Herbert Gottweis
Herbert Gottweis (born February 8, 1958 in Vienna ; † March 31, 2014 there ) was an Austrian political scientist .
Life
Herbert Gottweis completed a degree in political science at the University of Vienna and the University of Rochester . In 1984 he received his doctorate in political science in Vienna. He was a research assistant and lecturer at the University of Salzburg , where he completed his habilitation in 1997. In 1998 he was offered a professorship at the University of Vienna. He was visiting scholar and professor at Harvard University (Erwin Schrödinger Fellow), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellow), Cornell University , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Griffith University in Brisbane (Australia).
He was committed to the interdisciplinary research platform Life Science Governance of the University of Vienna and worked with the former Center for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society (BIOS) of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) .
The focus of teaching and research was on the effects of genetic engineering and biotechnology on society and politics, policy research, comparative political science as well as EU and transnational politics. Gottweis was Vice President of the Austrian Science Fund FWF from 2005 to 2013 .
He was married and had three children. Gottweis was buried at the Hernals cemetery .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The BIOS has been part of the Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine at King's College London since 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | God wise, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 2014 |
| Place of death | Vienna |