We neither know the results nor the benefits of understanding and explaining the world, but to give it a try is deeply human(e).
(mine: Ludger Pries)
Born in Füchtorf/North Rhine-Westphalia in 1953; secondary school (Abitur) at Staatliches Gymnasium Warendorf 1972; military service, mechanical engineering apprenticeship and work as a toolmaker until 1980.
Studies of and degree in social sciences at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (1980-1985); Ph.D. (1989) and habilitation (1995) at University Erlangen-Nürnberg; Research Fellow (1985-1990); postdoc- and habilitation fellowship and visiting professor in Mexico (1990-1994); Pierre-Naville-Chair of Sociology Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City (1994-1996); senior researcher, research professorship and interim professorships (1996-2001); professor at the Chair of Sociology – Organisation, Migration, Participation at Ruhr-University Bochum (03/2001-09/2021).
Fields of expertise: Sociology of migration, refuge and transnationalism, sociology of work and organizations, life course research and biographical analysis; international comparative social research using quantitative and qualitative methods; research and teaching stays in Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Spain and the USA.
Research grants and awards: Successful application and procurement of more than 28 research projects/grants with competitive review and selection processes with a total of some 5 million euros; René-König-Award of the German Association of Sociology for the best textbook in sociology in 2014; Award of the Mexican Association of the Study of Work for Academic Trajectory in 2017.
Publications: 26 monographies (10 co-authored); more than 110 articles in scientific journals (over 70 of them are double blind peer reviewed); 30 edited books (14 in English and 5 in Spanish); more than 190 chapters in books (more than 130 single-authored); review activities for more than 50 international scientific journals and foundations; activities in scientific and editorial boards of 6 international scientific journals.
Other academic activities: Board member (2005-2011) and speaker (2009-2011) of the migration and ethnic minorities section of the German Sociological Association; member of the council of the German Sociological Association (2012-2016); member of the board of directors of the Institute for International Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Law at Ruhr-University Bochum; dean of the faculty of social sciences at Ruhr-University Bochum (2004-2006); rectorate representative of the Joint RUB-IG Metal Working Group since 2001; appointment representative of the rectorate at Ruhr-University Bochum (2008-2011); member (2011-2015) and deputy chairman (2012-2015) of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Migration and Integration; spokesperson of the organising committee of the 36. congress of the German Sociological Association (2011-2012); holder of the Wilhelm-und-Alexander-von-Humboldt Chair at El Colegio de México (2015-2017); member of the executive committee of the European Sociological Association (2019-2021); member of the executive board of IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe), the largest network of migration research in Europe (2020-2023).
| Period | Activity/status | Institution |
| 1980/04- 1985/10 | Studies in Social Science | Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft/ Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 1985/12 | Diplom-Soz.wiss. (graduated in Social Science) | Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft/Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 1989/12 | Promotion (PhD), Dr.phil. | Philosophische Fakultät/Universität Erlangen |
| 1995/06 | Habilitation, Dr.phil.habil. | Philosophische Fakultät/Universität Erlangen |
| 2001/03- 2021/09 | Professor at the Chair Sociology/ Organization, Migration, Participation | Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Since 2021/10 | Senior professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences | Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 1985/11- 1987/03 | Research Fellow | Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund |
| 1987/04- 1990/04 | Research Fellow | Institut für Soziologie/Universität Erlangen |
| 1989/10 | Short term lecturership | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana/Mex. |
| 1990/05- 1992/04 | Postdoc-Fellowship German Research Foundation (DFG), Visiting Professor | El Colegio de México/Mexico-City |
