CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
Name:
Nico Stehr
Address:
Karl Mannheim Professor for Cultural Studies Zeppelin University Am Seemooser Horn 20 D-88045 Friedrichshafen I Lake Constance Germany
Telephone office (+) 49 7541 6009-1341 Fax Office (+) 49 7541 6009-1199 Tel priv. 49-7522-3773 Fax priv. 49-7522-914822
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- 1962
- Abitur: Pestalozzischule II, Bremerhaven, Germany
- 1962-1967
- Universität zu Köln: Economics, Sociology, Law, Social
Policy, Fiscal Theory and Policy
- 1967
- Diplom-Volkswirt (sozialwissenschaftlicher Richtung)
Universität zu Köln (Gesamtnote: Sehr gut)
1967 1970
University of Oregon, USA: Graduate Study in Sociology Ph.D. (Sociology): University of Oregon
CURRENT POSITION
Karl Mannheim Professor for Cultural Studies, Zeppelin University,
Germany (and) Fellow, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002-2003 2001
Paul F. Lazarsfeld Professor, Human- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien, Austria
Alcatel Professor, TH Darmstadt, Germany
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1977-2000 1984-1985 1979-1997 1974-1979 1970-1974
Visiting Professorships: Universität Wien, Universität Zürich, Universität Konstanz, Universität Augsburg, Universität Duisburg.
Eric-Voegelin-Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta, Canada
Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta
1968-1970 1967-1968
Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon
AWARDS
- 2005
- Research Price of the Jubileumsfond of the Swedish National Bank
- 2004-
- Visiting Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Social Science
Center).
- 2003
- Rockefeller Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Italy.
2002-2003 2001
Paul-Lazarsfeld-Professor, Universität Wien, Austria
Alcatel Professor, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of the Humanities, Essen Fellow, Hanse Center for Advanced Studies, Delmenhorst
2001- 2000-2001
- 2001
- Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association: Outstanding
Contribution Award
1999-2000 1999
DAAD Professor, Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Germany Visiting Scientist, EAWAG, Zürich, Switzerland
- 1996; 1998
- Guest Scientist, Institute for Hydrophysics, GKSS Research
Center, Geesthacht, Germany
1993, 1994 1999
Guest Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany
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- 1996-1997
- Fellow, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1990
- Rockefeller Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Italy.
McCalla Professor, University of Alberta Fellow of the Royal Society (Canada)
1988-1989 1985- 1984-1985
Erich-Voegelin-Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München
1984
McCalla-Professor, University of Alberta
- 1967-1970
- Fulbright Fellowship
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2009
- Organizer (with Hermann Strasser) Thematic Session: “Toward new
forms of civil society: Replacing or developing traditional structures of community. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, USA, August 8-11, 2009.
- 2004
- Organizer, International workshop on “Mitigation and adaptation: the
second option,” Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September 2004.
2004
2004
Organizer (with Reiner Grundmann), Session on Knowledge Politics, Annual Meeting of the 4S Society, Paris, France, August 2004.
Organizer, International conference on “The moralization of the markets,” Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, May 2004.
2003
2002 2001
Organizer, International workshop on “Mitigation and adaptation: the second option,” Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, May 2003.
Organizer, International Conference on “Biotechnology between Commerce and Civil Society”, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September 2002.
Organizer, International Conference on “The Governance of Knowledge”, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September 2001.
2001
1999
Organizer, Workshop on “The utility of scientific knowledge”, Hanse Center for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany, March 2001
Co-organizer, Conference “Environmental Research Between Knowledge and Action”, Karlsruhe, Germany, December 9-10, 1999
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1999 1998
Co-organizer, Conference on “Markt, Demokratie, Handeln”, Ev. Akademie Tutzing, Tutzing, Germany, November 20-30, 1999
Chair, Special Session "From class to knowledge-based inequality", Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco
1997
1997
Co-organizer, Lecture Series "Governing Modern Societies", Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Co-organizer International Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada "Practicing Interdisciplinarity", Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1995
1994 1989
Chairman, Session Nature and Society, Second Annual Meeting Theory, Culture and Society, Berlin, Germany
Chairman, Session The Status of Classical Theory, World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, German
Co-organizer, International Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada "The Knowledge Society: The Social Consequences of Science and Technology", University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1985
1982
Chairman, Session Science and Society, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco
Chairman, Session Problems of Conceptual Development in the Social Sciences, 10th World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City; Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Sociology of Science, 10th World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City
1981
1980
Chairman, Session Current Theoretical Developments, Conference on the Contemporary Relevance of Max Weber and Karl Marx, Duisburg, Germany
Chairman, Session Hierarchies in Science, Conference on Scientific Establishment, Oxford University, Oxford, England
1979 1975
Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Science, Annual Meeting Pacific Sociological Association Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association; Chairman, Session Sociology of Science, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association
1973
1972
Chairman, Session Critical Theory, Annual Meeting Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Science, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
