Peter Kivisto is the Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought Emeritus at Augustana College. The Academy of Finland appointed him Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Turku, and he was subsequently awarded an honorary doctorate by the university. His research focuses on immigration, social integration, and civil society. Recent books include Research Handbook on the Sociology of Migration (edited with Giuseppe Sciortino and Martina Cvajner, Edward Elgar, 2024), The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Populism in the Civil Sphere (edited with Jeffrey C. Alexander and Giuseppe Sciortino, Polity, 2021), The Trump Phenomenon: How the Politics of Populism Won in 2016 (Emerald, 2017), and Solidarity, Justice, and Incorporation: Thinking through The Civil Sphere (edited with Giuseppe Sciortino, Oxford University Press, 2015).
