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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 University of Oregon, USA: Graduate Study in Sociology 1970 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 Paul F. Lazarsfeld Professor, Human- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien, Austria 2001 Alcatel Professor, TH Darmstadt, Germany 2 1977-2000 Visiting Professorships: Universität Wien, Universität Zürich, Universität Konstanz, Universität Augsburg, Universität Duisburg. 1984-1985 Eric-Voegelin-Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany 1979-1997 Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta, Canada 1974-1979 Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta 1970-1974 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta 1968-1970 Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon 1967-1968 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 Paul-Lazarsfeld-Professor, Universität Wien, Austria 2001 Alcatel Professor, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany 2001- Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of the Humanities, Essen 2000-2001 Fellow, Hanse Center for Advanced Studies, Delmenhorst 2001 Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association: Outstanding Contribution Award 1999-2000 DAAD Professor, Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Germany 1999 Visiting Scientist, EAWAG, Zürich, Switzerland 1996; 1998 Guest Scientist, Institute for Hydrophysics, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany 1993, 1994 Guest Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, 1999 Germany 3 1996-1997 Fellow, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1990 Rockefeller Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Italy. 1988-1989 McCalla Professor, University of Alberta 1985- Fellow of the Royal Society (Canada) 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 Organizer (with Reiner Grundmann), Session on Knowledge Politics, Annual Meeting of the 4S Society, Paris, France, August 2004. 2004 Organizer, International conference on “The moralization of the markets,” Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, May 2004. 2003 Organizer, International workshop on “Mitigation and adaptation: the second option,” Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, May 2003. 2002 Organizer, International Conference on “Biotechnology between Commerce and Civil Society”, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September 2002. 2001 Organizer, International Conference on “The Governance of Knowledge”, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September 2001. 2001 Organizer, Workshop on “The utility of scientific knowledge”, Hanse Center for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany, March 2001 1999 Co-organizer, Conference “Environmental Research Between Knowledge and Action”, Karlsruhe, Germany, December 9-10, 1999 4 1999 Co-organizer, Conference on “Markt, Demokratie, Handeln”, Ev. Akademie Tutzing, Tutzing, Germany, November 20-30, 1999 1998 Chair, Special Session "From class to knowledge-based inequality", Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco 1997 Co-organizer, Lecture Series "Governing Modern Societies", Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1997 Co-organizer International Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada "Practicing Interdisciplinarity", Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 1995 Chairman, Session Nature and Society, Second Annual Meeting Theory, Culture and Society, Berlin, Germany 1994 Chairman, Session The Status of Classical Theory, World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, German 1989 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 Chairman, Session Science and Society, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco 1982 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 Chairman, Session Current Theoretical Developments, Conference on the Contemporary Relevance of Max Weber and Karl Marx, Duisburg, Germany 1980 Chairman, Session Hierarchies in Science, Conference on Scientific Establishment, Oxford University, Oxford, England 1979 Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Science, Annual Meeting Pacific Sociological Association 1975 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 Chairman, Session Critical Theory, Annual Meeting Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association 1972 Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Science, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association 5 1982-1984 (elected) Committee on Nominations, Section on Theoretical Sociology, American Sociological Association 1983-1985 (elected) Vice-President, Research Committee on the Sociology of Science, International Sociological Association Editorial Appointments 1972-1975 Associate Editor, Pacific Sociological Review 1975-2006 Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology 1980-1987 Book Review Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology 1981- Associate Editor, Theory, Culture and Society 1984-1987 Associate Editor, History of Sociology 1985-1988 Associate Editor, Knowledge 1985-1989 Associate Editor, Philosophy of the Social Sciences 1986-1989 Associate Editor, Annual Review of Social Theory 1987-1991 Associate Editor, Knowledge in Society 1991-1998 Associate Editor, Knowledge and Policy 1996-1999 Board of International Editors, Sociological Research Online 1997- Editorial Board, Regional Environmental Change Journal - Natural and Social Science Perspectives 1998- Editorial Board, Sociological Practice 2002- Editorial Board, Social Epistemology 2002-2006 Review Editor, Climate Research 2002- Guest Associate Editor, History, Culture and Archaeology: The Interdisciplinary Crossroad 2004- Associate Editor, European Journal for Social Science Research 2006- Editorial Board, Applied Social Science 2007- Editorial Board, Arca A Philosophical Journal 2007- Member, International Advisory Board, Society 2008- Member, Editorial Board, Sociological Analysis 2010- Member, Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology 6 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