Persönliche Daten
Education/Training
| Institution and Location | Degree | Year(s) | Field of Study |
| University: Philips University Marburg | Dr. phil. | 1978 | social theory |
| University: Free University Berlin | Habilitation | 1987 | historical sociology |
Employment History
| 1971-1978 | Scholarship Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 1979-1987 | Assistant Professor at the Free University of Berlin |
| 1985-1986 | Lehraufträge an den Soziologischen Instituten der Universitäten Freiburg und Basel sowie am Institut für Mensch Gesellschaft Umwelt der Universität Basel |
| 1986 | Fellow an der Professur für Technikgeschichte an der ETH Zürich |
| 1988-1989 | Senior Research Fellow at Lancaster University/Great Britain |
| 1989 | Humboldt Fellow |
| 1990-1993 | Associated Professor at Free University Berlin |
| 1994- | Ordinarius for Sociology/Chair at Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg |
| 1997-2002 | Research Fellow City University New York |
| 2004 | Research Fellowship DFG |
Academic Responsibilities and Scholarships
| 1997-1999 | Dean of the Faculty |
| 1997-1999 | Member of the Senate of the University |
| 1998 | Deputy spokesman SFB 541 (“Identities and Alterity”) |
| 1999-2000 | Professor at Collège d'Europe Brugge |
| 2002-2006 | Dean of the Faculty |
| 2005- | Guest Professor Nehru-University Delhi |
| 2004-2005 | Scholarship Kompetenzzentrum Baden-Württemberg (Archäologie/Soziologie) |
| 2009-2012 | Vice Rector for Research |
Scientific Activities / Editor
- Associated Editor of:
“Theory, Culture and Society”
Mike Featherstone (ed.)
London: Sage Publications
http://tcs.ntu.ac.uk/tcs/default.html - Member of the editorial board of:
"Neue Gesellschaft/Frankfurter Hefte"
Bonn: Verlag J.H.W. Dietz Nachfolger GmbH
http://www.frankfurter-hefte.de/ - Member of the Board of:
“Institut für Kulturpolitik" in Bonn
Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. (ed.)
http://www.kupoge.de/ifk/ - Member of the Scientific Board of the sociological Journal:
“Soziale Welt”
http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~Soziale_Welt/ - Co-Editor of the Journal “Aesthetik und Kommunikation”
http://www.aesthetikundkommunikation.de/ - Censor of the DAAD ("Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst")
http://www.daad.de/ - Member of the DGS ("Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie")
http://www.soziologie.de/ - Member of the Board of “Deutsches Kulturinstitut” in Bonn
- Member of the "SPD-Grundwertekommission"