Educational Background
Current Position
Teaching Experience
Awards
Professional Activities
Membership in Learned Societies
Current Research Interests
Areas of Teaching Interest
Publications

Educational Background
1962 Abitur: Pestalozzischule II, Bremerhaven, Germany
1962-1967 Universität zu Köln: Economics, Sociology, Law, Social Policy, Fiscal Theory and Policy
1967 Diplom-Volkswirt (sozialwissenschaftlicher Richtung) Universität zu Köln (Gesamtnote: Sehr gut)
1967 University of Oregon, USA: Graduate Study in Sociology
1970 Ph.D. (Sociology): University of Oregon

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Current Position
Karl-Mannheim-Professor for Cultural Studies, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Fellow, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany

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Teaching Experience
2002-2003 Paul F. Lazarsfeld Professor, Human- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien, Austria
2001 Alcatel Professor, TH Darmstadt, Germany
1977-2000 Visiting Professorships: Universität Wien, Universität Zürich, Universität Konstanz, Universität Augsburg, Universität Duisburg.
1984-1985 Eric-Voegelin-Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
1979-1997 Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta, Canada
1974-1979 Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta
1970-1974 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta
1968-1970 Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon
1967-1968 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon

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Awards
2003 Rockefeller Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Italy.
2002-2003 Paul-Lazarsfeld-Professor, Universität Wien, Austria
2001 Alcatel Professor, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
2001 Fellow, Center for the Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen
2000-2001 Fellow, Hanse Center for Advanced Studies, Delmenhorst
1999-2000 DAAD Professor, Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Germany
1999 Visiting Scientist, EAWAG, Zürich, Switzerland
1996; 1998 Guest Scientist, Institute for Hydrophysics, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany
1993, 1994 Guest Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, 1999, Germany
1996-1997 Fellow, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1990 Rockefeller Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Italy.
1988-1989 McCalla Professor, University of Alberta
1985 Fellow of the Royal Society (Canada)
1984-1985 Erich-Voegelin-Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1984 McCalla-Professor, University of Alberta
1967-1970 Fulbright Fellowship

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Professional Activities
2003 Organizer, International conference on “The moralizartion of the markets,” Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, October 2003.
2003 Organizer, International workshop on “Mitigation and adaptation: the second option,” Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, May 2003.

2002 Organizer, International Conference on “Biotechnology between Commerce and Civil Society”, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September 2002.

2001 Organizer, International Conference on “The Governance of Knowledge”, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September 2001.

2001 Organizer, Workshop on “The ulitiy of scientific knowledge”, Hanse Center for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany, March 2001

1999 Co-organizer, Conference “Environmental Research Between Knowledge and Action”, Karlsruhe, Germany, December 9-10, 1999

1999 Co-organizer, Conference on “Markt, Demokartie, Handeln”, Ev. Akademie Tutzing, Tutzing, Germany, November 20-30, 1999

1998 Chair, Special Session "From class to knowledge-based inequality", Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco

1997 Co-organizer, Lecture Series "Governing Modern Societies", Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1997 Co-organizer International Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada "Practicing Interdisciplinarity", Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

1995 Chairman, Session Nature and Society, Second Annual Meeting Theory, Culture and Society, Berlin, Germany

1994 Chairman, Session The Status of Classical Theory, World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, German

1989 Co-organizer, International Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada "The Knowledge Society: The Social Consequences of Science and Technology", University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

1985 Chairman, Session Science and Society, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco

1982 Chairman, Session Problems of Conceptual Development in the Social Sciences, 10th World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City; Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Sociology of Science, 10th World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City

1981 Chairman, Session Current Theoretical Developments, Conference on the Contemporary Relevance of Max Weber and Karl Marx, Duisburg, Germany

1980 Chairman, Session Hierarchies in Science, Conference on Scientific Establishment, Oxford University, Oxford, England

1979 Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Science, Annual Meeting Pacific Sociological Association

1975 Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association; Chairman, Session Sociology of Science, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association

1973 Chairman, Session Critical Theory, Annual Meeting Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association

1972 Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Science, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association

1982-1984 (elected) Committee on Nominations, Section on Theoretical Sociology, American Sociological Association

1983-1985 (elected) Vice-President, Research Committee on the Sociology of Science, International Sociological Association

1972-1975 Associate Editor, Pacific Sociological Review

1975 Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology

1980-1987 Book Review Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology

1981 Associate Editor, Theory, Culture and Society

1984-1987 Associate Editor, History of Sociology

1985-1988 Associate Editor, Knowledge

1985-1989 Associate Editor, Philosophy of the Social Sciences

1986-1989 Associate Editor, Annual Review of Social Theory

1987-1991 Associate Editor, Knowledge in Society

1991-1998 Associate Editor, Knowledge and Policy

1994- Member, International Board, Herald of Moscow State University Sociology and Political Science Series.

