Research

Curriculum Vitae

1961 Economics and Sociology, University of Freiburg
1961-67 Sociology, Economics, Business Administration, Constitutional Law, Free University of Berlin
1967 M.A. in Sociology, Free University of Berlin
1967-68 University Fellow, Princeton University, N.J., USA
1969 Dr. rer. pol., Free University of Berlin

Professor of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Since February 1973
Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 1983/84
Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, Department of History of Science, September 1984 - April 1985
Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (ZiF), University of Bielefeld, April 1989 - October 1994
Chairman, Graduate College "Genese, Strukturen und Folgen von Wissenschaft und Technik", 1992 - 2009
Director, Institut für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung (IWT), University of Bielefeld, 1993 - 2009
Chairman, Commission of the Austrian Agency for Research Integrity, 2011 - 2015
Distinguished Affiliated Professor at Technische Universität München (TUM), 2012 -
South Africa Research Chair for Science Communication Stellenbosch University, since January 1, 2015

Editor of a Series 'Perspektiven der Wissenschaftsforschung', Athenäum Verlag, Frankfurt 1973/1974
Editorial Advisor, 'Social Studies of Science', 1974 - 1980
Managing Editor, International Yearbook Sociology of the Sciences
Editorial Advisor, "Wissenschaftsforschung", Suhrkamp-Verlag
Member, Editorial Board, 'International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy'
Member, Editorial Board, 'Scientometrics', 1981 - 1995
Member, Editorial Board 'Minerva', 1995-1999
Editor-in-Chief, 'Minerva', 2009 -