) of the forthcoming collection, The Civil Sphere in Canada. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology and Principal Investigator on the Sociable Cities Project at the University of Guelph, where he is also affiliated with the Graduate Programs in Critical Studies in Improvisation and Social Practice & Transformational Change.