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