Fred Scholz
Fred Scholz (born May 22, 1939 in Liegnitz ) is a German geographer and professor at the Center for Research on Developing Countries (ZELF) at the Institute for Geographical Sciences at the Free University of Berlin .
Live and act
Fred Scholz was born in Liegnitz, Silesia, and grew up in the Baden part of Baden-Württemberg . After studying at various universities, he passed the state examination at the University of Karlsruhe in 1965 and received his doctorate there in 1967. He switched to the University of Göttingen , where he completed his habilitation in 1973 and was appointed adjunct professor in 1975. Scholz taught at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg from 1976 to 1980 and was then appointed to the professorship for social geography and developing country research at the Free University of Berlin.
In 2010, Fred Scholz was made an honorary doctorate and honorary professor at the National University of Mongolia for his international commitment .
Theory of fragmentary development
According to Scholz, globalization makes a really comprehensive " catching up development " impossible for the mass of the people of the south, because it has a "fragmenting" effect.
bibliography
- as editor: Developing Countries. Contributions of geography to development research . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1985, ISBN 3-534-07818-7 .
- Geographical Development Research: Methods and Theories . Study books of geography . Berlin / Stuttgart: Borntraeger 2004, ISBN 3-443071384 review
- Development: Myth or realistic political goal , not catching up / catching up, but fragmenting development applies in the era of globalization! . Position paper for the workshop of the Advisory Board of the Development and Peace Foundation on 24./25. January 2003 in Bremen. (PDF file; 348 kB)
- Mauritius: Example of the impossibility of catching up development in the age of globalization , with Kirsten Koop . (PDF file; 716 kB)
- Muscat - Then and Now . Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-89930-424-4 .
swell
- ↑ Free University of Berlin on the award for Fred Scholz in Ulan Bator 2010
- ↑ The theory of 'fragmenting development' . In: Geographische Rundschau , Volume 54, No. 10, 2002, pages 6–11.
Web links
- Literature by and about Fred Scholz in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scholz, Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liegnitz |