1996 Board of International Editors, Sociological Research Online

1997 Editorial Board, Regional Environmental Change Journal - Natural and Social Science Perspectives

1998 Editorial Board, Sociological Practice

2002 Editorial Board, Social Epistemology

2002 Review Editor, Climate Research

2002 Guest Associate Editor, History, Culture and Archaeology: The Interdisciplinary Crossroad.

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Membership in Learned Societies
American Sociological Association
International Sociological Association
Research Committee Communication, Language and Knowledge
Research Committee Sociology of Science
Research Committee History of Sociology
Research Committee Sociological Theory
Pacific Sociological Association
Royal Society of Canada
Society for the Social Study of Science

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Current Research Interests
The Knowledge Society
The Modern Economy
Knowledge as Medium of Exchange
Nature, Climate and Society
Globalization
Cultural Studies

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Areas of Teaching Interests
The Structure and Culture of Modern Societies
Cultural Studies
Communication and Information Media
Social Inequality
Social Theory
The Uses of Scientific Knowledge
Knowledge and Science
Economic Sociology

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Publications

1. Publications in anthologies
(with Walter E. Schafer) "Participation in interscholastic athletics, academic achievement and social mobility: some intervening processes." Pp. 184-196 in H. Kroll (ed.), Jugend und Sport. Wien: Bundesverlag, 1968.

(with Lyle E. Larson) "Intra-family conflict and participation in extra-curricular activities." in: Proceedings Sports in the Modern World - Prospects and Problems. Munich, 1974.

"The norms of science revisited: social and cognitive norms." Sociological Inquiry 48:172-196, 1978. (Reprinted in: Jerry Gaston (ed.), The Sociology of Science. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1978.)

(with Volker Meja) "Karl Mannheim." In: Justin Winkle (ed.), The Makers of Modern Culture. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980.

(with W. Baldamus) "Accounts and Action: The Logic(s) of Social Science and Pragmatic Knowledge." Pp. 73-78 in Burkart Holzner et al. (eds.), Realizing Social Science Knowledge. Würzburg: Physica Verlag, 1983.

(with Volker Meja) "Karl Mannheim" Pp. 152-154 in Jessica Kuper (ed.), Key Thinkers, Past and Present. London and New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987.

"Conditions for the success of classical social theory" Pp. 392-405 in Helmut Steiner (ed.), Soziologie und Sozialpolitik. Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1987.

(with Volker Meja) "Wissen und Soziales Handeln: Zur praktischen Effektivität der Keynes'schen Theorie" Pp. 239-256 in Akademie der Wissenschaften, Soziologie und Sozialpolitik. Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1988.

(with Volker Meja) "Karl Mannheim." Pp. 482-483 in Adam Kuper and Jessica Kuper (eds.), The Social Science Encyclopedia. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1985.

(with Volker Meja) "The sociology of knowledge." Pp. 430-431 in Adam Kuper and Jessica Kuper (eds.), The Social Science Encyclopedia. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985.

(with Axel van den Berg) "Sociological Models." Pp. 27-61 in K. Ishawaran (ed.), Introduction to Sociology. Toronto: Addison-Wesley 1986.

"Sociological Theory and Practical Reason: The Restriction of the Scope of Sociological Theory." In Mark Wardell and Stephen Turner (eds.), Sociological Theory in Transition. London: Allen and Unwin.

"Wissenschaftliches Wissen und soziales Handeln: Überlegungen zum Problem des Wissenstransfers" Pp. 48-71 in Karlheinz Rebel (ed.)., Wissenschaftstransfer in der Weiterbildung. Der Beitrag der Wissenssoziologie. Weinheim und Basel: Beltz Verlag, 1989.

(with Volker Meja) "Robert K. Merton's structural anlysis: The design of modern sociology." Pp. 37-60 in Carlo Mongardini and Simonetta Tabboni (eds.), L'Opera di Robert K. Merton e la Sociologia Contemporanea. Genova: Edizioni Culturali Internationali, 1989.

(with Volker Meja) "The sociology of knowledge and the ethos of science." In: Eileen Leonard, Hermann Strasser and Kenneth Westhues (eds.), In Search of Community: Essays in Memory of Werner Stark, 1909-1985. New York: Fordham University Press, 1990.

"Robert K. Merton's sociology of science" Pp. 285-294 in Jon Clark et al. (eds.), Masters of Sociology: Robert K. Merton. London: Falmer, 1990.

(with Volker Meja) "Wissenschaftssoziologie" Pp. 662-664 In Gerd Reindhold (ed.), Soziologie-Lexikon. München: R. Oldenbourg, 1991 (Second Edition, 1993).

