David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He holds degrees in sociology from the Universities of Cambridge and York, UK. He is founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology. He writes in, and blends together, the areas of cultural sociology, historical sociology, and social theory. He has written and edited multiple books in these areas. He is particularly interested in comparing premodern civilisations and modern societies. He was chair of the Finnish Sociological Association, the Westermarck Seura. Current writing concerns include globalisation and cosmopolitisation, the nature of Brexit, masks and masking, the historical sociology of plagues, the sociology of translation, the concept of ‘Eurasia’, critique of postcolonial sociology, fashion in premodern contexts, and the long-term analysis of wine-related phenomena.Hang Kei Ho is Associate Professor of Sociology (Title of Docent) at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Furthermore, he is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research themes include luxury consumption and brand management, housing policy and segregation, pandemic management strategies, the globalisation of wine, the super-rich, and capital flows within global property markets. He has worked in academic positions in Finland, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK, lecturing across the fields of anthropology, Asian studies, business management, development studies, economic geography, public health, sociology, and urban studies. He holds a PhD, an MBA, and three master’s degrees in multiple academic disciplines including electronic engineering, humanities, geography, and luxury brand management. Prior to entering academia, he worked in real estate consultancy, IT, and engineering.
