Lambros Roumbanis

About Lambros Roumbanis

PhD. and Associate Professor in Sociology

My research interests spans several different areas of sociology and philosophical anthropology, but concern in particular fundamental issues in sociological theory, sociology of science, theories of judgment and decision-making, sociology of algorithms, and critical perspectives on organizations.

Among the concepts that I have theorized in relation to social phenomena are: collective anchoring effects, symbolic violence, agonistic chance, status hierarchies, and meta-algorithmic judgment. I have conducted empirical studies on, (a) peer review and research funding; (b) the impact of new AI technologies in job recruitment, and in social life more generally.

In addition to the above-mentioned concepts and research topics, since my PhD. dissertation I have continued to be deeply interested in understanding the sociological categories of relation/relationality and mediation tied to existential-ontological aspects such as sociality, 'the single individual', technology, group interaction, the practico-inert, materiality, and organization.

Some recent publications

Roumbanis, L. (2025) "On algorithmic mediations". European Journal of Social Theory,     https://doi.org/10.1177/13684310251319677.

Roumbanis, L. (2025) “On the present-future impact of AI technologies on personnel selection and the exponential increase in meta-algorithmic judgments”. Futures 166: 103538.
 
Bursell, M. & Roumbanis, L. (2024) “After the Algorithms: A study of meta-algorithmic judgments and diversity in the hiring process at a large multicite company.” Big Data & Society 11(1), 1-18.

Roumbanis, L. (2022) “Disagreement and agonistic chance in peer review.” Science, Technology, & Human Values 47(6): 1302-1333.

Roumbanis, L. (2019) “Symbolic violence in academic life: A study on how junior scholars are educated in the art of getting funded.” Minerva 57(2): 197-218.

Roumbanis, L. (2019) “Peer review or lottery? A critical analysis of two different forms of decision-making mechanisms for allocation of research grants.” Science, Technology & Human Values 44(6): 994-1019.

Roumbanis, L. (2017) “Academic judgments under uncertainty: A study of collective anchoring effects in Swedish Research Council panel groups.” Social Studies of Science 47(1): 95–116.

PhD. dissertation

Roumbanis, L. (2010) Kierkegaard och sociologins blinda fläck. (in English: Kierkegaard and the Blind Spot of Sociology). Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis. http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:327583/FULLTEXT01.pdf.