Horst Bossong

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Horst Bossong (born July 25, 1951 in Wuppertal ) is a German social scientist and university professor in Essen .

After studying social sciences and social work at the University of Bremen , Bossong received his doctorate there in 1985 . From 1983 to 1989 he was a lecturer at the University of Bremen. From 1989 to 1999 Bossong was drug commissioner for the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg . Between 1994 and 1999 he also acted as a representative of the German Federal Council in various bodies of the European Commission .

In 1993 he received the HB Spear Award for Achievement in the Field of Control and Enforcement in Washington DC for his drug policy engagement by the US Drug Policy Foundation.

From 1999 to 2020 he was a professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen . From 2004 until his retirement he headed the educational science faculty for 15 years as dean. For several years he also worked as a guest lecturer at the sociological faculty of the Lobachevsky State University in Nizhny Novgorod ( Russia ), where he supported the establishment of a social work course. His teaching and research areas are: administrative sciences with a focus on social administration as well as drug and drug aid policy.

Bossong was one of the best-known contenders for accepting drug aid in the 1980s and turned to social management issues and social administration reform in the 1990s . His reform proposals for the financing of social services and institutions were groundbreaking at the end of the 1990s, with which he advocated more transparency as well as strict performance and effectiveness controls in the allocation of public funds. He is a member of the Schildower Kreis , an expert network that argues against drug prohibition .

Bossong is the father of the Berlin based writer Nora Bossong .

Fonts (selection)

  • Guide to drug therapy (1997 - edited jointly with Heino Stöver and J. Gölz).
  • The end of the cartel agreements. Transparent allocation of public funds for social projects. In: Public Administration. Journal of Public Law and Administrative Science. 54th year, volume 3 (2001).
  • Integration and needs-based justice. Inventory analysis and requirement profile for a target-oriented help system for deprived drug and alcohol addicts in Essen (2002).
  • The scene and the city. Inner-city fringe group scenes as a municipal task. An Administrative Research Study (2003).
  • Social administration. A basic course for social professions. Second edition (2010).
  • Well-being, state mandate and professional self-interest. A criticism of current disciplinary standards in social work. In: New Practice. Journal for social work, social education and social policy. Volume 41, issue 6 (2011).

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SURNAME Bossong, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social scientist
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal