Walter Lorenz (social scientist)
Walter August Lorenz (born May 15, 1947 in Stuttgart ) is a German social scientist .
Lorenz studied at the universities of Tübingen , Erlangen and Zurich theology and put 1971 in Tübingen the state exam from. After a year at the University of Cambridge financed by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and a commitment as a social worker in London , he completed studies at the London School of Economics and the University of London from 1974 to 1976 , which he obtained with a Master of Science in Social work and a corresponding professional certificate. After two more years as a social worker in the British capital, Lorenz went to Ireland . From 1978 to 2001 he taught social sciences at University College Cork , from 1995 as a professor . In 2001 he moved to the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Free University of Bozen in South Tyrol , where he held a professorship for applied social sciences until 2017. In 2005 Lorenz obtained his doctorate at the Technical University of Dresden with the dissertation Towards a European paradigm of social work: studies in the history of modes of social work and social policy in Europe . From 2008 to 2016 he was Rector of the Free University of Bolzano. In 2014 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ghent University and in 2015 from Aalborg University .
Web links
- Curriculum vitae: Walter A. Lorenz (PDF file)
- Honoris Causa for Rector Prof. Walter Lorenz , suedtirolnews.it, April 18, 2015
- "South Tyrol is not a special case" - Interview with Prof. Walter Lorenz , salto.bz , October 19, 2017
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lorenz, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lorenz, Walter August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |