Imanuel Ness jẹ Ọjọgbọn ti Imọ Oselu ni Ile-ẹkọ giga Brooklyn ti Ile-ẹkọ giga Ilu ti New York, Amẹrika. O tun jẹ Alakoso Eto Imọ-iṣe Oselu Graduate ni Ile-iṣẹ Graduate College Brooklyn fun Ẹkọ Oṣiṣẹ ni Ilu New York, ati pe o ti kọ ẹkọ ni University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Eto Alakoso Ẹgbẹ ati Ile-ẹkọ giga Cornell University fun Ibatan Iṣẹ. Iwadii lọwọlọwọ rẹ ṣe ayẹwo awọn ẹgbẹ iṣẹ ati awọn ẹgbẹ oṣiṣẹ lati oju-itumọ itan-akọọlẹ ni agbegbe agbegbe, ti orilẹ-ede, ati agbaye.Ness jẹ ọmọ ile-iwe giga ti Ile-ẹkọ giga New York ati Ile-ẹkọ giga Columbia, o si gba PhD kan ni Imọ-iṣe Oselu lati Ile-ẹkọ giga Ilu ti Ilu Niu Yoki. O jẹ onkọwe ti awọn nkan ọmọwe, awọn ipin, awọn arosọ atunyẹwo, ati awọn iwe lori siseto iṣẹ, awọn ẹgbẹ iṣowo, iṣiwa, ati alainiṣẹ, pẹlu Awọn aṣikiri, Awọn ẹgbẹ, ati Ọja Iṣẹ Iṣẹ AMẸRIKA Tuntun (Temple University Press, 2005), ni àjọ-olootu ti Ise Agbaye todaju (Dola & Sense, 2009), ati Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, Ati Ẹwọn ti ijira (ti n bọ), ati (bi olootu) awọn Encyclopedia of American Social agbeka, olugba ti American Library Association ti o dara ju Reference Eye ni 2005. Ni 2006, Ness gba Christian Bay Eye fun kikọ ti o dara ju iwe igbejade ni New Political Science lati American Oselu Association Association. Ness n ṣiṣẹ lọwọlọwọ lori awọn iṣẹ akanṣe iwadi lori awọn igbimọ oṣiṣẹ ati iṣakoso awọn oṣiṣẹ (pẹlu Dario Azzellini) ati Eto Anarchy, pẹlu Jeff Shantz. O n ṣe iṣẹ akanṣe iwadii itan pataki kan lori ijira agbaye. Lati ọdun 1999, Ness ti jẹ olootu ti Ṣiṣẹ AMẸRIKA: Iwe akosile ti Iṣẹ ati Awujọ, Atunyẹwo ẹlẹgbẹ-mẹẹdogun iwe-akọọlẹ imọ-jinlẹ awujọ ti idamẹrin lori iṣẹ ati kilasi. O si jẹ oludasile ti Lower East Side Community Labor Coalition, eyi ti o gba a Ikede lati awọn City Council of New York ni 2001 fun imutesiwaju laala awọn ajohunše ni kekere-oya occupations.Ness ikowe ni opolopo ni egbelegbe ati iwadi Insituti ni United States, Caribbean, Yuroopu, Ila-oorun ati Guusu Asia.