His talk will begin at 1 p.m. in the Psychology Auditorium.
Admission is free.
Albrow, the former head of the British Sociological Association, is a research professor in the social sciences at the University of Surrey in London. His areas of study include public administration and organization, the British role in sociology, and globalization. He is founder and editor of International Sociology, the journal of the International Sociology Association. In 1988 he won the European Amalfi Prize in Sociology and the Social Sciences for his book The Global Age. The lecture is sponsored by the World Affairs Council, the Sociology Department and the Political Science Department.