Beate Krais

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Beate Krais (born January 4, 1944 in Leipzig ) is a German sociologist .

Life

After graduating from high school (1963) in Biberach an der Riss , Krais studied sociology with minor subjects in psychology , political science and educational science at the University of Tübingen and at the Free University of Berlin . In 1970 she presented at the Free University Berlin, the diploma - exam from, the same place doctorate it in 1977 and habilitated in 1993 ( Venia legendi for Sociology).

After a substitute professorship at the University of Göttingen , Krais was Professor of Sociology at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 1995 to 2009 . From 1998 to 2004 she was the spokesperson for the priority program Profession, Organization, Gender: For the reproduction and change of gender relations in processes of social change. In 2009 she was retired. As a retired member, she has been a member of the University Council of the Technical University of Dresden since 2010 .

Her main areas of work are: educational sociology , university and science research, educated middle class / academics / intellectuals in society, sociology of gender relations, sociological theory (especially on Pierre Bourdieu ).

Fonts (selection)

  • Work as a way of life? Professional success, private life and equal opportunities in academic professional fields (Ed. With Haffner, Yvonne), Campus: Frankfurt / New York, 2008.
  • Working world in motion. Equal opportunities in technical and scientific professions as a stimulus for companies, Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Ed. With Haffner, Yvonne / Könekamp, ​​Bärbel): Berlin 2006.
  • The cultural capital and the power of class structures. Social structural shifts and change processes of the habitus (Ed. With Steffani Engler) Weinheim 2004: Juventa.
  • Scientific culture and gender studies. On the Hidden Mechanisms of Male Dominance in the Academic World (Ed.). Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2000.
  • At the top. From elites and ruling classes (ed.), Konstanz: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, 2001.
  • An everyday game: Gender construction in social practice (Ed. M. Döllig, Irene), Frankfurt a. M .: Suhrkamp 1997.

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SURNAME Krais, Beate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig