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Prof. Dr. Horst Kern - Curriculum Vitae

Personal data
Horst Kern
Born September 29, 1940, Vienna
German Citizen

Education

  • 1959
    Abitur [High School Leaving Exam], Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium Göppingen
  • 1959 to 1964
    Studied social sciences (with emphasis on sociology and economy), Hochschule für Sozialwissenschaften Wilhelmshaven, Free University Berlin, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

    Academic degrees

  • 1964
    Diploma, Social Sciences, Göttingen
  • 1970
    Ph.D., Dr. disc.pol., Faculty for Business Administration, Economics, and Social Sciences, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen



Professional Life

  • 1964 to 1979
    Research Assistant/Scientific Assistant, Department of Social Sciences, Georg-.August-Universität Göttingen
  • 1971 to 1974
    Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Technical University Hannover
  • 1974 to 1977
    Professor of Social Sciences, Technical University Hannover
  • 1977 to 1995
    Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • 1977 to 1998
    President of the Social Science Research Institute SOFI
  • 1979 to 1981
    Dean, Department of Social Sciences, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • 1981 to 1983
    Academy Scholarship, Volkwagen Foundation, for the Study of Industrial Restructuring in Germany
  • 1985 to 1995
    Member of the Budget and Planning Commission of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • 1986
    Offer of Professorship, Technical University Darmstadt (Interdisciplinary Center for Technical Research)
  • 1991 to 1998
    Co-Director of the Center for European and North American Studies ZENS, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • 1995 to 2008
    Professor for Social Sciences, especially comparative and international, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • 1995 to 1997
    Vice-President, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • Since 1997
    Member of the Graduate School 'The Future of the European Social Model'
  • Since 1998
    Regular Member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Section
  • 1998 to 2004
    President, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • Since 10 / 2008
    Professor emeritus



Research and Teaching, Abroad

  • 1988
    Scholarship, German Marshall Fund for the Study of Industrial Production Systems in the USA; Visiting Scholar, Massachussetts Institute of Technology MIT, Program in Science, Technology, and Society
  • 1990
    Scholarship, Fondazione Agnelli for the Study of Industrial Production Systems in Italy; Guest Professorship, Università di Torino, Dipartimento di scienze sociali
  • 1991
    Harvard Center for European Studies Grant; Research Fellow, MIT, Department of Political Science
  • 1992/93
    Scholarship, CNRS for the Study of Industrial Production Systems in France; Chercheur Associé, Groupe Lyonnais de Sociologie Industrielle
  • 1993
    Offer of Professorship MIT, USA (Department of Political Science)
  • 1994
    Guest Professorship, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Economic and Business, Study of Industrial Production Systems in Japan
  • 1995
    Research Fellow, MIT, Industrial Performance Center