(with Volker Meja) "Wissenssoziologie" Pp. 669-672 In Gerd Reinhold (ed.), Soziologie-Lexikon. München: R. Oldenbourg, 1991 (Second Edition, 1993).

(with Volker Meja) "Social scientific discourse and epistemological discourse: The problem of relativism" Pp. 1-13 In: Diederick Raven, Lieteke van Vucht Tijssen and Jan de Wolf (eds.), Cognitive Relativism and Social Science. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1992.

(with Hans Benninghaus) "Erkenntnis und Offenheit" Pp. 195-199 in Heine von Alemann and Gerhard Kunz (eds.), René König. Gesamtverzeichnis der Schriften. In der Spiegelung von Freunden, Schülern, Kollegen. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992.

(with Gernot Böhme) "Spoleczenstwo nauki" Pace Instytutu Nauk Ekonomicczno-Spolecznych. Warszawa: Politechniki Warszawskiej, 1992.

(with Volker Meja) "The sociology of knowledge" Pp. 637-639.in William Outhwaite and Tom Bottomore (eds.), The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Social Thought ". Oxford: Basical Blackwell, 1993.

(with Hans von Storch) "The social construct of climate and climate change" in Pp. 118 125 in American Meteorological Society, Symposium on Global Electrical Circuit, Global Change, and the Meteorological Applications of Lightning. Fifth Symposium on Global Change Studies. Boston, Ma.: AMS, 1994.

(with Volker Meja) "The uneasy relation between scientific and religious codes." Pp. 103-111 in Carlo Mongardini and Marieli Ruini, eds., Religio. Ruolo del Sacro, Coesione
Sociale e Nuove Forme di Solidarieta nella Societa Contemporanea. Roma:
Bulzoni Editore, 1994.

"Wissenschaftssoziologie." Pp. 541-555 in Harald Kerber and Arnold Schmieder (eds.), Spezielle Soziologien. Problemfelder, Forschungsbereiche, Anwendungsorientierungen. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1994.

"Macht und Ohnmacht wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis." Pp. 281-305 in Horst Reimann and Hans-Peter Müller (eds.), Probleme moderner Gesellschaften. Peter Atteslander zum 65. Geburtstag. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994.

"Moderne gesellschaftliche Prozesse -- Motor der Kulturlandschaftsbewegung?" Pp. 68-86 in: Franz Moser (ed.), Mensch und Landschaft 200. Nutzung Bedrohung Chancen: Nachhaltige Entwicklung von Kulturlandschaften im Donau- und Alpenraum. Graz: Technische Universität Graz, 1994.

(with Hans von Storch and Moritz Flügel) "Climate variability, climatic change and societal consequences." Pp. 51-70 in Walter Lenz and Sonnfried Streicher (eds.), Historisch-Meereskundliches Jahrbuch. Volume 3. Stralsund: Deutches Museum fur Meereskunde und Fischerei, 1995.

"Social inequality and knowledge." Pp. 41-51 in David Sciulli (ed.), Normative Social Action; Cross-National and Historical Approaches. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996.

"Wissensgesellschaft." in: Pp. 739-742 in Gerd Reinhold, Soziologie-Lexikon. 3. Auflage. München: R. Oldenbourg, 1997.

"Sapere" Pp. 598-609 in Enciclopedia delle Scienze Sociali. Volume VII. Roma: Enciclopedia Italiana, 1997

(with Hans von Storch) “Das soziale Konstrukt des Klimas.” Pp. 187-197 in VDI-Gesellschaft- Energietechnik (Ed.), Umwelt- und Klimabeeinflussung durch den Menschen Vol. IV. Düsseldorf: VDI Berichte ISBN 3-18-0913304), 1998.

“Wissensberufe.” Pp. 17-32 in Wolfgang Schulz (d.), Expertenwissen. Soziologische, pädagogische und psychologische Perspektiven. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1998.

(with Hans von Storch) " Climate research: the case for the social sciences." Pp. 143-153 in: Henning Rodhe and Robert Charlson (eds.) The Legacy of Svante Arrhenius: Understanding the Greenhouse Effect. Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1998.

"Die Grenzen der Macht wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis." Pp. 53-75 in Michael Hauskeller, Christoph Rehmann-Sutter and Gregor Schiemann (eds.), Naturerkenntnis und Natursein. Festschrift für Gernot Böhme. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1998.

(with Volker Meja) “Robert K. Merton’s structural analysis.” Pp. 21-43 in Carlo Mongardini and Simotta Tabboni (eds.), Robert K. Merton and Contemporary Sociology. London: Transaction Books, 1998.

(with Hans von Storch) “Climate Works: An anatomy of a disbanoned line of research.” Pp. 137-185 in Heidun Kaupen-Haas and Christian Saller (eds.), Wissenschaftlicher Rassismus. Analysen einer Kontinuität in den Human- und Naturwisenschaften. Frankfurt am Main: Campus, 1999.

"Mastering the global commons." Pp. 261-286 in Hans von Storch and Götz Flöser (Eds.), Anthropogenic climate change. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1999

“Technologischer Fortschritt und gesellschaftlicher Wandel.” Pp. 91-104 in Gert Kaiser, Katharina Wetzel und Arne Claussen (eds.), Technologiebedarf im 21. Jahrhundert. Technikvorschau und Technologiepolitik in Europa. Frankfurt am Main: Campus, 1999.

“Wissensgesellschaften oder die Zerbrechlichkeit moderner Gesellschaft.” Pp. 13-23 in Wilfried Konrad and Wilhem Schumm, Wissen und Arbeit. Neue Konturen der Wissensgesellschaft. Münster: W. Dampfboot, 1999.

“The Productivity Paradox: ICTs, Knowledge and the Labour Market” Pp. 255-272 in: John de la Mothe & Gilles Paquet (Eds.), Information, Innovation and Impacts. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston, MA., 2000.

“Wissen und Information als Problem in der modernen Gesellschaft.” Pp. 92-102 in: Jürgen Mittelstraß (ed.), Die Zukunft des Wissens. XVIII. Deutscher Kongreß für Philosophie 1999 Konstanz. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2000.

“Knowledge, markets and biotechnology.” Pp. 205- 214 in John de la Mothe and Jorge Niosi (eds.), The Economic and Social Dynamics of Biotechnology. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

(with Reiner Grundmann) “Die Arbeitswelt in der Wissensgesellschaft,” pp. 315-338 in: Thomas Kurtz (ed.), Aspekte des Berufs in der Moderne. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 2001.

“Knowledge politics: the paradox of regulating knowledge dynamics.” Pp. 269-290 in Sabine Maasen and Matthias Winterhager (eds.), Science Studies. Probes into the Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2001.

“Knowledge societies.” Pp. 494-508 in George Ritzer and Barry Smart (eds.), Handbook of Social Theory. London: Sage, 2001.

(with Hermann Strasser) “75 und kein bißchen unproduktiv: Wider die Vergeudung von kulturellem Kapital in der Wissensgesellschaft.” pp. 475-478 in Gelassenheit. Festschrift für Johannes Weiß. Kassel, 2001.

“Museen in Wissensgesellschaften: Unfertige Erkenntnisse oder vom Nutzen der Vergangenheit für die Zukunft” pp. 14-28 in Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit (Ed.), Zauberformeln des Zeitgeistes. Erlebnis, Event, Aufklärung, Wissenschaft. Wohin entwickelt sich die Museumslandschaft? Mannheim: Landesmuseum fur Technik und Arbeit, 2001.

(with Gotthard Bechmann) “The Uncertainty of Risk Communication in the Knowledge Society." Pp. 289-303 in Michael Matthies, Horst Malchow and Jürgen Kriz (eds.), Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Dynamics. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2001.

“Von der Zukunft der Wissenschaftskulturen.” Pp. 441-452 in Jörn Rüsen (ed.), Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut: Jahrbuch 2001/2002. Essen: Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, 2001.

(with Volker Meja) “Modern socities as knowledge societies.” Pp. 127-146 in: Luigi Tomasi (ed.), New Horizons in Sociological Theory and Research. The Frontiers of Sociology at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century. Aldershot: Asgate, 2001.

“The grammar of productive knowledge.” Pp.193-204 in John de la Mothe and Domique Foray (eds.), Knowledge Management in the Innovation Process. Boston: Kluwer, 2001.

“Models as focusing tools: linking nature and the social world.” Pp. 1-16 in Hans von Storch and Götz Flöser (eds.), Models in Environmental Research. Heidelberg: Springer, 2001.

(with Volker Meja) “Modern societies as knowledge societies.” Pp. 127-146 in Luigi Tomassi (ed.), New Horizens in Sociological Theory and Research. The Frontiers of Sociology at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century. Aldershot: Ashgate.

“Die Macht des Schwachen.” Pp. 90-100 in Hartmut Rapp, Christoph Th. Scheilke and Heinz Schmidt (eds.), Zukunftsfähige Bildung und Protestantismus. Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag, 2002.

“Wissen.” Pp. 17-33 in Christoph Engel, Jost Halfmann and Martin Schulte (eds.), Wissen-Nichtwissen-Unsicheres Wissen. Freiburg: Nomos, 2002.

“Biotechnology and the governance of knowledge.” Pp. 304-316 in Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Jahrbuch 2001/2002. Essen: Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, 2002.

(with Hans von Storch), “Towards a history of ideas of anthropogenic climate change.” Pp. 17-23 in: Gerold Wefer, Wolfgang H. Berger, Karl-Ernst Behre and Eystein Jansen (eds), Climate and history in the North Atlantic Realms. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2002.

