Miguel A. Centeno

Miguel Centeno is the Musgrave Professor of Sociology and Vice-Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at Princeton University. He has authored numerous articles, chapters, and books, including War and Society (Polity, 2016), Global Capitalism (Polity, 2010), States in the Developing World (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and a three-volume series titled State and Nation Making in the Iberian World (Cambridge University Press, Vol. I, 2013; Vol. II, 2018; Vol. III, 2022). Currently, he is working on a new book project focused on the sociology of discipline. Centeno is also the founder of the Research Community on Global Systemic Risk, funded by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) since 2013, which has produced several journal articles and chapters and is set to result in two new books in 2021. His administrative roles at Princeton include serving as head of First College, founding Director of PIIRS, head of the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS), and chair of the Sociology Department. In 2001, he established the Princeton University Public Policy Program (PUPP).