Social sciences at the intersection of technology, organizations, and culture.

Organizational sociologist. User researcher. Ethnographer of complex systems. I've spent 10 years in technology at HubSpot, Airtable, Autodesk, and Intel, and 8 years as a professor at Barnard College and Columbia University.

Peter Levin
currently open
writing Why user research doesn't move organizations draft · keeps getting longer
building a kinetic origami scuplture stalled · staring at mains wiring
reading Olen Steinhauer, The Last Tourist last Milo Weaver · ready to be done
100 Albums in 2026 in progress
34 of 100 · last: Kiss All The Time — Harry Styles · mar 2026

Stick Season

Til my friends come home for Christmas

everything → studio