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1982-1984 1983-1985
(elected) Committee on Nominations, Section on Theoretical Sociology, American Sociological Association
(elected) Vice-President, Research Committee on the Sociology of Science, International Sociological Association
Editorial Appointments
1972-1975 1975-2006 1980-1987 1981-
Associate Editor, Pacific Sociological Review Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology Book Review Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology Associate Editor, Theory, Culture and Society Associate Editor, History of Sociology
1984-1987 1985-1988 1985-1989 1986-1989 1987-1991 1991-1998 1996-1999 1997-
Associate Editor, Knowledge Associate Editor, Philosophy of the Social Sciences Associate Editor, Annual Review of Social Theory Associate Editor, Knowledge in Society Associate Editor, Knowledge and Policy Board of International Editors, Sociological Research Online Editorial Board, Regional Environmental Change Journal - Natural and Social Science Perspectives
1998-
Editorial Board, Sociological Practice Editorial Board, Social Epistemology Review Editor, Climate Research
2002- 2002-2006 2002-
Guest Associate Editor, History, Culture and Archaeology: The
Interdisciplinary Crossroad
2004-
2006-
2007- 2007- 2008- 2010-
Associate Editor, European Journal for Social Science Research Editorial Board, Applied Social Science
Editorial Board, Arca A Philosophical Journal Member, International Advisory Board, Society
Member, Editorial Board, Sociological Analysis Member, Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology
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MEMBERSHIP IN LEARNED SOCIETIES
American Sociological Association ● International Sociological Association; Research Committee Communication, Language and Knowledge, Research Committee Sociology of Science, Research Committee History of Sociology, Research Committee Sociological Theory ● Royal Society of Canada ● Society for the Social Study of Science
MEMBERSHIP IN RESAEARCH INSTITUTES
Affiliated Researcher, Center for Climate Science and Policy Research, Linköping University, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
Member, The Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis. Dunajska cesta 104 1000 Ljubljana Slovenija
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Knowledge Society ● The Modern Economy ● Knowledge as Medium of Exchange ● Nature, Climate and Society ● Globalization ● Cultural Studies
AREAS OF TEACHING INTEREST
The Structure and Culture of Modern Societies ● Climate Change ● Cultural Studies ● Communication and Information Media ● Social Inequality ● Social Theory ● The Uses of Scientific Knowledge ● Knowledge and Science ● Economic Sociology
PUBLICATIONS
1. BOOK REVIEWS (Multiple in most cases) in:
Social Forces, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Isis, Contemporary Sociology, Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Earth Sciences History, Philosophische Rundschau, Social Judication, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Soziologische Revue, Social Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, Theory, Culture and Society, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Cultural Sociology.
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2. PAPERS PRESENTED (and invited public lectrures; selection only)
(with Walter E. Schafer) "Participation in interscholastic athletics, academic achievement and social mobility: some intervening processes." Paper presented at the Bi-annual Meeting of the International Research Committee on Sociology of Sport, Vienna, October, 1968.
(with George H. Lewis and Roland Pellegrin) "Task differentiation in elementary schools: an exploratory analysis." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, February, 1969.
"Science and the public: a socio-historical analysis." Paper presented at the Seventh World Congress of Sociology, Varna, Bulgaria, 1970.
"Occupational prestige: the inter-situs dimension." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California 1970.
(with Roland Pellegrin) "Idiosyncratic specialization and casual interdependence in elementary school teaching." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii 1971.
"Societal consequences of science/technology and the public." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii 1971.
(with William Avison) "The social basis of ideology in organized American sociology: a Mannheimian paradigm." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Calgary, Alberta 1971.
"Societal consequences of science/technology and the public: the impact of religion." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Montreal, Quebec 1972.
"Paradigmatic crystallization: patterns of interrelations among areas of competence in sociology." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana 1972.
(with Lyle E. Larson) "Intra-family conflict and participation in extra-curricular activities." Paper presented at the International Congress "Sports in the Modern World", Munich, Germany 1972.
"Theory and praxis: some empirical findings." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Calgary, Alberta 1972.
"The development of multi-paradigm disciplines: the case of sociology." Paper presented at the Meeting of the International Research Committee on the Sociology of Science, Warsaw, Poland 1973.
(with Tony Simmons) "Modes of discourse and the development of sociological specialties." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Victoria, British Columbia, 1974.
(with Richard Grathoff and Peter Zernitz) "The diversity of sociological languages." Paper presented at the Ninth World Congress of Sociology, Uppsala, Sweden, 1978.
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(with W. Baldamus) "Accounts and actions: the logic(s) of common sense and social science knowledge." Paper presented at the Meeting of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Memoriam of Paul F. Lazarsfeld, "The political realization of social science knowledge and research", Vienna, Austria 1980.
"The magic triangle: in defense of the strong programme of the sociology of science and knowledge." Paper presented at the Science and Technology Studies Congress, Toronto, Ontario 1980.
"Ist eine kritische Wissenssoziologie möglich?" Invited lecture, Philosophische Fakultät I, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, May 12, 1981.
