Georg Krücken - #
Obituary, University of Kassel
Curriculum Vitae#
Education:
- 2004 Professorial Thesis (Habilitation), University of Bielefeld
- 1996 Dr. rer. soc., University of Bielefeld
- 1989 Diplom in Sociology, University of Bielefeld (based on undergraduate and graduate studies of Philosophy, Political Sciences and Sociology at the Universities of Bielefeld and Bologna)
Fields of Specialization:
- Higher Education Research
- Science Studies
- Organization Studies
- Neo-institutional Theory
Professional and Research Experience:
- 2022 - present Spokesperson of the Executive Board of the International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER), University of Kassel
- 2021 - present Spokesperson of the DFG research group „Multipler Wettbewerb im Hochschulsystem“
- October 2020 - December 2020 Visiting Scholar, IRCRES-CNR, Rome
- Febr. - July 2016 Visiting Scholar, Sciences Po, Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Paris
- 2011 Full Professor, University of Kassel
- 2011 - 2021 Director of the International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel (INCHER-Kassel), University of Kassel
- 2017 - 2020 Project Director, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) after the Gold Rush
- 2017 - 2020 Project Director, Determinants of Social Inequalities and Consequences of Higher Education Dropout
- 2015 - 2018 Project Director, Management Consultancy in Business, Public Administration, Science and Higher Education
- 2013 - 2018 Project Director, Quality Assurance of Studying and Teaching via Processes of Accreditation and Evaluation
- 2013 - 2017 Project Director, Organizational Development through Internationalization
- 2013 - 2016 Project Director, University Graduates and the Labor Market
- Febr. - July 2011 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, School of Education
- 2009 - 2011Project Director, Conflicting Goals within Universities
- 2007 - 2010Project Director, The Professionalization of the German Higher Education System
- 2007 - 2009 Member, EU-Research Network MEHEM (Mapping Higher Education Models in Europe)
- 2006 - 2011Full Professor, German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer
- 2005 - 2008Member, PRIME-EU Network of Excellence, Research Project SUN (The Steering of Universities)
- 2005 Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Paris
- 2004 - 2006 Associate Professor, University of Bielefeld, Department of Sociology and Institute for Science and Technology Studies
- 2003 - 2006 Project Director, Knowledge Transfer from Universities to Industry in Germany and the United States
- 1999 - 2001 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Department of Sociology
- 1997 - 1999, 2001 - 2004 Assistant Professor, University of Bielefeld, Department of Sociology and Institute for Science and Technology Studies
- 1992 - 1997 Researcher, University of Bielefeld, Department of Sociology and Institute for Science and Technology Studies
- 1990 - 1991 Researcher, Centro di Studi sul Rischio, Lecce
Teaching Experience:
- 2011 - present Department of Social Sciences, University of Kassel
- 2006 - 2011 German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer
- 1992 - 2006 Department of Sociology, University of Bielefeld
- 1998 - 2006 Institute for Social Studies of Science, University of Vienna
- 1994 - 2004 Department of Biology, University of Bielefeld
Professional Memberships:
- Academia Europaea
- Consortium of Higher Education Research
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie
- European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
- European Group for Organizational Studies
- Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung
Review Activities (selection):
- Political and Funding Agencies
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Germany
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany
- European Commission FP 7
- National Science Foundation, USA
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Germany
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Thyssen Foundation, Germany
- Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung), Austria
- Germany Office of Technology Assessment at the German Parliament (Büro für Technikfolgenabschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag)
- Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Germany
- Scientific Journals
- American Sociological Review
- Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung
- Die Hochschule
- European Journal of Education
- Higher Education
- Hochschulmanagement
- International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
- International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
- International Journal of Technology Management
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy
- Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
- M@n@gement
- Minerva
- Public Administration
- Research Policy
- Scandinavian Journal of Management
- Science and Public Policy
- Science, Technology, and Human Values
- Sociology of Education
- Soziale Systeme
- Soziale Welt
- Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Administrative Functions:
- 2018 - present Member of Editorial Advisory Board, „Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung“
- 2018 - present Editorial Board, „Das Hochschulwesen“
- 2016 - present Member, Board of Governors, Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
- 2016 - present Member, Research Committee of the University of Kassel
- 2014 - present Chairman, Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung (GfHf)
- 2013 - present Editorial Board, „European Journal of Higher Education“
- 2012 - present Editorial Board, „Studies in Higher Education“
- 2012 - present Editorial Board, „Higher Education Policy“
- 2011 - present Director, International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER), University of Kassel
- 2008 - 2009 Member, EU-CREST Working Group „Mutual Learning on Approaches to Improve the Excellence of Research in Universities“
- 2007 - 2015 Executive Board, Center for Science Management, Speyer
- 2006 - 2014 Scientific Advisory Board, HoF (Institute for Higher Education Research) Wittenberg
- 2004 - present Spokesperson, Research Network „New Institutionalism“
- 1999 - 2006 Spokesperson, Network of European Centres in Science and Technology Studies (NECSTS)
- 1992 - 2006 Chairman, Research and Teaching Unit „Science and Technology“, Department of Sociology, University of Bielefeld
- 2005 - 2018 Editorial Board, „Hochschulmanagement“
- 2008 - present Editor, Book Series „Public Organization & Management“, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- 2005 - present Editorial Board, „Science, Technology, and Human Values“
- 2004 - 2006 Editorial Board, „International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations“