In keeping with our founder and past director Margaret Archer‘s wishes, the CSO is proud to present on a dedicated webpage a tentatively complete inventory of her abundant publications in English (as well as some in French) that we have been compiling and curating.

It is our dearest hope that our communities will better appreciate the breadth and depth of her contributions spanning 57 years, from her 1967 PhD thesis The educational aspirations of English working class parents to her 2024 posthumous book Morphogenesis answers its critics.

Please feel welcome to suggest any addition or report any mistake so that the webpage may only improve further.

Oil on canvas by J. F. Peto, ‘In the Library’ (1900), Public Domain.

Prof. Margaret Archer founded the Centre for Social Ontology in 2011 at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland). She led the Centre as its Director until 2017 and then as its General Editor.
For many members of the CSO, Maggie was a cherished friend in addition to being a colleague of outstanding talent, dedication and integrity.

Margaret Archer’s contributions to social theory are too vast, numerous and subtle to be adequately summarized on a single webpage. Over the coming months, members of the CSO will gather reflections on how she made a difference to the study of people, cultures and societies.

Overview of Margaret Archer’s research interests and accomplishments as she reflected on them

Updated list of Margaret Archer’s publications (will be complemented in the coming months)

Oil on canvas by von Tamm, ‘Still Life of Roses, Morning Glory, Carnations, Forget-Me-Nots and Other Flowers on a Stone Ledge, Together with a Bunch of Peaches’ (ca. 1700), Public Domain.