Ansgar Weymann

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Ansgar Weymann (born October 25, 1945 in Ahlen ) is a German sociologist who worked in the field of applied sociology in particular.

After graduating from high school in 1965 in Oldenburg , Weymann studied sociology, psychology and philosophy at the universities of Saarbrücken , Münster and Munich . In 1971 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He then worked as a research assistant or research assistant at the University of Bielefeld and a lecturer at the University of Münster. Since 1976 he has been a professor at the University of Bremen . Until his retirement in 2011, Weymann was director of the Institute for Empirical and Applied Sociology (EMPAS) there.

1982–1990 spokesman for the university research focus “Social Problems”; 1990–2002 Head of Collaborative Research Center 186 “Status Passages and Risk Situations in the Life Course” (DFG); 1992–1994 Spokesperson for the Research Training Group “Life Course and Social Policy” (DFG); 2001–2002 founding director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) at the University of Bremen (VW Foundation); since 2003 Collaborative Research Center 597 “Statehood in Transition” (DFG) and since 2007 Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BiGSSS; Excellence Initiative).

Appointments to the University of Bremen (1975), University of Utrecht, Netherlands (1978), University of Bamberg (1994); University of Lüneburg (1997). Visiting professorships: 1984/85 and 1987 Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Wassenaar (The Hague); 1990 Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pen .; 2000–2001 German and European Chair, Munk Center for International Studies and Department of Sociology, University of Toronto; 2005 Max Weber College, Erfurt; 2009 Science Center Berlin (WZB).

His work focuses on social theory and social theory , educational research , labor market and occupational sociology , resume and biography.

Fonts (selection)

  • Social Science and Marxism. Bertelsmann, Düsseldorf 1972, ISBN 3-571-9044-6 .
  • Everyday knowledge, interaction and social reality. (Bielefeld Sociologists Working Group). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1973, ISBN 3-499-21054-1 .
  • Learning and language: empirical investigation into the class specificity of learning success and verbal interaction. Schroedel, Hanover / Dortmund / Darmstadt / Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-507-39107-4 .
  • Handbook for the Sociology of Continuing Education. Luchterhand, Darmstadt / Neuwied 1980, ISBN 3-472-75117-7 .
  • Education and Employment (= special issue of the Social World, No. 5). O. Schwartz, Göttingen 1987, ISBN 3-509-01461-8 .
  • Room for maneuver. Studies on the individualization and institutionalization of life courses in modern times. Enke, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-432-97211-3 .
  • with R. Sackmann: The mechanization of everyday life. Generations and technical innovations. Campus, Frankfurt / New York 1994, ISBN 3-593-35177-3 .
  • with W. Heinz: Society and Biography. DSV, Weinheim 1996, ISBN 3-89271-691-9 .
  • Social Change: Theories on the Dynamics of Modern Society. Juventa-Verlag, Weinheim / Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7799-1462-X .
  • with R. Sackmann and M. Wingens: The generation of the turning point. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 2000, ISBN 3-531-13519-8 .
  • Individual - institution - society: adult socialization in the life course. VS, Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-531-14156-2 .
  • with Alexander Nagel and Bernd U. Schipper: Apocalypse. On the sociology and history of religious crisis rhetoric. Campus, Frankfurt / New York 2008, ISBN 978-3-593-38757-4 .
  • with Walter Heinz and Johannes Huinink: The Life Course Reader. Individuals and Societies across Time. Campus, Frankfurt / New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-593-38805-2 .
  • with Kerstin Martens , Alexander Nagel, Michael Windzio: Transformation of Education Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills / New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-24634-8 .
  • States, Markets and Education. The Rise and Limits of the Education State. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills / New York 2014, ISBN 978-1-137-32647-8 .
  • Educational state. Promotion - challenges - prospects. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016, ISBN 978-3-658-11716-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Subproject C4 Internationalization of Education Policy. (PDF) In: Collaborative Research Center 597 "Statehood in Transition". 2007, p. 633 , accessed on August 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Weymann, Ansgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Awls