Claus Offe - Curriculum vitae#
Academic Career
- 1959-60 Student of Sociology, University of Cologne
- 1960-65 Student of Sociology, Economics, Philosophy; Free University, Berlin
- 1965 Diploma Degree, Sociology, Free University, Berlin
- 1965 - 1969 Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Research, teaching courses on Sociology of Organizations, Political Sociology, University of Frankfurt (Chair Professor Jürgen Habermas)
- 1968 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Sociology), University of Frankfurt
- 1971-75 Research Associate, Max Planck Institute, Starnberg
- 1973 Habilitation in Political Science, University of Konstanz
- 1975 - 1988 Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of Bielefeld
- 1989 - 95 Professor of Political Science and Sociology and Co-Director, Center for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen
- 1995- Professor of Political Sciene, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin
- 2001 - 02 Research Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Berlin
- 2006 - Professor of Political Sociology, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
Fellowships
- 1969 - 1971 Harkness Fellow, University of California, Sociology Depart-ment, Berkeley, USA, and Research Associate, Center for West European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA
- 1977 - 78 Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- 1980 - 81, Fall/Winter Fellow, International Institute for Management, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)
- 1982 - 83 Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Was-senaar, Netherlands
- 1987- 88 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Stanford, California, USA
- 1988 - 89 Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), University of Bielefeld
- 1991 - 92 Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg/ Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin
- Fall 1996 Fellow, Collegium Budapest
Visiting Lecturer
- 1971-72 Visiting Lecturer, University of Konstanz
- 1974, Winter Term Visiting Lecturer, Department of Environmental Design, Uni-versity of California, Berkeley, USA
- May 1985 Visiting Lecturer, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy
Visiting Professor
- 1975, Summer Term Visiting Professor, Boston University, Department of Sociology, Boston, Mass., USA
- 1982, February - March Visiting Professor, Sociology Department, New York University, New York
- 1983, July Visting Professor, Summer School, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy
- March 1984 Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna, Austria
- 1985 Winter Term Recurrent Visiting Professor, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, New York
- February 1986 Visting Professor, Sociology Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
- 1990, Winter Term Recurrent Visiting Professor, Graduate Faculty New School for Social Research, New York, USA
- 1993, Spring Term Recurrent Visiting Professor, Graduate Faculty New School for Social Research, New York
- Fall 1994 Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna
- 1995, Spring Term Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia
- 1999 Theodor Heuss Visiting Professor, New School University, New York
Memberships
- 1976 - 1982 Member, Joint Committee on Western Europe, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York
- 1990 Member, Academia Europea
- 1994 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1998 - 2002 Member, Executive Committee, International Sociological Association (ISA)
- 2000 - Member, Advisory Board, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf
- 2000 - Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- American Political Science Association (APSA)
- International Sociological Association (ISA), Member of Executive Committee from 1998 to 2002
- International Political Science Association (IPSA)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
- Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des Politischen Denkens (DGEPD)
Membership in editorial and advisory boards of academic periodicals and books series
- 1976 - 1982, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, London, New York
- 1973 - 1982, Leviathan, Opladen,Wiesbaden
- 1975 - 1979, Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats "Sozialwissenschaften" beim Campus Verlag für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Frankfurt,New York
- 1977 - 1987, Soziologischen Revue - Besprechungen neuer Literatur, München
- 1979 - 1986, International Journal of Health Services, Farmingdale, N.Y.
- 1981 - 1991, Laboratorio Politico, Torino
- 1981 - Stato e Mercato Bologna: Società il Mulino
- 1983 - Theory and Society, St. Louis
- 1985 - Archives Européennes de Sociologie, Cambridge: CUP
- 1985 - Theorie und Gesellschaft, Frankfurt: Campus Verlag
- 1992 - The Journal of Political Philosophy, Oxford: Blackwell
- 1992 - 1996, International Journal of Japanese Sociology, Tokyo: The Japanese Sociological Society
- 1993 - 97, Central European University Press, Budapest
- 1994 - 1998, Agora, Cuaderno de Estudios Políticos, Buenos Aires
- 1995 - New Political Economy,Sheffield, U.K.
- 2000 - HAGAR - International Social Science Review, Ber Sheva, Israel
- 2000 - Revista Mexicana de Sociologia, Mexico
- 2001 - British Journal of Sociology, London
