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 1953 in Füchtorf/Northrhine-Westfalia; secondary school (Abitur) at Staatliches Gymnasium Warendorf 1972; vocational training and work as tool machinery technician until 1980.
Studies and degree in Social Science 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 1990-1994 in Mexico; Pierre-Naville-Chair of Sociology Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana/Mexico 1994-1996; Senior Researcher, Research Professorship and Interim Professorships 1996-2001; 03/2001-09/2021: Chair of Sociology – Organisation, Migration, Participation at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Fields of expertise: Sociology of Work, Social Science of Organizations, Sociology of Migration and Refuge, Transnationalism and Globalisation Research, Life-Course Research and Biographical Analysis, International Comparison, Transnational Studies; Research and teaching in Germany, Spain, Mexico, Brazil 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 2014; Award of the Mexican Association of the Study of Work for Academic Trajectory 2017.
Publications: 21 monographies (8 co-authored); more than 100 articles in scientific journals, therefrom more than 70 double blind peer reviewed; 28 edited books, therefrom 11 in English and 5 in Spanish; more than 110 chapters in books; 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 Section Migration and Ethnic Minorities in the German Associations for Sociology; Member of the Directorate of the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict/Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Dean of the Department of Social Science (2006-2008); member of the Senate of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2004-2006); Commissioner of the Rectorate of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum for the Office of Cooperation RUB-IGM since 2001; Commissioner of the Rectorate of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum for the selection process for professorships (2008-2011); Speaker of the Organisation Committee of the 36th Congress of the German Sociological Association (2011-2012); Co-Editor of Soziologische Revue since 2009; member (2011-2015) and Deputy-Director (2012-2015) of the Expert Council of German Foundations for Migration and Integration. Chair Guillermo-y-Alejandro-de-Humboldt at El Colegio de México/Mexico City 2015-2017; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of its Publication Committee of the European Sociological Association 2019-2021.
| Period | Activity/status | Institution |
| 1980/04-1985/10 | Studies in Social Science | Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft/ Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 1995/12 | 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 |
| 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/Univ. 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/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 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
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
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
| 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 | Ongoing |
| Paul-Fiete Kramer | Digitalisierung von Arbeit und Erwerbsregulierung: Crowdworking als Herausforderung für Mitbestimmung und Interessenvertretung | Ongoing |
| Melanie Wieschalla | Disentangling the triangle of organized violence, forced migration and development. Migrants` biographies in the Central and North American region | Ongoing |
| Serife Erol | Die Rolle der Arbeitsorientierung bei der Erklärung der Weiterbildungs- und Lernverhaltens der Beschäftigten | 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 |