Curriculum Vitae

Born 1967 in Frankfurt/M. Study of sociology and business administration in Berlin and New York, MA in sociology (1991), Master of Business Administration (1993), Dr. phil. in sociology (1996), German Habilitation in sociology (2003), both in Berlin, Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University, Department of Sociology (1994-95), John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow, Harvard University (2001-2002), Associate Professor of Sociology, International University Bremen (2002-2003), Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute Florence (2007-2008), Professor of Sociology, University of Göttingen (2003-2005), Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (since 2005). Luigi Einaudi Chair at Cornell University, 2007. Visiting fellow, Sciences Po, Paris, 2015–16 and 2008–09. Theodor Heuss Professor, The New School for Social Research, New York, 2019–20. Fellow, IEA, Paris, September 2018 and 2012–13. Member of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Cologne, since 2020.
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