Gil Eyal is Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. His research focuses on various types of expertise, as well as the sociological theory of expertise, lay expertise and the politics of expertise. He is the author of The Crisis of Expertise (2019), The Autism Matrix (2010) and The Disenchantment of the Orient (2006). He has also published various articles on intellectuals, experts, and expertise in Theory and Society, BioSocieties, the Annual Review of Sociology, Sociological Theory, and the American Journal of Sociology.
Thomas Medvetz is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on the political role of experts, professionals, and intellectuals in modern societies. He is the author of Think Tanks in America (2012), a book based on his study of the history and impact of think tanks in the United States. He has also written or co-written academic articles about public intellectualism
and the contemporary American conservative movement. His work has appeared in journals such as Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales, the Annual Review of Sociology, Politics & Society, Public Culture, and Qualitative Sociology.