(with Reiner Grundmann), “Klimawissenschaft als Aktgeuer in der öffentlichen Arena.” Pp. 384-396 in Walter Hauser (ed.), Klima. Das Experiment mit dem Planeten Erde. München: Deutsches Museum, 2002.

(with Hans von Storch), “Das Klima in den Köpfen der Menschen.” Pp. 280-191 in Walter Hauser (ed.), Klima. Das Experiment mit dem Planeten Erde. München: Deutsches Museum, 2002.

“The social role of knowledge.” Pp. 84-113 in Nikolai Genov (ed.), Advances in Sociological Knowledge. Paris: International Social Science Coumcil, 2002.

(with Reiner Grundmann), “Die Natur und die Natur der Gesellschaft.” Pp. in Ludwig Fischer (ed.), Natursemantiken. Hamburg: Hamburg University Press, 2003.

(with Hans von Storch), “Micro/Macro and soft/hard: divergence and converging issues in the physical and social sciences.” Pp. 35-49 in Jan Rotmans and Dale S. Rothman (eds.), Scaling in Intergrated Assessment. Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger, 2003.

“Expertise in knowledge societies.” Pp. 35-44 in Gotthard Bechmann and Imre Hronsky (eds.), Expetise and Its Interfaces. Berin: Sigma, 2003.

“Das Produktivitätsparadox.” Pp. 77-95 Stefan Böschen and Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer (eds.) (2003): Wissenschaft in der Wissensgesellschaft, Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003.

“Die Chancen und die Risiken der Globalisierung.” In: Marcus S. Kleiner and Hermann
Strasser (Hg.), Globalisierungswelten, Köln 2003 (forthcoming)

“Von der Zukunft der Wissenschaftskulturen und den Bedingungen der Transdisziplinarität.” Pp. in Martin Döring et al., Küstenbilder (Fortcoming).

(with Reiner Grundmann) “Sozialwissenschaft ohne Natur?” Pp. in Margarete Maurer and Otmar Höll (eds.), Natur als Politikum. Wien: RLI-Verlag (forthcoming).

“Wissenspolitik oder die gesellschaftliche Disziplinierung neuer Erkenntnisse.” Pp. in Herbert Kubincek, Dieter Klumpp and Alexander Roßnagel (eds.), Jahrbuch Telekommunikation und Gesellschaft. (Forthcoming).
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2. Journal articles
1. "Status consistency: the theoretical concept and its empirical referent." Pacific Sociological Review 11:95-99, 1968.

2. "Statuskonsistenz." Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 23:34-54, 1971.

3. (with Lyle E. Larson) "The rise and decline of areas of specialization." The American Sociologist 7:3, 5-6, 1972.

4. (with Lyle E. Larson) "Family sociology as an area of specialization." International Journal of Family Sociology 3:198-206, 1973.

5. (with P. Krishnan) "A statistic for random model testing." Quality and Quantity 7:197-202, 1973.

6. "Paradigmatic crystallization: patterns of interrelation among areas of competence in sociology." Social Science Information 13:119-137, 1974.

7. "Die Technik in der öffentlichen Meinung." Philosophia Naturalis 15:79-89, 1974.

8. "Consensus and dissensus in occupational prestige." British Journal of Sociology 25:410-427, 1974.

9. (with William Avison) "Forms of competition and sociological knowledge in organized American sociology." Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy 70:213-229, 1974.

10. "Career contingencies for sociologists: a longitudinal analysis." The American Sociologist 9:206-211, 1974.

11. "Factors in the development of multi-paradigm disciplines: the case of sociology." Journal for the History of the Behavioral Sciences 11:172-197, 1975.

12. "Sozialforschung und Gesellschaft: Ein Gespräch mit Paul F. Lazarsfeld." Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 28:796-807, 1976.

13. "Man and the environment: a general perspective." Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy 74:1-17, 1978.

14. (with Anthony Simmons) "The diversity of modes of discourse and the development of sociological knowledge." Zeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie
10:141-161, 1979.

15. "Sociological languages. Comment on Riggs." The American Sociologist 14:205-206, 1979.

16. (with Anthony Simmons) "The diversity of discourse." Society 16:45-49, 1979.

17. (with Volker Meja and David Kettler) "Karl Mannheim's sociological theory of culture." Canadian Journal of Sociology 5:405-411, 1980.

18. (with Anthony Simmons) "Language and the growth of knowledge in sociology" Social Science Information 20:703-741, 1981.

19. "Wie ich zur Soziologie kam und wo ich bin: Ein Gespräch mit Kurt H. Wolff." Pp. 324-346 in M. Rainer Lepsius (Ed.), Soziologie in Deutschland und Österreich 1918-1945. Sonderheft 23 Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1981.

