Bestselling author and public sociologist Eric Klinenberg, the Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, will present the Jane Jacobs Lecture at Boston College on November 5 at 6 p.m. in 245 Beacon St. (Room 107). Klinenberg is author of the acclaimed book, Palaces for the People, in which he contends that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, churches, and parks where crucial connections are formed. His latest book, 2020, is a meticulously reported, character-driven investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake. Klinenberg’s lecture, “Democracy, Equity, Resilience: Holding Communities Together,” is presented by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics and co-sponsored by the Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action.