Karl Lenz (sociologist)

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Karl Lenz (born June 11, 1955 in Unterstrogn ) is a German sociologist . He has been a professor at the Technical University of Dresden since 1993 , where he was dean of the Faculty of Philosophy (2003–2006), Vice-Rector for Education (2006–2010) and University Planning (2010–2015).

Life

Between 1974 and 1980 Lenz studied sociology, social and economic history and psychology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . After completing his studies, he worked for a year as a research assistant at the Institute for Sociology at LMU Munich. Then Lenz moved to the Institute for Sociology at the University of Regensburg . There he initially worked as a research assistant (1981–1985) and after completing his doctorate (1985) as a research assistant (1985–1991).

Between 1990 and 1992 Lenz received various teaching positions at the universities of applied sciences in Landshut and Regensburg . In 1992 he completed his habilitation at the University of Regensburg, where he worked for a year as a private lecturer , before accepting a professorship for microsociology at the TU Dresden in 1993 . Lenz was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty there from 2003 to 2006 and Vice-Rector for Education from 2006 to 2010 . In the course of the appointment of a new Rectorate in August 2010, Lenz was elected Vice Rector for University Planning and held this office until 2015.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Everyday worlds of young people. An empirical study of adolescent action types , Frankfurt 1986.
  • The many faces of youth. Adolescent plot types in biographical portraits , Frankfurt 1988.
  • Teens today. Life situations, coping with life, life plans , Linz 1989.
  • Sociology of the two-person relationship . An introduction. 3. Edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-43348-2 . (first time 1998)

Editorships

  • Erving Goffman . A Second Generation Sociological Classic , ed. with Robert Hettlage , Stuttgart / Bern 1991.
  • Germany after the reunification. An interim balance , ed. with Robert Hettlage, Munich 1995.
  • Familys. An interdisciplinary introduction , ed. with Lothar Böhnisch , Weinheim 1997 (2nd edition 1999).
  • Women and men. On the gender typology of personal relationships , Weinheim / Munich 2003.
  • Handbook Personal Relationships , ed. with Frank Nestmann, Weinheim 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Lenz, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Subrogn