Curriculum Vitae

Biographical summary

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).

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Training and academic career

Education

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

Research and teaching

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

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International cooperation / scientific board activities / reviewing

Memberships

Founding member of editorial board Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios del Trabajo 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 Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) (member of its Council since 2012)

Member of German Industrial Relations Association (GIRA)

Member of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and member of its Executive Committee and Chair of its Publication Committee 2019-2021

Associate Editor of the journal Global Networks

Referee Activities for Scientific Foundations and Institutions

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

Referee Activities for Scientific Journals

American Journal of Sociology/Chicago

Arbeit, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsforschung, Arbeitsgestaltung und Arbeitspolitik

AREA/Royal Geographic Society

Berliner Journal für Soziologie/Berlin

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

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

PhD Thesis