| 1991/07-08 | Visiting Fellow | Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung/Berlin |
| 1992/05- 1992/09 | Professorship | El Colegio de Puebla/Mexico |
| 1992/10- 1994/10 | Habilitation-Fellowship German Re-search Foundation (DFG), Professor | El Colegio de Puebla/Mexico |
| 1993/05 | Short term lecturership | Universidade Federale de Minas Geráis/Bras. |
| 1994/11- 1996/10 | Chair ‘Pierre Naville’ | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana/Mexico |
| 1996/11- 1997/09 | Visiting Professor/Research Fellow | Institut Arbeit und Technik/Gelsenkirchen |
| 1997/10- 1998/09 | Professor/Chair Sociology (stand-in) | Institut für Soziologie/Universität des Saarlandes |
| 1998/10- 1999/03 | Professor/Chair Sociology (stand-in) | Institut für Soziologie/Universität Göttingen |
| 1999/04- 2001/02 | Senior Researcher | Institut für Soziologie/Universität Erlangen |
| 2000/03 | Visiting Faculty | University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology/Population Studies Center |
| 2001/03- 2021/09 | Professor at the Chair Sociology/ Organisation, Migration, Participation | Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft/Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 2006/06-07 | Visiting Fellow and course teacher | School of International and Public Affairs/Columbia University, New York |
| 2006/08-09 | Visiting Fellow | School of Industrial and Labor Relations/Cornell University, Ithaca |
| 2015- 2017 | Chair Wilhelm-und-Alexander-von-Humboldt | El Colegio de México/Mexico City |
Founding member of editorial board Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios del Trabajo from 1993 to 1996
Member of RED LATINOAMERICANA DE EDUCACION Y TRABAJO since 1994
Member of research network Groupe d´Etudes et de Recherche Permanent sur l´Industrie et les Salariés de l´Automobile GERPISA, Paris since 1996
Member of Latin American Studies Association LASA since 1994
Member of Research Committee 30 of International Sociological Association (ISA) since 1995
Member of Editorial Board of Región y Sociedad (Mexico) since 1998
Member of Editorial Board of Sociología del Trabajo (Spain) since 1999
Member of Editorial Board of Peripherie (Germany) since 1999
Member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) (member of the council since 2012)
Member of German Industrial Relations Association (GIRA)
Member of the European Sociological Association (ESA), member of its Executive Committee and Chair of its Publication Committee from 2019 to 2021
Associate Editor of the journal Global Networks
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Deutsche Stiftung für internationale Entwicklung/InWent
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
European Science Foundation, College of Expert Reviewers
Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Haus Villigst
Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
La Trobe – University/Australien
Leverhulme Trust/London
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies
Swiss National Science Foundation
Volkswagen-Stiftung
Wissenschaftliche Kommission Niedersachsen
Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Zukunftsforschung – Universität Bielefeld
American Journal of Sociology/Chicago
Arbeit, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsforschung, Arbeitsgestaltung und Arbeitspolitik
AREA/Royal Geographic Society
Berliner Journal für Soziologie/Berlin
Bulletin of Latin American Research
Climate Change
Comparative Migration Studies
Critical Sociology/Sage
critical perspectives on international business/Emerald
Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales/Madrid
Economic and Industrial Democracy/Sage
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space/Durham-UK, Pion
Estudios Sociológicos/El Colegio de México
Ethnic and Racial Studies/Taylor&Francis
European Journal for Development Research
European Societies/Taylor&Francis
European Urban and Regional Studies/Sage
Foro Internacional/El Colegio de México
Frontera Norte/COLEF
Geographische Revue/Flensburg
Geographische Rundschau/Westermann
Global Labour Journal
global networks/Wiley-Blackwell (Regional Editor)
Globalisation, Societies and Education
Identities/Taylor&Francis
Industrielle Beziehungen/München
International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology
International Journal of Automotive Technology & Management/Inderscience
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research/Wiley-Blackwell
International Migration/Wiley-Blackwell
International Migration Review/ Wiley-Blackwell
International Sociology/Sage
