Curriculum vitae
| Date of Birth | October 17, 1946 |
| Place of Birth | Mansfield, Ohio USA |
| University Degrees | |
| 1968 | BA History, Stanford University |
| 1972 | Diplom (Masters equivalent) Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1980 | Dr. rer. pol. Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin |
Academic Positions |
|
| 1973 - 1996 | lecturer,
researcher and director of the special collection and documentation
center on labor relations, Freie Universität Berlin Zentralinstitut für
sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung (Until Oct. 1, 1996, this position
was at the Zentralinstitut für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung
[Institute for Interdisciplinary Social Science Research]. As of this
date, the Institute was integrated into the(Institute for Social
Science Research). |
| 1996
- |
Lecturer and
Administrative Director of the Center for Labor Relations, Dept. of
Political Science, FU Berlin. |
| 1997
- 1999 |
Academic
Director and Associate Professor, American University World Capitals
Program, Berlin Semester |
| Research Projects | |
| 1983 - 1985 | Arbeiterbewegung
in Stuttgart (funding support by the VW-Foundation) |
| 1984 - 1987 | Parteiensystem
in Deutschland (funding support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) |
| 1992 - 1994 | Spurensicherung.
Der Aufbau der Gewerkschaften in den neuen Bundesländern (funding support by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung) |
| 1995 | Gewerkschaft
Erziehung und Wissenschaft in Berlin (funding support by the Freie
Universität Berlin) |
| 1999 | Aufbau und
Funktionsfähigkeit der Institutionen der Regulierung der
Arbeitsbeziehungen. Pilotprojekt (funding support by the FU Berlin). |
| 1999 - 2001 | Revitalizing
the labor movement. A comparative
perspective |
| 2000 - 2002 | Exogenous
Influences in Path Dependent Transformation Processes. The Effects of
German Foreign Direct Investments on Work Organization and Labor Relations in Hungary. (funding support by the VW-Foundation ) |
| 2003 - 2005 |
Forschungsprojekt
Gewerkschaften und Rechtsextremismus (funding support by the
Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung and the Otto-Brenner-Stiftung) |
| 2004 - 2006 | E-Learning in der Politikwissenschaft.
Einführung einer E-Learning-Plattform am Otto-Suhr-Institut |