Professor Dr. Georg Krücken - CV

Date of Birth:   September 21, 1962

Nationality:      German
 

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
  • Organizational Research
  • Neo-institutional Theory

 

Professional and research experience

  • Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, School of Education, Oct. 2023 – March 2014
  • Spokesperson of the Executive Board of the International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER), 2021 –
  • Speaker and Project Director of the DFG Research Group „Multiple Competition in Higher Education“, 2021 –
  • Visiting Scholar, Sciences Po, Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Paris, Febr. – July 2016
  • Director of the International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel (INCHER-Kassel), University of Kassel, 2011 – 2021
  • Full Professor, University of Kassel, 2011 –
  • 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, 2017 – 2020
  • Project Director, Management Consultancy in Business, Public Administration, Science and Higher Education, 2015 – 2018
  • Project Director, Quality Assurance of Studying and Teaching via Processes of Accreditation and Evaluation, 2013 – 2018
  • Project Director, Organizational Development through Internationalization, 2013 – 2017
  • Project Director, University Graduates and the Labor Market, 2013 – 2016
  • Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, School of Education, Febr. – July 2011
  • Project Director, Conflicting Goals within Universities, 2009 – 2011
  • Project Director, The Professionalization of the German Higher Education System, 2007 – 2010
  • Member, EU-Research Network MEHEM (Mapping Higher Education Models in Europe), 2007 – 2009
  • Full Professor, German University of Administrative Sciences, 2006 – 2011
  • Member, PRIME-EU Network of Excellence, Research Project SUN (The Steering of Universities), 2005 – 2008
  • Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Paris, 2005
  • Associate Professor, University of Bielefeld, Department of Sociology and Institute for Science and Technology Studies, 2004 – 2006
  • Project Director, Knowledge Transfer from Universities to Industry in Germany and the United States, 2003 – 2006
  • Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Department of Sociology,1999 – 2001
  • Assistant Professor, University of Bielefeld, Department of Sociology and Institute for Science and Technology Studies, 1997 – 1999, 2001 – 2004
  • Researcher, University of Bielefeld, Department of Sociology and Institute for Science and Technology Studies, 1992 – 1997
  • Researcher, Centro di Studi sul Rischio, Lecce, 1990 – 1991

 

Fellow- and scholarships

  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
  • Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

 

Public research funding last five years

  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  • 1,66 Million Euros Competitive Research Funding

For further information on research see list of publications.

 

Teaching experience

  • Department of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, 2011 –
  • German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, 2006 – 2011
  • Department of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, 1992 – 2006
  • Institute for Social Studies of Science, University of Vienna, 1998 – 2006
  • Department of Biology, University of Bielefeld, 1994 – 2004

 

Review activities (selection)

a) Political and funding agencies

  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
  • German Academic Exchange Service, Germany
  • German Research Foundation, 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

b) 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

 

Professional service functions

  • Member of Editorial Advisory Board, „Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung“, 2018 –
  • Editorial Board, „Das Hochschulwesen“, 2018 –
  • Member, Board of Governors, Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), 2016 –
  • Member, Research Committee of the University of Kassel, 2016 – 2021
  • Chairman, Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung (GfHf), 2014 – 2021
  • Editorial Board, „European Journal of Higher Education“, 2013 –
  • Editorial Board, „Studies in Higher Education“, 2012 –
  • Editorial Board, „Higher Education Policy“, 2012 –
  • Director, International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER), University of Kassel, 2011 –
  • Member, EU-CREST Working Group „Mutual Learning on Approaches to Improve the Excellence of Research in Universities“, 2008 – 2009
  • Executive Board, Center for Science Management, Speyer, 2007 – 2015
  • Scientific Advisory Board, HoF (Institute for Higher Education Research), Wittenberg, 2006 – 2014
  • Spokesperson, Research Network „New Institutionalism“, 2004 –
  • Spokesperson, Network of European Centres in Science and Technology Studies (NECSTS), 1999 – 2006
  • Chairman, Research and Teaching Unit „Science and Technology“, Department of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, 1992 – 2006
  • Editorial Board, „Hochschulmanagement“, 2005 – 2018
  • Editor, Book Series „Organization & Public Management“, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008 –
  • Editorial Board, „Science, Technology, and Human Values“, 2005 –
  • Editorial Board, „International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations“, 2004 – 2006

 

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