Georg Vobruba

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Georg Vobruba (born June 26, 1948 in Vienna ) is an Austrian sociologist and professor emeritus at the University of Leipzig . The main areas of work of Vobruba are sociology of social policy , sociology of Europe and social theory .

Life

Georg Vobruba's father August Rudolf Vobruba was a senior employee of the Creditanstalt-Bankverein in Vienna, his mother (Olga, née Kulka) a psychologist from the school of Karl and Charlotte Bühler . Georg attended the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna, studied law in Vienna (doctorate to Dr. jur., 1971), then in Freiburg i. Br. Economics (Dipl.-Vw. 1975) and sociology.

From 1978 to 1985 Georg Vobruba worked in various areas for Austrian television (ORF). From 1985 to 1991 he worked at the Berlin Science Center for Social Research (WZB) and at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research , occasionally holding a chair in sociology at the University of Kiel and a professorship at the University of Oldenburg . He has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Leipzig since 1992, and has retired since 2013.

Offices

Georg Vobruba was dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Leipzig (1996–2002), a member of the Senate of the University of Leipzig (2010–2013), a member of the Executive Committee of the European Sociological Association (2011–2013) and a member of the board of the German Society for Sociology (2003–2005 and 2007–2017). He is co-editor of the series New Library of Social Sciences at VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (since 2008) , co-editor of the series Interventionen at Verlag Beltz-Juventa (since 2012) and (co-) editor of several journals, including the Journal of European Social Policy ( 1991–2007), the Zeitschrift für Sozialreform (1990–2010), the Czech Sociological Review (1997–2009), the Sociology (2003–2017), the European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology (since 2014) and Scientific Advisory Board of Studentisches Sociology magazine (since 2009).

Visiting professorships and research stays include: New York University (Remarque Institute), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Centro de Estudos Sociologia - CESNOVA), University of Vienna (Institute of Sociology), Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest (TáTK).

research

At the beginning of Vobruba's sociological research there were problems of state theory . This resulted in numerous studies on problems of social policy, the welfare state and the labor market , first in a national, then in a European context, and finally in connection with the discussion of transnationalization and globalization . The contributions to the structural change in the labor market, the end of full employment and the problems and prospects of a guaranteed basic income are among his most publicly perceived writings.

Another focus of Vobruba's work is the sociology of political and social spaces, efforts to develop a sociology of Europe, a border sociology and thus the sociologization of questions of politics, especially international politics. Georg Vobruba is an expert on problems of European integration, the enlargement of the European Union and the European neighborhood policy .

The third, socio-theoretical focus of his research is devoted to the link between action theory and political sociology . Based on legitimation problems and crisis research , the perspective expanded to include the relationship between social-institutional integration and the obstinacy of individual action, as well as the institutional conditions of individual gains in autonomy. Georg Vobruba sees in this approach the continuation of critical theory as a political sociology of social criticism.

Fonts (selection)

  • Politics with the welfare state . (= Suhrkamp, ​​Diary 1181). Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-518-11181-7 .
  • as editor: We are all in the same boat. Community rhetoric in crisis . Campus, Frankfurt am Main / New York 1983, ISBN 3-593-33277-9 .
  • with Emmerich Tálos (Hrsg.): Perspektiven der Arbeitszeitpolitik . Publishing house for social criticism , Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-900351-26-0 .
  • with Michael Opielka (ed.): The guaranteed basic income. Development and perspectives of a claim . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-596-24109-X .
  • Work and eat. Politics at the borders of the labor market . Passagen, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-900767-33-5 .
  • as publisher: structural change in social policy. Wage labor-centered social policy and basic social security . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-518-11569-3 .
  • Beyond the social issues. Modernization and transformation of social systems . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-518-11699-1 .
  • Community without morals. Theory and empiricism of moral-free community constructions . Passagen, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-85165-112-X .
  • Puzzling Manhattan. In: Buccaneers. H. 74, 1997, pp. 3-20.
  • Gains in autonomy. Welfare state dynamics , moral freedom, transnationalism . Passagen, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85165-261-4 .
  • Alternatives to full employment. The transformation of work and income . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-518-12167-7 .
  • Integration + expansion. Europe in the globalization dilemma . Passagen, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85165-469-2 .
  • with Nikolaos Psarros and Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer (eds.): The development of social reality. Controversy with the historical-genetic theory of society . Velbrück, Weilerswist 2003, ISBN 3-934730-64-7 .
  • with Ronald Gebauer and Hanna Petschauer: Who is caught in the poverty trap? Self-assertion between social welfare and the labor market . Edition Sigma, Berlin 2002, (2nd edition 2003) ISBN 3-89404-971-5 .
  • The dynamic of Europe , publishing house for social sciences, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-531-15463-X .
  • with Monika Eigmüller (Ed.): Grenzsoziologie. The political structuring of space . Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, (2nd edition 2016) ISBN 3-531-14606-8 .
  • Decoupling of work and income. The basic income in the working society . Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, (3rd, extended edition 2019) ISBN 3-531-14934-2 .
  • with Maurizio Bach and Christian Lahusen (eds.): Europe in Motion. Social Dynamics and Political Institutions in an Enlarging Europe . Sigma, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89404-536-1 .
  • The society of the people. Criticism and shaping of social conditions . Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2009, (2nd, extended edition 2019) ISBN 978-3-531-16289-8 .
  • with Sylke Nissen (ed.): The economy of society . Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-531-15783-2 .
  • No balance. The economy in crisis . Beltz-Juventa, Weinheim / Basel 2012, ISBN 978-3-7799-2847-8 .
  • The post-national space. Transformation of sovereignty and borders in Europe . Beltz-Juventa, Weinheim / Basel 2012, ISBN 978-3-7799-2847-8 .
  • with Jenny Preunkert (Ed.): Crisis and Integration. Society formation in the euro crisis . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-09230-6 .
  • with Luis Baptista and Jenny Preunkert (eds.): Aftermath. Political and Urban Consequences of the Euro Crisis . Edicoes Colibri, Lisboa 2015, ISBN 978-989-689-497-9 .
  • Crisis discourse. The near future of Europe, Beltz Juventa, Weinheim / Basel 2017, ISBN 978-3-7799-3621-3 .
  • People's criticism. Simply thinking against better knowledge. Beltz Juventa, Weinheim / Basel 2019, ISBN 978-3-7799-6037-9 .
  • Critique between Practice and Theory, Beltz Juventa, Weinheim / Basel 2020, ISBN 978-3-7799-6272-4 .

literature

  • Monika Eigmüller, Steffen Mau (ed.): Social theory and European politics. Social science approaches to European research. (= New Library of Social Sciences ). VS, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-16280-5 . (Festschrift for the 60th birthday)
  • Thilo Fehmel, Karin Lange, Sylke Nissen (eds.): Dear colleagues . Editorials by and discussions with Georg Vobruba. Published on behalf of the DGS board. (= Sociology. Vol. 42nd special volume). Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-593-50000-3 .
  • Thilo Fehmel, Stephan Lessenich, Jenny Preunkert (eds.): System pressure and actor knowledge. Theory and empirical evidence of autonomy gains. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-593-50195-6 . (Festschrift for the 65th birthday)

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personal data
SURNAME Vobruba, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria