Andreas Diekmann

Biography

Born: July 31, 1951, in Lübeck, Germany. Father: Dr. Theodor Diekmann; mother: Gertrud Diekmann, born Winterhoff. Children: Lisa-Barbara, born February 13, 1991 General Education 1958 - 1970: Elementary School and Grammar School (Gymnasium in Lübeck). Branch: natural sciences and mathematics. General university entrance degree (Abitur). Academic Education 1970 - 1975: Studies in sociology at the University of Hamburg (major), psychology (minor), Degree: Diplom-Soziologe (M.A. equivalent) 1975 - 1980: Postgraduate Studies in Sociology, Social Statistics, Psychology at the University of Hamburg 1977: Statistics and research methods at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (summer semester, ICPSR-program) 1979: Doctoral degree (Dr.rer.pol.), Faculty of Economics, University of Hamburg 1980: Vordiplom (approximately B.A. equivalent) in Psychology, University of Hamburg 1987: Habilitation (Dr.rer.pol.habil) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Munich Academic Positions 1975 - 1976: Research assistant, University of Hamburg 1976 - 1979: Distinguished award for postgraduate (dissertation) studies by "Deutsche Studienstiftung". Grant by "Deutsch-Akademischer Austauschdienst" (DAAD) for studies in Ann Arbor, Michigan (summer 1977) 1979 - 1980: Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Hamburg 2 1980 - 1984: Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna 1984 - 1987: Assistant Professor, University of Munich 1987 - 1989: Scientific Director at the Center for Survey Studies and Methodology (ZUMA), Mannheim 1989 - 1990: Professor for research methods and statistics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim 1990 - 2003: Professor (chair) for empirical sociology and social statistics and Director of the Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Berne, Switzerland 2003 - 2016: Professor of Sociology, ETH-Zurich 2016 -: Professor em.; Head of Environmental Research Group at the Department of Humanities, ETH Zurich 2017 Lecturer at ETH and University of Bern 2017 (September) – 2018 (July): Fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin

Research Interest

Social cooperation and experimental game theory, environmental and population sociology, research methods and statistics.