Curriculum Vitae

Professional Career

• Professor for Sociology and Social Policy, Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld (FRG) (1969 – 1997)
• Director, Institute for Population Research and Social Policy, University of Bielefeld (1980 – 1992)
• Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld (1979 – 1983)
• Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Munster (FRG) (1968 – 1969)
• Senior Research Associate, "Sozialforschungsstelle an der Universität Münster", (Professor H. Schelsky) Dortmund (FRG) (1963 – 1968)
• Staff member, Personnel Section, CIBA S.A., Basle (Switzerland) (1960 - 1963)
• Assistant, Seminar of political economy, Hochschule St. Gallen (Switzerland) (1956 – 1957)

 

Studies and Degrees

• Habilitation for Sociology and Social Policy, by the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Munster (1968)
• Doctorate in Economics, Hochschule St. Gallen (1960)
• First degree (lic.oec.) in Economics, Hochschule St. Gallen (1956)
• Studies of Law, Political Economy, Business Science, and Sociology at the University of Zurich, Hochschule St. Gallen and the University of Paris (1952 - 1958)

 

Main Research Activities

• Scientific Co-editor, "Geschichte der Sozialpolitik in Deutschland seit 1945", 11 vol., Ed.by Federal Ministry for Work and Social order and Federal Archive. (1998-2007).
• Member, Research-Program on Public Health in Northrhine-Westfalia (1992 – 1997).
• Member, Special Research Unit 227 of the German Research Association (DFG): "Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence" (1986 – 1998).
• Head, Section "Family and Social Policy", Institute for Population Research and Social Policy (1980 – 1992).
• Coordinator, Research Program of the German Research Association (DFG), "State, Intermediary Groups and Self-Help, the Sociological Conditions of Socio-Political Intervention" (1980 – 1986).
• Organiser, Research Group "Guidance, Control and Evaluation in the Public Sector", Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld (1980 – 1983).
• Coordinator, Research Program of the German Ministry for Research and Technology "Bürgernahe Gestaltung der Sozialen Umwelt" (Responsiveness of Public Administration to Clients Needs) (1975 – 1979).
• Head, Research Group "Evaluation in Social Policy", financed by the German Ministry of Family, Youth and Health and the Ministry of Science, Northrhine-Westfalia (1974 – 1980).
• Head, Research Group "Public Administration and Clients", Financed by the Stiftung Volkswagenwerk (1971 – 1976).

 

Visiting Status (Selection)

• Senior Fellow, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen (spring 2003)
• Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin (1998/1999)
• Catholic University Eichstätt: Otto von Freising Endowed Chair (summer 1994)
• Invited Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Educational Research, Berlin (1991/1992)
• Academic Visitor, The London School of Economics and Political Science (summer 1987)
• Visiting Professor, University of Indiana, Bloomington (spring 1987)

   

Honors

• "Franz-Xaver Kaufmann Price" for outstanding work by young scientists, attributed by the Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld (2019 ff)
• Honorary Member of the Research Section Sociology of Religion of the German Sociological Association (DGS) (2012)
• Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding scientific performance from the German Sociological Association (GSA)(2012)
• Dr. theol. h.c., Westfalian Wilhelms University Münster, Faculty of Catholic Theology (2012)
• Heinrich-Brauns-Prize for merits in Catholic social teaching and the Christian-social movement (2012)
• Honorary Senator of the University of Bielefeld (2009)
• Prize of the Schader-Stiftung, Darmstadt (2007)
• Ludwig Preller-Prize for outstanding research in social politics and policies (2005)
• Member of the Northrhine-Westfalian Academy of Sciences, Düsseldorf (1998)
• Dr.oec.h.c., University of St. Gall (1997)
• Member of the Academia Europea Scientiarum et Artium, Salzburg (1993)
• Dr.theol.h.c., Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Catholic Theology (1993)
• Foreign Member of the Belgian Academy of Science, Brussels (1991)

 

Advisory Activities (Selection)

• Senate of the Schader Stiftung, Darmstadt (2013-2016, Chairman 2013-2015)
• Advisory Board to the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" at the University of Münster 2008-2017
• Advisor to the "Forum demographscher Wandel", created by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany (2005-2009)
• Advisory Board to the Catholic Academy of Berlin (Chairman) 2001-2007
• Editorial Board "History of Social Policies in Germany since 1945" (By the German Ministry of Labour and the Bundesarchiv, Bonn) 1995-2008
• Founding Committee Max-Planck Institute for Demography, Rostock, 1994-1998
• Governmental Commission for the Fifth Report on the Family in Germany (Vice-Chairman), 1991-1994
• Consultant to the German Episcopal Conference (Member of the Commission VI on Social Questions) 1991-2001
• Advisory board to the Research Center 'Society and the Family', University of Konstanz, 1991-2002
• Advisory board to the Center for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, 1990-2000 (Chairman 1991 – 1998), Honorary member since 2000.
• Advisory board to the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, 1987-2001 (Chairman 1988 – 1997)
• Advisory board to the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Law, Munich, 1985-1999