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Ongoing and recent research:
- ASPIRE-AI grant, project on “AI-Assisted Academic Dishonesty, Anomie, and Strain: An Examination of Institutional Policies,” Office of the Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina, 2025–2026.Related presentations at: AI Day at USC, March 19, 2026; Discover USC, University of South Carolina, April 24, 2026; ASA annual meeting, New York, August 2026.
- October 7 and International Police Cooperation: The Silence of Interpol. Belügyi Szemle: Academic Journal of Internal Affairs, 2025.
- Becoming a Mental Health Activist: The Learning of Naomi Osaka (co-authored with with Megan Routh). Journal for Cultural Research, 2025.
- Racial Justice Activism and Democracy: The Deliberative Role of Black Women Athletes (with Brandii Brunson). In Democracy, Governance, and Law, edited by M. Deflem, 2025.
- Writings on Jürgen Habermas - Collected Habermas-related writings, posted on the occasion of Professor Habermas's passing in 2026.
Mathieu Deflem's research and teaching interests include the sociology of law and social control, popular culture, and social theory. On law and social control, he devoted most of his research to policing, including the police role in counterterrrorism and international police cooperation. Additional work concerns the history and systematics of the sociology of law and the sociological study of social control. In
the area of popular culture, he studied various aspects of celebrity culture, fame, and
popular music. Most of his work is closely connected with questions in
sociological theory, a specialty also explored in its own right,
especially concerning discourse theory, systems theory, and sociological
structuralism. mathieudeflem.net
Email: MathieuDeflem@gmail.com
