How does social categorization work — and how is right-wing populism reshaping it? Michèle Lamont (Harvard) explains.

In this episode, Steven Vertovec and Georg Diez explore the evolution of diversity discourse with sociologist Michèle Lamont. They discuss moral boundaries and social categories, the backlash against diversity, destigmatization, the shifting Overton window, and how generational change is reshaping attitudes toward social difference.

Michèle Lamont is one of the world's leading scholars on social categorization, moral boundaries, and the cultural dimensions of social inequality. Her work examines how societies draw boundaries between groups — and how those boundaries can be redrawn.

Futures of Difference is a research-based video podcast by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity that explores how social categories are being challenged, contested, and transformed.