Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leidhold Curriculum Vitae 1977-1989 Research Assistant, Ruhr University Bochum, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen 1981 Doctorate (Dr. rer. soc.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Ph.D. Thesis on Francis Hutcheson, Ethics and Politics 1982-1992 Head of the Research Group on Simulations, in cooperation with SIEMENS, Erlangen, State Government of North-Rhine Westphalia, Federal Ministry of Defense 1986-1987 Research on Security Issues in the US, the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation 1987-1988 Research project Regional Conflicts in cooperation with Prof. Dieter Senghaas (Bremen) German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Foundation for Science and Politics, SWP) 27 Feb. 1989 Habilitation on Political Science (Dr. phil. habil.), Friedrich- Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Postdoctoral Thesis on Security Policy related Problems in the Pacific Island Region 1989-1990 Professor for Political Science and International Relations, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt 1991 Research project on “The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Interests, Strategy and Bases Policy", German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Foundation for Science and Politics, SWP) 1991-1992 Professor for Political Theory and Philosophy, University of Munich Since 1992 Full Professor, Chair of Political Theory and History of Ideas, University of Cologne 1996-1999 Professor for Political Theory and Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 1997-2001 Initiator and spokesman of the research project Virtual University Systems – VIRTUS, funded by Bertelsmann Foundation and Nixdorf Foundation 1997-2002 Representative of the University of Cologne in the University Network MultiMedia 1998-2002 Member of the Expert Group on University Development with New Media, Bertelsmann Foundation Since 2000 Member of the core group of the open source project Campus Source, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research, North Rhine-Westphalia; head of the research project ILIAS open source 2001 Karl Carstens Award for outstanding contributions to the study of international security 2001-2003 Initiator and head of the consortium of the research project PolitikON Political Science Online, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research 2001-2004 Member of the commission on New Media and Knowledge Transfer of the Hochschul-Rektoren-Konferenz 2004-2005 Head of the project Join! funded by the EU under the program e- Learning Initiative 2005-2007 Head of the project Share, funded by the EU as part of the program Socrates Minerva 2005-2007 Head of the project OpenDock, funded by the EU as part of the program Leonardo da Vinci 2006-2008 Head of the project evoLearn, funded by the EU 2007-2009 Head of the project Biotechnology and Value Change, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research 2008-2010 Member of the project Unirep-Online, funded by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research, North Rhine-Westphalia 2011 Founder of the International Seminar in Political Theory (ISPT) (University of Cologne) First ISTP on: Religion, Ideology and Modernity, Examining the Role of Religion in Modern Societies. Participants: Prof. Barry Cooper, Calgary; Prof. Michael Gillespie, Durham, N.C.; Prof. Eugene Webb, Seattle 2011 Organization of a panel for the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Seattle 2011: Religious Experience - Eric Voegelin and Beyond. Paper presented: The Noetic Turn – Towards a History of Experience 2012 2nd International Seminar in Political Theory (ISPT): Knowledge, Experience and Understanding. Participants: Melissa Lane (Princeton University, Princeton NJ); Peter Baehr (Lingnan University, Hong Kong) Since 2013 Head of Project: Modern Art and the Political Discourse, in cooperation with the Boris Lurie Art Foundation, New York 2013 Vice Chairman of the International Eric-Voegelin-Society, Munich 2014 3rd International Seminar in Political Theory (ISPT): Key Concepts and Ideas of Political Theory. Participants: Prof. Thomas Heilke (Political Science Unit, University of British Columbia); Prof. John von Heyking, Ph.D. (Dept. of Political Science, University of Lethbridge); Prof. David J. Walsh (Dept. of Politics, Cath. University of America, Washington D.C.) 2014 Exhibition ‘KZ – Kampf – Kunst – Boris Lurie: NO!ART’ (Cologne, NS-Documentation Center of the City of Cologne) [Organizer] 2015 Lecture on ‘Creative Theorizing and Design’ (Parsons New School for Design, New York) 2015 4th International Seminar in Political Theory (ISPT): Creativity in Science and Art: An Interdisciplinary Approach — participants: Prof. Mikhail Iossel (Concordia Univ., Montréal); Prof. Rhea Alexander (Parsons New School for Design, New York) 2016 Exhibition ‘Boris Lurie: No Compromises’ (Berlin, Jewish Museum Berlin) [Organizer] 2016 5th International Seminar in Political Theory (ISPT): Creativity in Science and Art: An Interdisciplinary Approach — participants: Prof. Mikhail Iossel (Concordia Univ., Montréal); Prof. Rhea Alexander (Parsons New School for Design, New York) 2016 6th International Seminar in Political Theory (ISPT): Protecting Liberal Democracy — participant: Prof. Jan-Werner Mueller (Princeton University, Princeton) .