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Arbeitsschwerpunkte/Areas of specialization

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• Globalisierung/ globalization
• Sozialstruktur/ social structure
• Soziologische Theorie/ sociological theory
• Festland-Südostasien/ Mainland Southeast Asia

 

Current Position

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Full Professor of Society and Transformation in Asia and Africa at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany.

 

Academic Career

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• Lecturer in sociology at the universities of Göttingen and Freiburg (1998-2004), Acting Chair of Sociology, University of Freiburg (2004-2006).
• Director of the multiple award winning “Global Studies Programme” at the University of Freiburg 2006-09.
• Visiting professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi), FLACSO Argentina (Buenos Aires), University of Zürich, National University of Laos.
• Postdoctorate (Habilitation) in sociology on the impact of globalization in Laos (2000-2004)
• Ph. D. in philosophy at the University of Freiburg on understanding (1994-1996).
• Studies of philosophy, sociology, and history in Freiburg, Göttingen, Frankfurt, Paris and Berlin. Specialization in social theory, empirical research, history of science and philosophy, Southeast Asia. Most important teachers: Pierre Bourdieu, Günter Dux, Jürgen Habermas, Jann Holl, Bernd Martin, Hermann Schwengel.

 

Languages

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German, English, French, Lao, Thai; basic skills in Italian, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Spanish and Khmer.

 

Most important book publications

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2017: Society in Contemporary Laos, Routledge

2017: (ed. with Surinder Jodhka and Jessé Souza): Inequality in Capitalist Societies, Routledge

2017: (with Gilberto Antonelli): Inequality in Economics and Sociology, Routledge

2017: „Das Verstehen anderer Menschen in fremden Sprachen und Kulturen“, in Gabriele Münnix (Hg.): Über-setzen, Freiburg/München: Alber, pp. 337-352

2016: (with Chantana Banpasirichote and Surichai Wungaeo): Twenty-first Century Globalization and Democracy in Southeast Asia, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

2015: (et al.): Reproduktion sozialer Ungleichheit in Deutschland, Konstanz: UVK

2014 (with Jessé Souza): Ungleichheit in kapitalistischen Gesellschaften, Weinheim: Beltz Juventa

2013: Kaleidoskopische Dialektik. Kritische Theorie nach dem Aufstieg des globalen Südens, Konstanz: UVK (English translation: Critical Theory after the Rise of the Global South: Kaleidoscopic Dialectic, London/New York: Routledge 2014; Turkish and Portuguese translation in preparation)

2011 (ed.): Globalization and Inequality in Emerging Societies, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

2009 (ed. with Gerhard Fröhlich): Bourdieu-Handbuch, Stuttgart/Weimar: Metzler (2nd edition 2014)

2009 (ed. with Jan Nederveen Pieterse): Globalization and Emerging Societies: Inequality and Development, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (paperback 2011)

2009 (ed. with Gernot Saalmann): Verstehen, Konstanz: UVK

2008 (with Hermann Schwengel): Theorien der Globalisierung, Konstanz: UTB (2nd edition 2012)

2007: Globalization, Society and Culture in Laos, London/New York: Routledge (paperback 2010)

2006: Die Soziologie Pierre Bourdieus, Konstanz: UTB (2nd edition 2011)

2004 (with Sisouk Sayaseng): Laotische Grammatik, Hamburg: Buske

2004: Globalisierung in Laos. Transformation des ökonomischen Feldes, Münster: LIT

1999: Gesellschaft und Theorie. Zum Einfluss der Sozialstruktur auf die Begriffsbildung Bacons und Galileis, Emmendingen: Martin Seeh (2nd edition 2003)

1997: Was heißt es, einen anderen Menschen zu verstehen? Stuttgart: Metzler

 

Teaching

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Please find the courses here.