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