Short CV
Scientific short biography
- Study of History, Romance studies, Philosophy, later on also Sociology at the universities of Kiel, Freiburg i. Br., Pau (France) and Basel
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1961 - 1962 assistant allemand and lector at secondary schools (Gymnasien) and at the University of Pau (France)
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state examination for a secondary school teaching position in the subjects History and French (1967) as well as Social Sciences (1969) at the University of Kiel
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1968 - 1975 graduate assistant at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Basel and advisor for the PROGNOS AG in Basel
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1971 Dr. phil. (Sociology) at the University of Basel
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1975 - 1981 Professor (C3) of Sociology at the University of Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg
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since 1981 professor (C4) of Sociology at the University of Siegen
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1996 - 1997 visiting professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)
- since 2006 member of the migration council (Rat für Migration)
Positions in scientific associations
German Sociological Association (GSA)
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1997 – 2004 member of the council
founder member of the section Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse (Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis),
1992 – 2004 member of the section directorate-
member of the sections Bildung und Erziehung, (Education and Upbringing) Medien- und
Kommunikationssoziologie (Sociology of Media and of Communication) as well as Migration und ethnische Minderheiten (Migration and Ethnic Minorities)
Member of the
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Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK) (German Journalism and Communication Science Association)
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Academic Association for Pedagogical Sciences in Germany (DGfE)
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International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP)
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Swiss Sociological Association (SGS) (1969 – 1999)
Positions as evaluator
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appraisal of single applications to the German Research Foundation, Volkswagen Foundation and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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appraisal of manuscripts for the Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, and the Zeitschrift für Soziologie and the Soziale Welt
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since 1998 member of the jury of the Fritz-Thyssen-Award (for the best socio-scientific essays)
subject expert for the evaluation of the Swiss universities of applied sciences (Swiss Peer Reviews 2001 and 2003)
Occupations as editor
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since 1988 editorial consultant of Politics, Groups and the Individual. International Journal of Political Psychology and Political Socialization
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since 1997 co-editor of the Siegener Beiträge zur Soziologie
Positions in self-administration and institutes of the University of Siegen
1983 - 1985 Vice Dean of the Faculty 1
1985 - 1987 Dean of the Faculty 1
1987 - 1989 and 1997 - 2004 member of the senate
1999 - 2005 member of the Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Forschungsinstituts für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften) (figs) (2001 -2002 executive director)