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies/Taylor&Francis
Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies/Routledge
Journal of Urban Affairs/Wiley
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie/Köln
Lateinamerika – Analysen und Berichte/Hamburg-Münster
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft/Hamburg
Migration Studies
Moving the Social/Klartext
New Technology, Work and Employment/Wiley-Blackwell
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology
Oxford Development Studies/Taylor&Francis
Peripherie/Münster (member of the advisory board until 2011)
Raumforschung und Raumordnung/Springer (member of the advisory board 2009-2013)
Región y Sociedad/Hermosillo (member of the scientific advisory board)
Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios del Trabajo/Rio de Janeiro (co-founder)
Revista Contaduría y Administración/UNAM-Mexico
Routledge Handbooks series
Social Forces/Oxford Journals
Social Indicators Research/Springer
Social Sciences/MDPI
Sociologia del Trabajo/Madrid (member of the editorial board)
Sociological Research Online
Soziale Welt/München
Soziologische Revue/Bremen (co-editor)
State of Nationalism/The International Review of the Study of Nationalism
The American Sociologist
Third World Quarterly
Transfer/Sage
Transnational Social Support/Taylor&Francis
WSI-Mitteilungen/Düsseldorf
Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Berlin
Zeitschrift für Migration und soziale Arbeit/Frankfurt
Zeitschrift für Soziologie/Bielefeld
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft/Springer
| Name | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Alfredo Hualde/ UNAM, México | La articulación entre el sistema educativo y el sistema productivo en la frontera norte de México: un estudio en Tijuana y Ciudad Juárez (National Research Award) | 1998 |
| Fernando Herrera/UAM, México | Trayectorias y biografías laborales en la migración de Puebla y Tlaxcala a la zona metropolitana de la ciudad de Nueva York | 2002 |
| Sergio Sandoval/ UAM, México | Hibridación, Modernización Reflexiva y Procesos Culturales en Ford Hermosillo | 2002 |
| Jörg Alt/HU-Berlin | Leben in der Schattenwelt: Problemkomplex illegale Migration (Forschungspreis) | 2003 |
| Saúl Macías/UAM-I | Transmigrantes en Pueblayork: Enclave étnicso en el mercado de trabajo transnacional | 2004 |
| Roland Abel/RUB | Erwerbsregulierung in kleinen Handwerksunternehmen – untersucht am Beispiel von Tischlereien | 2006 |
| Markus Hertwig/RUB | Zwischen institutionellen Erwartungen und Effizienzkalkül. Gründe der E-Business-Nutzung in Unternehmen der Automobilzulieferindustrie | 2007 |
| Peter Ittermann/ RUB | Beschäftigtenpartizipation (und Erwerbsregulierung) in Unternehmen der digitalen Wirtschaft | 2008 |
| Eva Palenga-Möllenbeck | Transnational migration – the case of Silesian migrants with dual citizenship | 2011 |
| Siglinde Hessler | International Framework Agreements as emerging part of a transnational governance structure? | 2011 |
| Kerstin Rosenow | Migrant Organisations and the Security Discourse | 2011 |
| Veronika Dehnen | Die Rolle von EBRs bei der Umsetzung internationaler Arbeitsstandards | 2013 |
| Sophie Rosenbohm | Aushandlungsprozesse der Beschäftigtenpartizipation in SE-Gesellschaften | 2013 |
| Frank Wissing | Mitarbeiter- und Patientenbefragungen als Partizipationsmythos | 2014 |
| Fabian Hoose | Arbeitsbeziehungen und Interessenregulierung in der Game-Industrie | 2014 |
| Christian Schramm | Wandlungsdynamiken transnationaler Familien unter Krisenbedingungen – Biographische Perspektiven auf Familienfigurationen zwischen Spanien und Ecuador | 2021 |
| Olympia Dumitru | Professional Remittances of Romanian Physicians: A Transnational Approach | 2022 |
| Mais Masadeh | The Institutionalization of Human Trafficking by the Islamic State: A Case Study of Enslaved Yezidi Women | 2023 |
| Paul-Fiete Kramer | Digitalisierung von Arbeit und Erwerbsregulierung: Crowdworking als Herausforderung für Mitbestimmung und Interessenvertretung | 2023 |
| Serife Erol | Die Rolle der Arbeitsorientierung bei der Erklärung der Weiterbildungs- und Lernverhaltens der Beschäftigten | 2024 |
| Melanie Wieschalla | Disentangling the triangle of organized violence, forced migration and development. Migrants` biographies in the Central and North American region | Ongoing |
| Rafael Bohlen | Institutional Resilience of Organized Violence – The Role of Forced Migration and Human Mobility as Favoring Factors. A Comparative Case Study of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) | Ongoing |