20. "The magic triangle: in defense of the strong programme of the sociology of knowledge." Philosophy of the Social Sciences 11:225-229, 1981.

21. "The evolution of complexity: a discussion with Niklas Luhmann." Theory, Culture and Society 1:33-48, 1982.

22. "Sociological Languages." Philosophy of the Social Sciences 12:47-57, 1982.

23. "A conversation with Paul F. Lazarsfeld." American Sociologist 17:150-155, 1982.

24. "Zwischen Resignation und Hoffnung: Erkenntnisfortschritt in der Soziologie." Philosophische Rundschau 20:178-187, 1982.

25. (with Volker Meja) "The classical sociology of knowledge revisited." Knowledge 4:33-50, 1982.

26. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Arguing for Democracy." Times Higher Educational Supplement July 15, 1983.

27. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Politik als Wissenschaft." Angewandte Sozialforschung 11: 403-417, 1983.

28. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Karl Mannheim and Conservatism." American Sociological Review 49:71-85, 1984.

29. (with Volker Meja) "Sozialwissenschaftlicher und erkenntnistheoretischer Diskurs." Soziale Welt 36:361-380, 1985.

30. (with Gernot Böhme) " Key to the black box." Times Higher Educational Supplement August 1, 1986.

31. "Kopfarbeit: A Review Essay." Soziologische Revue 9: 135-137, 1986.

32. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Schattenseiten einer erfolgreichen Emigration: Karl Mannheim im englischen Exil." Exilforschung 5:170-195, l987.

33. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "La Scienzia Politica di Karl Mannheim" Mondoperaio 40(12):76-81, l987.

34. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Is a science of politics possible?" Society 24: 76-82, 1987.

35. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Karl Mannheim et 'Le Conservatisme'" Cahiers internationaux de Sociologie 83:247-256, 1987.

36. (with Volker Meja) "Social science, epistemology, and the problem of relativism" Social Epistemology 2:263-271, 1988.

37. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Rationalizzarea l'irrationale: Karl Mannheim e il vizio degli intellectuali tedeschi" Rassagna Italiana di Sociologia 29:487-512, 1988.

38. "Von den Tugenden sozialwissenschaftlichen Wissens: Max Weber und der evangelisch-soziale Kongress" Sociologia Internationalis 27:129-147, 1989.

39. "L'autorité du discours et le discours de l'autorité" Sociétés Revue des Sceinces Humaines et Sociales 29: 45-64, 1990.

40. (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Karl Mannheim und die Entmutigung der Intelligenz" Zeitschrift für Soziologie 19:117-130, 1990.

41. (with Gernot Böhme) "Wissensgesellschaften" Universitas 45:225-231, 1990.

42. (with Volker Meja and David Kettler) "Rationalizing the irrational: Karl Mannheim and the besetting sin of German intellectuals" American Journal of Sociology 95:1141-1173, 1990.

43. "The power of scientific knowledge -- and its limits" Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 29:460-482, 1991.

44. (with Gernot Böhme) "Spoleczenstwo nauki" Pace Instytutu Nauk Ekonomicczno-Spolecznych. Warszawa: Politechniki Warszawskiej, 1992.

45. (with Wayne Messner, Dennis Bray and Guy C. Germain) "Climate change and social order: Knowledge for action?" Knowledge and Policy 5: 82-100, 1993.

46. "Om gränserna för den vetenskapliga kunskapens makt." Vest (Tidskrift för Vetenskapsstudier) 7: 37-64, 1994.

47. "The culture and structure of social inequality." International Journal of Group Tensions 24: 361-382, 1994.

48. "Max Weber and the Lutheran Social Congress: The authority of discourse and the discourse of authority." History of the Human Sciences 7:21-39, 1994.

49. (with Hans von Storch) "The social construct of climate and climate policy" Delta 5: 8, 14, 1995.

50. (with Hans von Storch) "The social construct of climate and climate change" Climate Research 5:99-105, 1995.

51. "Wissensberufe" Vorgänge 34:38-49, 1995.

52. (with Hans von Storch and Moritz Flügel) "The 19th Century Discussion of Climate Variability and Climate Change: Analogies for the Present?" World Resources Review 7: 589-604, 1995.

53. "The ubiquity of nature: Climate and culture" Journal for the History of the Behavioral Sciences 32: 151-159, 1996.

54. "The salt of social science" Sociological Research Online, Volume 1, Number 1, 1996.

55. (with Volker Meja) "Die Zerbrechlichkeit der modernen Gesellschaft" Vorgänge 35:13-21, 1996.

56. (with Hans von Storch) "The case for the social sciences in climate research" Ambio 26: 66-71, 1997.

57. (with Hans von Storch) "Rückkehr des Klimadeterminismus?" Merkur 51: 560-562, 1997.

58. “Trust and climate.” Climate Research 8: 163-169, 1997.

59. “Los límites de lo posible: modernidad y postmodernidad” Politica y Sociadad 24: 23-31, 1997.

60. "Un sapere per la dimensione practica" Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia 38:559-600, 1997.

61. (with Reiner Grundmann) “Klima und Gesellschaft, Soziologische Klassiker und Aussenseiter. Über Weber, Durkheim, Simmel und Sombart." Soziale Welt 47: 85-100, 1997.

62. “Les limites du possibles: La postmodernité et les sociétés du savoir” Sociétiés Nr. 58: 101-124, 1997.

63. “Interdisziplinäres Arbeiten – in einer disziplinär bestimmten Welt” SWS-Rundschau 37: 441-451, 1998.

64. “The university in knowledge societies” Social Epistemology 12:33-42, 1998.

65. (with Hans von Storch) “Die Zukunft der Wissenschaftskulturen” Vorgänge 37: 8-12, 1998

66. (with Jay Weinstein) “The power of knowledge: race science, race hygiene and the holocaust” Social Epistemology 13: 3-36,1999.

67. “Post modernity and knowledge societies” Studi Perugini (forthcoming)

68. “Società moderna, disuguaglianza e conoscenza: dalla disuguaglianza basata sulla classe alla disuguaglianza basat sulla conoscenza” Studi di Sociologia 36: 215-231, 1998.

69. “Le savoir en tant que pouvoir d’action” Sociologie & Sociétiés 32: 157-170, 2001.

70. “The future of inequality” Society 36: 54-59, 1999.

71. “Interessen und Erkenntnis” Merkur 599: 167-170, 1999.

72. “Deciphering Information Technologies: Modern Societies as Networks” European Journal of Social Theory 3: 84-93, 2000.

73. (with Reiner Grundmann) “Social science and the absence of nature.” Social Science Information 39:155-179, 2000.

74. “Inequality in modern societies” Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais (forthcoming)

75. (with Hans von Storch) “Global warming in perspective. Contemporary concern about climate change has an age-old resonance” Nature 405, 615, 2000.
76. (with Gotthard Bechmann) “Risikokommunikation und die Risiken der Kommunikation wissenschaftlichen Wissens - zum gesellschaftlichen Umgang mit Nichtwissen.“ Gaia 9: 113-201, 2000.

77. (with Hans von Storch) “Kultur und Klima” Vorgänge 152:100-104, 2000.

78. „Die Kultur der Wissensgesellschaften.“ Forum TTN 3:3-14, 2000.

79. „Warum es SO schwierig ist interdisziplinär zu sein: Von der Zukunft der Wissenschaftskulturen und den Bedingungen der Transdiziplinarität in den Wissenschaften.“ Forum Forschung 2000: 100-102, 2000.

80. (with Hans von Storch) “Von der Macht des Klimas. Ist der Klimadeterminismus nur noch Ideengeschichte oder relevanter Faktor gegenwärtiger Klimapolitik?“ Gaia 9: 187-195, 2000.

81. (with Reiner Grundmann) “Sombart's fate: from fame to (near) oblivion.” Classical Sociology 1: 257-287, 2001.

82. (with Reiner Grundmann) “The authority of complexity.” The British Journal of Sociology 52: 313-329, 2001.

83. “A world made of knowledge.” Society 39: 89-92, 2001.

84. „Economy and ecology in an era of knowledge-based economies.“ Current Sociology 49: 67-90, 2001.

85. „Politische Arithmetik.“ Merkur 265: 453-456, 2001.

86. (with Gotthard Bechmann), „Niklas Luhmann.“ Tempo Social Revista de Sociologia da USP 13: 185-200, 2001.

87. „Moderne Wissensgesellschaften.“ Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 36 (31. August): 7-14, 2001.

88. (with Gotthard Bechmann), „The Legacy of Niklas Luhmann.“ Society 39: 67-75, 2002. [full-text / pdf]

Hungarian: Információs Társadalom 2:6-19, 2002

89. „A tudástársadalmak.“ Információs Társadalom 2:5-22, 2002.

90. (with Hans von Storch) "Micro/Macro and Soft/Hard: Diverging and Converging Issues in the Physical and Social Sciences, " Integrated Assessment 3:115-121, 2002.

91. “Le società moderne come società della conoscenza.” Quaderni di Teoria Sociale No. 3: 267-276, 2003.

92. “Nothing has been decided: The chances and risks of feasible globalization.” History, Culture and Archaeology: The Interdisciplinary Crossroad (forthcoming).

93. (with Hans von Storch),”Effiziente Kommunikation.” Universitas 684:608-614, 2003.

94. (with Reiner Grundmann), “Social control and knowledge in democratic societies,” Science and Public Policy (forthcoming).

