Eszter Pál is Associate Professor of Sociology and chair at the Department of Social Theory at Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Budapest. Her main areas of expertise are the history of sociology, the history and sociology of science, scientific discourses in Victorian England, early American sociology, language and social science.

Her current research focuses on different cases of the circulation of scientific knowledge based on a discourse analytical approach. Her recent publications include ‘Studying Metaphors and the Understanding of Knowledge Circulation’ In, W. Keim and L. Rodriguez Medina (eds), Routledge Handbook of Academic Circulation. London and New York: Routledge, 2023, 575-586. and ‘Experts and Amateurs in Times of Transition: From Decolonising to the Re-colonisation of Science. New Formations 2023(110-111):95-112.