Rolf Ziegler (sociologist)
Rolf Ziegler (born July 22, 1936 in Stuttgart ) is a German sociologist .
Life
After studying economics and sociology at the Technical University of Stuttgart and at the University of Cologne (where 1960 graduate economist ) doctorate Ziegler in Cologne in 1967 to Dr. rer. pole. and completed his habilitation there in 1971. In the same year he was appointed Scientific Counselor and Professor there and then accepted a professorship in Kiel . In 1975 he was appointed to the University of Vienna , two years later to the University of Munich .
In 1999 he was retired there ; in the same year he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Fields of work
Ziegler orientates himself on critical rationalism , places an emphasis on the application of mathematical procedures and on the modeling of social systems and emerged as an organizational and military sociologist .
Memberships
- German Society for Sociology (its treasurer for many years)
- American Sociological Association
literature
- Albin Hänseroth: Ziegler, Rolf . In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf , Horst Knospe (ed.). Internationales Soziologenlexikon, Vol. 2: Articles about living sociologists or those who died after 1969 . 2nd edition Enke, Stuttgart 1984, pp. 954 f. ISBN 3-432-90702-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Rolf Ziegler in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ziegler, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |