Conversation with Professor Erik Olin Wright
Professor Erik Olin Wright is an Internationally renowned scholar and author of, "Envisioning Real Utopias". He is from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He came to UQ in Brisbane, Australia in July 2013 to present the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) Winter School and the biennial John Western Memorial Lecture on August 1, 2013.

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Erik Olin Wright - Understanding Class

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Erik Olin Wright: Transcending capitalism, SCORAI Colloquium on "Consumption and Social Change"

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Erik Olin Wright on "real utopias"

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What is the Welfare State? A Sociological Restatement

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1986: How to Spot the Upper Class | That's Life! | BBC Archive

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Harvard Professor Explains The Rules of Writing — Steven Pinker

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LIVE: Conan O’Brien speaks at Harvard graduation ceremony (full)

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Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced

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George Saunders Says Breaking These 3 Delusions Can Save You | The Interview

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LEFT OUT: Erik Olin Wright on understanding class—a Marxian perspective

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Harald Welzer on the current state of the world (May 2026)

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How to be an anti-capitalist for the 21st century

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Why The Russian Accent Terrifies Everyone

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The French Do Not Care About Work

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Pierre Bourdieu. First Erving Goffman Prize Lecture (1996, Berkeley)

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Is Donald Trump A 'Fascist'? | Slavoj Zizek And Piers Morgan Debate

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Conversations with History: Perry Anderson

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Contemporary sociological theory - Micro, macro and integrative

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Classical sociological theory - Marx, Weber, Durkheim

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