Oberassistent, Department of Sociology, Lucerne Switzerland PhD 2018 Contact Information wurpts@uw.edu Fields of Interest Comparative Historical Sociology Economic Sociology Organizations Social Networks Theory Biography Ph.D. Sociology, University of Washington, 2018 Curriculum Vitae (223.2 KB) Research Selected Research Wurpts, Bernd. 2018. "Networks into Institutions or Institutions into Networks? Evidence from the Medieval Hansa." Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.Adviser: Katherine Stovel, Adviser: Edgar Kiser Wurpts, Bernd, Katie E. Corcoran, and Steven Pfaff. 2018. “The Diffusion of Protestantism in Northern Europe: Historical Embeddedness and Complex Contagions in the Adoption of the Reformation.” Social Science History 42(2):213-244. Courses Taught Additional Courses Affiliations Home Department Sociology