Norman Braun (sociologist)

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Norman Braun (born September 14, 1959 in Neustadt an der Waldnaab ; † July 9, 2013 in Munich ) was a German sociologist . Most recently, he was professor of sociology at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), where he held a concordat chair.

Life

From 1982 to 1988 Braun studied at the economics and social science faculty of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg with the academic degree Diplom-Sozialwirt . From 1988 to 1990 he completed a graduate degree in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago in the USA . In 1992 Braun received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology and the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. PhD . In 1999 he was at the Law and Economics Faculty of the University of Bern habilitation .

Since the 2002/2003 winter semester, Braun was dean of studies at the LMU Faculty of Social Sciences. His teaching and research activities include the methodology of the social sciences , economic sociology , educational sociology and organizational sociology . Together with Ulrich Beck and Armin Nassehi , he edited the sociological journal Soziale Welt .

Braun's research included the rational choice approach, the network approach , the deviance and the general empirical social research . He died on the night of July 8th to 9th, 2013 at the age of 53.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • Norman Braun and Thomas Voss : On the topicality of James Coleman. Introduction to his work. Wiesbaden, Springer VS 2013.
  • Norman Braun, Marc Keuschnigg and Tobias Wolbring: Economic Sociology I: Basics. Munich, Oldenbourg 2012.
  • Norman Braun and Thomas Gautschi : Rational Choice Theory. Weinheim / Basel, Beltz Juventa 2011.
  • Norman Braun: Rationality and the drug problem. Munich, Oldenbourg 2002.
  • Norman Braun: Socially Embedded Exchange. Frankfurt am Main u. a., Peter Lang 1998.

Editing

  • Norman Braun and Nicole Saam (Eds.): Handbook Modeling and Simulation in the Social Sciences. Wiesbaden, Springer VS 2014.
  • Norman Braun, Marc Keuschnigg and Tobias Wolbring (Eds.): 2012 Economic Sociology II: Applications. Munich, Oldenbourg 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary from the University of Munich
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personal data
SURNAME Braun, Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt an der Waldnaab
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2013
Place of death Munich