95. “The social and political contril of knowledge in modern societies.” International Social Science Journal (Forthcoming)

96. “Die gesellschaftliche Kontroller neuer Erkenntnisse.” Sociologica Internationalis (forthcoming).
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3. Edited volumes
(with René König), Wissenschaftssoziologie: Studien und Materialien. Sonderheft 18 der Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1975.

(ed. and translator), Theorien sozialer Strukturen. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1978.

(with Volker Meja and David Kettler), Karl Mannheim: Strukturen des Denkens. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1981.

Hungarian: Budapest: Atlanticz, 1995

(with Volker Meja), Wissenssoziologie: Studien und Materialien. Sonderheft 22 der Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1981.

(with Volker Meja and David Kettler), Karl Mannheim: Structures of Thought. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982.

Portugese: Rio de Janeiro: Zahar Editores, 1984.

(with Volker Meja), Streit um die Wissenssoziologie. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1982.

Volume 1: Die Entwicklung der deutschen Wissenssoziologie.

Volume 2: Rezeption und Kritik der deutschen Wissenssoziologie.

(with Volker Meja), Knowledge and Society: Contemporary Perspectives on the Sociology of Knowledge. New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 1984.

Robert K. Merton: Entwicklung und Wandel von Forschungsinteressen. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1985.

(with David Kettler and Volker Meja), Karl Mannheim, Konservatismus. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1984.

Hungarian: Budapest: Cserépfalvi Kiadó, 1994

(with Gernot Böhme), Knowledge Society. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing, 1986.

(with David Kettler and Volker Meja), Karl Mannheim: Conservatism. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986.

Italian: Roma: Guis. Laterza & Figlu, 1989.

(with Volker Meja and Dieter Miesgeld), Modern German Sociology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987 (Paperback 1990).

(with Volker Meja), Knowledge and Politics. The Sociology of Knowledge Dispute. London and New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1990.

(with Richard Ericson), The Culture and Power of Knowledge: Inquiries into Modern Society. New York and Berlin: de Gruyter, 1992.

(with Volker Meja), Robert K. Merton: Soziologische Theorie und soziale Struktur. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1995.

(with Volker Meja) The Sociology of Knowledge. International Library of Critical Writings in Sociology edited by Howard Newby. Cheltenham, Glos.: Two Volumes. Edward Elgar, 1999.

(with Hans von Storch) Eduard Brückner: The Sources and Consequences of Climate Change and Climate Variability in Historical Times. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

(with Peter Weingart) Practising Interdisciplinarity. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

(with Richard V. Ericson) Governing Modern Societies. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

(with Reiner Grundmann) Werner Sombart: Economic Life in the Modern Age. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Books, 2001.

The Governance of Knowledge. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 2003.

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4. Monographs
(with David Kettler and Volker Meja), Karl Mannheim. London: Tavistock, 1984.
French: Paris: PUF, 1987.
Spanish: Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1989.
Chinese: Taipei: Laureate Books, 1994.
Japanese: Tokyo, 1996

(with David Kettler and Volker Meja), Politisches Wissen: Studien zu Karl Mannheim. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1989.

Praktische Erkenntnis. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1991.

Practical Knowledge: Applying Social Science Knowledge. London, Sage 1992.
Chinese: Taipei: Laureate Books, 1994.
Japanese: Tokyo, 1996
Hungarian Budapest: Bagolyvár Publishing House, 2001.

(with Hans von Storch), The Social Construct of Climate and Climate Change. MPI Report No. 137. Hamburg: Max-Planck-Institut, 1994.

Arbeit, Eigentum und Wissen. Zur Theorie von Wissensgesellschaften. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1994

Knowledge Societies. London: Sage, 1994.
Chinese: Shanghai, 1999
Russian: Moscow, 1998
Hungarian Budapest: Bagolyvár Publishing House, 2001.

(with Hans von Storch and Moritz Flügel) The 19th Century Discussion of Climate Variability and Climate Change: Analogies for the Present? MPI Report 157. Hamburg: Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, 1995.

(with Hans von Storch) Klima-Wetter-Mensch. München: C.H. Beck 1999.

Die Zerbrechlichkeit moderner Gesellschaften. Frankfurt am Main/Göttingen: Velbrück, 2000.

The Fragility of Modern Societies: Knowledge and Risks in the Information Age. London: Sage, 2001.
Hungarian: Budapest: Bagolyvár Publishing House, 2003.
Chinese: SanLian Book House, Bejing, China, 2003.

Wissen und Wirtschaften: Die gesellschaftlichen Grundlagen der modernen Ökonomie. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2001.

Knowledge and Economic Conduct: The Social Foundations of the Modern Economy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Wissenspolitik. Die Überwachung des Wissens. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2003

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