Curriculum Vitae
Born 1943 in Waiblingen (near Stuttgart)
1964 -1970: Studied sociology, political science and political economy at the Free University Berlin
1970 - 1976: Research assistant at the Institute for Sociology, Free University Berlin
1976 - 1978: Professor of Urban and Administrative Sociology at the University (Gesamthochschule) of Kassel, Department of Architecture, Urban and Landscape Planning
1978 - 1993: Professor of Urban and Regional Sociology at the University of Bremen
1990 - 1993: Director of the academic institute “Work and Region”, cooperation between the University and Labour Chamber
1993 - 2008: Professor of Urban and Regional Sociology, Humboldt University, Berlin
† 31.10.2011 in Berlin