Karthik Ramanujam

Graduate Research Assistant

Culture, Globalization, Political Sociology

Karthik is a Doctoral student in Sociology at George Mason University. He completed a Masters in Sociology from Florida Atlantic University, where he focused on sections including agrarian labor, political economy and world-systems theory. His current research interests are centered on understanding world historical processes such as globalization, nationalism and, neoliberalism to explore the changing social dynamics. In this regard, he explores how residual logics can interact within new conjunctures to produce innovative politicized meanings and actions. He aims to focus primarily on professional workers in India and understand how their workplace culture is shaping their lives and their politics.

Karthik is originally from India and spent most of his life in the city of Chennai. In the past, he has worked as a Production Manager, an Electrical Engineer and a Management Consultant. He wants to pursue an interdisciplinary approach to understanding our globalizing society and produce works that help us create a better future world in-line with the purpose of "a public sociology". In his free time, he goes hiking and attempts some nature and landscape photography.

Selected Publications

Hough, P., L. López, V. de Becze, K. Ramanujam, and C. Burggraff. 2024. "Beyond the Fields: Solidarity Narratives and Coalition Building in the Fair Food Movement." Global Labour Journal 15(3).

Education

- MA, Sociology, Florida Atlantic University (2021)

- MBA, Industrial Management, Indian Institute of Management (Mumbai), India (2016)

- B. Tech, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology (Tiruchirappalli), India (2012)