Andreas Diekmann
Andreas Diekmann (born July 31, 1951 in Lübeck ) is a German sociologist .
Career
Andreas Diekmann grew up in Lübeck and graduated from high school there. He then studied sociology , psychology and economics at the University of Hamburg from 1970 , where he received his doctorate in 1979. He then worked in Austria at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna until 1984, before becoming an assistant at the University of Munich in 1984 . There he completed his habilitation in 1987.
Then Diekmann was scientific director at the Center for Surveys, Methods and Analyzes (today: GESIS ) in Mannheim , before he became professor for research methods and statistics at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim in 1989 . In 1990 he moved to Switzerland to the University of Bern , where he was professor for empirical sociology and statistics until 2003. Diekmann has been Professor of Sociology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich since 2003.
His fields of work include the methodology of empirical social research , game theory and environmental sociology , in which he also wrote textbooks.
Diekmann has been a member of the Leopoldina since 2001 . He has been a member of the scientific advisory board of the Hans Albert Institute since 2020.
Works (selection)
- Empirical Social Research. Basics, methods, applications. In: Rowohlt's Encyclopedia. Volume 551, [original edition], Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-55551-4 (current 20th edition: completely revised and expanded new edition as Rowohlt paperback 55678, 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-55678- 4 ).
- with Peter Preisendörfer : Environmental Sociology. An introduction. In: Rowohlt's Encyclopedia. Volume 595, rororo 55595, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-499-55595-6 (previously with Carlo C. Jaeger : Umweltsoziologie. Westdeutscher Verlag , Opladen 1996, ISBN 3-531-12688-1 ).
- Game theory: introduction, examples, experiments. In: Rowohlt's Encyclopedia, ISBN 978-3-499-55701-9 , Reinbek near Hamburg 2009
Web links
- Literature by and about Andreas Diekmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Personal homepage at ETH Zurich with a detailed list of publications and curriculum vitae
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Andreas Diekmann (with CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 4, 2016.
- ^ Hans-Albert-Institut welcomes Andreas Diekmann - Hans-Albert-Institut. Accessed April 13, 2020 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diekmann, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |