LEMOS

Please, read the following Q&A to learn more about LEMOS

1. What is the meaning of LEMOS?

LEMOS is a Brazilian research group. The acronym stands for Markets and Organizations in Society Research Group

2. When was LEMOS created?

LEMOS is a brand new research group created between January and March 2016 in the Social Sciences Department as well as in the Postgraduate Sociology Program at the Federal University of Sergipe. LEMOS is certified by the Brazilian National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq).

3. What can I do and find in LEMOS?

Follow our agenda to join us in our meetings, readings, debates, conferences and research projects, whether you are a researcher, a student or a curious citizen.

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LEMOS is for those who are curious about the black box of markets, that is, those who want to understand the mechanisms of social construction of markets and organizations. Why mechanisms of social construction? The principle that guides the readings and discussions of the group is that markets and organizations are embedded in society as social constructions from individual and/or collective social actors.

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Economic Sociology is one of the main areas of research that investigates markets and organizations as resulting from social, political, moral, cultural and symbolic processes that emerge from social interactions.

4. What are the current research areas of LEMOS?

A) Economic Sociology: the social construction of markets.

The aim of this research area is to understand the functioning of markets, considered as a result of social, political, cultural processes, by considering theories from Sociology. Wherever there are exchange activities (i.e. markets), there are also worldviews that constitute and are constituted by those involved. The main contribution of this research area is to open the black box of markets by focusing on social actors and their worldviews.

b) Sociology of Valuation and Evaluation: social construction of evaluation and valuation metrics.

The purpose of this research area is to reveal and explain the social relations that lead to the emergence of valuation and evaluation metrics that, in turn, can change social relations. For instance, metrics that evaluate and classify sustainable companies (such as sustainability indexes) or tourism indexes (such as TripAdvisor). Contemporary society legitimizes their social order by using metrics and indexes, therefore, sociology has a relevant role in revealing how they are built and, at the same time, how they build the social world.

Curious? Get to know the researchers and their research projects. Come and join LEMOS!

If you have any further questions, please contact us. We will be happy to answer them!

Marina de Souza Sartore

Group leader