Karel Dobbelaere#
| Membership Number: | 581 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor emeritus of Sociology and Sociology of Religion, Catholic University of Leuven
- Professor emeritus of Sociological Research, University of Antwerp
- 1971 - 1975 and 1990 - 1993 Member of the Academic Council of the Catholic University of Leuven
- 1971 - 1975 and 1990 - 1993 Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
- 1970 - 1997 Professor, College of St. Ignatius (University of Antwerp)
- 1968 - 1998 Professor, Catholic University of Leuven
- 1966 - 1970 "Docent" (Associate professor), College of St. Ignatius (University of Antwerp)
- 1966 - 1968 "Docent" (Associate professor), Catholic University of Leuven
- 1965 - 1966 Lecturer, Catholic University of Leuven
- 1963 - 1965 Project leader, Catholic University of Leuven
- 1962 - 1968 Academic Secretary, School of Political and Social Sciences
- 1962 - 1963 Teaching Assistant, Catholic University of Leuven
- 1960 - 1962 University Assistant, Catholic University of Leuven
- 1957 - 1960 Researcher, National Fund for Scientific Research, Louvain
- 1956 - 1957 Researcher, Algemeen Christelijk Werknemersbond, Brussels
Fields of Scholarship
- Sociology of religion
Honours and Awards
- Erelid van de Klasse der Menswetenschappen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten (Honorary Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts, section Human Sciences)
- Honorary President of the International Society for the Sociology of Relgions
- Honorary Member of the Academia Europaea, section Human Sciences
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Soka University (Tokyo, Japan)
- Honorary President of the International Society for the Sociology of Religions
- Elected Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
- Member of the research group GERICR (Groupe Européen de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur le Changement Religieux)
- Jean-Marie Huyghe Award (1967)
