Work History

1970 – 1971            
University of Bielefeld
Department of Sociology
Research Assistant

1971 – 1975
University of Bielefeld
Department of Sociology
Assistant Professor

1972 – 1973
University of Münster
Lecturer

1976 – 1978
University of Bremen
Department 12: Educational Sciences
Associate Professor of Sociology

1978 – present
University of Bremen
Department of Sociology
Full Professor

1982 – 1990
Director of “Social Problems”
University Central Research Program

1988 – present
Director of the Institute for Empirical and Applied Sociology (EMPAS)

1992 – 1994
Co-Director of the Graduate Research School “Social Policy and the Life Course” (Graduiertenkolleg German Research Society [DFG])

1993 – 1994
Director of the Graduate Research School

1990 – 2002
Board, Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 186 “Status Passages and Risks in the Life Course” (DFG)

1992 – 1995
Deputy Chair of the SRC 186

1995 – 1996
Chair of the SRC 186

2001 – 2007
Co-Founder, Director, and Professor: Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS, University of Bremen, Volkswagen Foundation)

2003 – present
PI of the Collaborate Research Center 597, Transformations of the State

2007 – present
Professor, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BiGSSS, German Excellence Initiative [German Excellence Initiative])

2015 – present
SOCIUM – Research Center Inequality and Social Policy