Joachim Hesse#

Obituary, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Frei Universität Berlin (in German)

Curriculum vitae#

• studied Economics, Political Science and Law at Universities of Kiel, Göttingen and Berlin
• 1967 graduate in Economics
• 1967/1968 M.A. in Economics and Political Science at NYU and Harvard
• 1971 Dr. rer. pol. at University of Cologne

• 1968 - 1972 Research Associate at the Kommunalwissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum Berlin
• 1973 - 1976 Professor of Administrative Science and Public Policy at the University of Konstanz (Chair)
• 1976 - 1983 Professor (Political Science and Public Administration) at the University of Duisburg/Düsseldorf (Chair)
• 1983 - 1989 Professor at the Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer (German Post-Graduate School of Administrative Sciences, Speyer; Chair)
• 1987 - 1990 Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium
• 1989 - 1997 Ford-Monnet-Professor of European Institutions and Comparative Government, University of Oxford (Chair); Official Fellow, Nuffield College
• 1991 - 1994 Founding Director of the Centre for European Studies, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
• Since 1997 Professor (Political Science and Public Administration) at the Free University of Berlin (Chair)
• 1997 - 2001 Founding Director of the European Centre for Comparative Government and Public Policy, established by the three Berlin Universities
• Since 2001 Chairman/Executive Director of the International Institute for Comparative Government and European Policy (ISE), Berlin
• 2008 Doctor honoris causa, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

• Senior Consultant to the OECD (since 1970), the European Union (since 1988), the United Nations (since 1991), the International Labour Office (since 1992), and the WorldBank (since 1995).
• Member of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, the Academia Europaea and Fellow at several Institutes for Advanced Study.
• 2006/07 Guest Professor at the Graduate School ofLaw and Politics, Tokyo University.
• Long standing adviser to the German government, other European governments and the EU.