Josef Schmid (sociologist)

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Josef Schmid (born August 12, 1937 in Linz , Austria ; † April 8, 2018 ) was an Austrian sociologist . He had the first German Institute for Population Studies at the University of Bamberg held.

Life

Schmid studied business and economics at the Universities of Munich and Innsbruck as well as sociology, philosophy and psychology at the University of Munich. In 1974 he received his doctorate with a dissertation in cultural sociology; In 1980 he completed his habilitation at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Munich with the text “Population and Social Development”, which is still considered a standard work today. From 1980 until his retirement in 2003 he was full professor for population science at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg. From 1981 to 2007 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Institute for Population Research and a member of the Enquête Commissions on Demographic Change.

The main focus of teaching and research was population analysis of the industrialized world and developing countries, the world population and its geopolitical relevance, as well as cultural evolution and system ecology. Schmid has published numerous writings, including some influential scientific works such as "Introduction to Population Sociology". “Population - Environment - Development. A Human Ecological Perspective ”and“ Population Science in Progress - The Spiritual Foundations of German Population Sociology ”.

Memberships

  • German Society for Demography (DGD)
  • International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
  • European Association for Population Studies (EAPS)
  • Honorary member and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Society for Human Ecology (DGH)
  • Study Society for SME Issues eV
  • Nietzsche Society , Naumburg an der Saale

Fonts

  • Introduction to Population Sociology, 1976 together with B. Schattat, H. Bauer
  • Population and social development , 1980/84
  • Population in the development process of Latin America , 1991
  • The Lost Balance - A Contemporary Cultural Ecology , 1992
  • Population - Environment - Development. A human ecological perspective , 1994
  • Social prognosis - the burdens of the next generation 2000 together with A. Heigl, R. Mai
  • Population science in the making - The spiritual foundations of German population sociology , 2007 together with P. Henssler

Festschrift

  • Festschrift for the 70th birthday: "Demographie", magazine for population science (vol. 32, 3–4 / 2007)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Josef Schmid on trauer.sueddeutsche.de from April 14, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Obituary “We mourn Prof. Dr. Josef Schmid ” , Federal Institute for Population Research from April 24, 2018
  3. ↑ Festschrift Prof. Dr. Josef Schmid , Journal for Population Science 2007
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz , Austria
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2018