Jürgen Gerhards

Biography

Born 1955 in Andernach / Rhine. Study of social sciences (sociology, political science, economics) and German studies at the University of Cologne. DAAD scholarship for doctoral studies in the USA. Doctorate 1986 at the University of Cologne. Habilitation 1992 at the Freie Universität Berlin. 1982-1988 research assistant at the Research Institute for Sociology at the University of Cologne. 1988 to 1994 research assistant at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. 1994-2004 Professor of Sociology (Chair of Cultural Sociology and General Sociology) at the University of Leipzig. Different calls to other universities. Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin (for the academic year 2001/2002). Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences in Uppsala (for the academic year 2003/2004). Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University (July 2009 to February 2010) Since October 2004 Professor of Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin; 2006 Appointment as research professor at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Since 2007 full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences Member of the Minerva Fellowship Committee of the Minerva Foundation Since 2011 Fellow of the Science Center Berlin April 2012 to October 2012 Fellow and Karl W. German guest professor at the Berlin Science Center

Research Interest

Globalization, Europeanization, and the importance of transnational linguistic capital