"Toward a critique of the sociology of knowledge." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
- the
- American
- Sociological
- Association,
- San
- Francisco,
- California
- 1982.
"The classical sociology of knowledge and the sociology of science." Paper presented at the Tenth World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, Mexico 1982.
(with Volker Meja) "A Critique of the Sociology of Knowledge." Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Anthropology and Sociology Association, Vancouver, British Columbia 1983.
(with Volker Meja) "Social scientific and epistemological discourse." Paper presented at the Workshop "Cognitive Relativism and Social Science" Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands December 1986.
(with Volker Meja) "Wissen und soziales Handeln: Zur praktischen Effektivität der Keynes'schen Theorie." Paper presented at the II. International Symposium "Theory and History of Sociology", Rheinsberg, German Democratic Republic April 1987.
"Social Inequality and Knowledge." Paper presented at the II. Conference on "Social Stratification and Mobility" Inter-University Center of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia April 1987.
(with Volker Meja) "The problem of relativism", Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Eugene, Oregon, April 1987.
(with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Rationalizing the Irrational: Karl Mannheim and the Besetting Sin of German Intellectuals" Paper presented at the Conference on "Tragedy of Inwardness? Antirationalism in German Culture, 1870-1933", McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, October 1987.
“Wissenschaftliches Wissen und soziales Handeln.” Paper presented on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Deutsche Institut für Fernstudien, Universität Tübingen, April 1988.
(with Volker Meja) "The Design of Modern Society: The Existential Basis of (Post)- Modernity" Paper presented at a Conference of the Italian Sociological Association, Sezione Teorie Sociologiche e Transformazioni Sociali, "Modern and Postmodern: Crisis of Identity of Culture and the Role of Sociology", Amalfi, Italy, April 26-28, 1988.
"The Authority of Discourse and the Discourse of Authority" Paper presented at an International Workshop "Fifty Years of the Merton Thesis", Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, May 16-19, 1988.
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"Property, Labor and Knowledge" Paper presented at a conference of the Theory Section of the International Sociological Association, Cracow, Poland, July 1988.
"Practical Knowledge" Paper presented at the XIIth World Congress of Sociology, Madrid, Spain, July 1990.
"The Power of Ambivalence: The Uneasy Relation Among Scientific and Religious Codes"
- Theory
- Section,
- Italian
- Sociological
- Association,
- Amalfi,
- Italy
- May
- 1992
"New forms of social inequality." Invited Lecture at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, October 1993
"New forms of social inequality." Invited lecture presented at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, February 1993.
(with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Society and climate: Historical evidence.” Paper presented at the Max-Planck Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany, May 1993.
"The social construction of political knowledge." Lecture presented at the Institute för Venteskapsteori, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden, May 1993.
(with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Social order and climate." Paper presented at the International Conference on Global Change, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, June 1993.
(with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Time/Place co-ordinates in Climate research." Public Lecture presented at the Institute of Meteorology, Universität München, Germany, June 1993.
"On the limits of the power of scientific knowledge." Public lecture presented at the Institute of Science Studies, Universität Erlangen, Germany, June 1993.
(with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Social structure, population trends and climate change." Paper presented at the Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada, Edmonton, July 1993.
"The structure and culture of social inequality." Paper presented at the World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Sorbonne, Paris, France, June 1993.
"Knowledge-bearing occupations." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Sociological Association, August 1993.
Opening address "Climate and Society" to international conference "Climate and political action", Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, October 1993
"Inequality and knowledge" Invited Lecture presented at the Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany, November 1993.
(with Hans von Storch) "Climate change and society" Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, January 1994.
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"Moderne gesellschaftliche Prozesse --Motor der Kulturlandschaftsbewegung? Paper presented to the International Symposium "Strategien der Nachhaltigkeit; Mensch und Landschaft 2000 - Nutzung - Bedrohung - Chancen", Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria, February 1994.
"The status of science studies." Paper presented at a seminar of Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 1994.
"Society, knowledge and facts: The social construction of scientific knowledge." Paper presented at a Science/Society seminar, Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 1994.
"New forms of social inequality in modern society" Invited lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 1994.
(with Hans Storch) "The social construction of climate" Paper presented to the International Symposium "When Science Meets Culture", Université du Quebec à Montréal, Montréal, April 1994.
"The societal consequences of climate change." Invited lecture, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Nuclear Research Center Karlsruhe), Abteilung für angewandte Systemanalyse, Karlsruhe, Germany, April 1994.
(with Volker Meja) "Scientific and religious codes in modern society" Paper presented at the XIIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July 1994.
(with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Globalization and embeddness" Paper presented at the XIIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July 1994.
“Modernity and post modernity” Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Universität Graz, Austria, August 1994
“The trajectory of modern societies: The Richta Report and the Coming of Post-Industrial Society”, Paper presented at the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology Conference on "Science, Technology and Change", Budapest, Hungary, August 28-31, 1994
"The magic triangle: Science, ethics and society." Invited Lecture, Universität Hannover, Germany, October 1994.