Curriculum Vitae
2010 - today |
Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Professorship for Sociology and Sociological Theory since autumn trimester 2017 also at the Institute for Theology and Ethics since summer semester 2017 also lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich |
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2009 - 2010 |
Deputy Professor in Sociology at the University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule) Heidelberg |
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2007 - 2009 | Lecturer for Sociology at the Department of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at the University of the Bundeswehr, Munich, Institute for Sociology and Economics, Professorship for General Sociology | |
2007 |
Research Associate at the University of Augsburg |
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2003 - 2007 |
Private Lecturer (Privatdozent) with teaching and examination activities at the Institute for Sociology of the LMU Munich |
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1999 - 2003 |
Private Lecturer (Privatdozent) and Research Associate at the Institute for Sociology of the LMU Munich |
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1999 |
Completion of the habilitation procedure at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the LMU with the license to teach sociology (venia legendi, Lehrbefugnis) |
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1992 - 1998 |
Research Associate at the Institute for Sociology at the LMU Munich |
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1992 |
Promotion to Dr. phil. (PhD) in Sociology at the LMU Munich |
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1988 - 1989 |
Research stay at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. |
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1987 - 1992 |
Research Assistant at the Instititute for Sociology at the LMU Munich |
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1986 - 1987 |
Student Assistant at the Institute for Sociology at the LMU Munich |
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1981 - 1987 |
Studies in Sociology, Psychology and Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich with a diploma degree in Sociology (Diplom-Soziologe) |
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1981 |
University entrance qualification |
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1959 |
born in Gräfelfing near Munich |
Scientific focus / Research interests
Sociological Theory (sociological classics: Georg Simmel, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and George Herbert Mead; interpretative sociology; symbolic interactionism and phenomenological sociology, social action and structure)
Sociology of Religion (classics of sociology of religion, religious change, religion in modern society, current situation of Christianity, new religious movements, New Age and esotericism, religion in cultural comparison, religions of China)
Cultural Sociology (sociology of time: changes in time consciousness, modes of experience of time and social structures, relationships between religion and time; cultural comparison, life world in the context of culture and knowledge)