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Fields of specialization
- Economic sociology
- Socioeconomics
- Sociology of firms and organisations
- Sociological theory
- New Institutionalism
- Mechanism approach
Academic Positions
| 1987-91 | Promotion Study, University Augsburg (Dr. rer. pol.) |
| 1987-1988 | Research Fellow "Crime and Control in Europe" (Amsterdam University) |
| 1990-1992 | Research Fellow "Public Health" (Bern, Schweiz) |
| 1992-1998 | Assistant Professor, University of Augsburg |
| 1998-2013 | Full Professor of Sociology, University of the Federal Armed Forces (C4) |
| 2014-pres. | Full Professor of Sociology, University of Trier (W3) |
Offers
| 1998 | Call to the University of Applied Sciences Villingen-Schwenningen, Professorship for General Sociology (rejected) |
| 1998-2002 | Representation of the Chair of Sociology, Sociology of Work at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich (C 3) |
| 2002 | Call to the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Chair of Economic Sociology (C 4) |
| 2003 | Call to the University of Hamburg, Professorship for Sociology (C 4, rejected) |
| 2009 | Call to the University of Linz, Professorship of Economic Sociology (Ordinary, rejected) |
| 2012 | Call to the University of Trier, Professorship of Sociology with focus on Economic Sociology (W 3) |
Scholarships and research stays
| 1988-1991 | Doctoral scholarship for the promotion of highly gifted students |
| Winter semester 1995 | Research Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Pittsburgh University, USA (Host: T. Fararo, L. Brush) |
| Spring term 2008 | Academic Visitor at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK |
| May 2008 | Cornell University, Institute of Economy & Society, USA |
| Summer semester 2015 | Visiting professor at the University of Eichstätt / Ingolstadt |
