Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert
Vita
Jens Beckert, born July 21, 1967 in Frankfurt/M., married.
Education and Professional History | |
| since March 2005 | Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2003-2005 | Professor of Sociology,
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| 2003 | Habilitation
Venia Legendi in Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin; "Unearned Wealth. A Comparative Sociology of Inheritance Law" |
| 2002-2003 | Associate Professor of Sociology,
International University Bremen |
| 2001-2002 | John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow, Harvard University, Center for European Studies, Cambridge MA |
| 1999-2001 | Research Fellow (Habilitationsstipendiat) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1996 | Dr. phil. in Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin; "Cooperation, Uncertainty, Innovation. Action-theoretic Preconditions for the Explanation of Economic Efficiency" |
| 1994-1995 | Visiting Research Fellow, Princeton University, Department of Sociology, Princeton NJ |
| 1993-1999 | Junior Faculty Member (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin |
| since 2005 | Professor of Sociology, Cologne University |
| 1993 | Master of Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.), Freie Universität Berlin, Concentration: Organization Theory, Strategic Business Planning, Labor Economics |
| 1991 | M.A. in Sociology, New School for Social Research, New York, Concentration: Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Theory |
Selected Honors | |
| July 2008 | 1st Prize of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for articles in the social sciences of the year 2007: Beckert, Jens/Mark Lutter: Wer spielt, hat schon verloren? Zur Erklärung des Nachfrageverhaltens auf dem Lottomarkt. In: KZfSS 59, 240-270 |
| Oct. 07 - Jan. 08 | Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute, Florence/Italy |
| April 2007 | Luigi Einaudi Chair, Cornell University, New York |
| 2005 | Best Law Book of the Year: Jens Beckert "Unverdientes Vermögen". Frankfurt: Campus 2004
- Neue Juristische Wochenschrift 46/2005 - |
| 2005 | Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Science - donated by the Commerzbank Stiftung - |
| 2000-2005 | Appointed Member of the "Junge Akademie" at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Science |
| 1987 | Fellow of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Scholarship Foundation) |
Professional Activities | |
| Current Boards / Memberships | Chair of DGS Economic Sociology Section’s Executive Board
http://wirtsoz-dgs.mpifg.de Chair and Member of Faculty of The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) http://imprs.mpifg.de/index.asp Executive Council, Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics Member of the Executive Board, Society for Comparative Research Member of the Board of Trustees (Kuratorium) of the German Students Award (Deutscher Studienpreis), Körber-Stiftung Member of the Board of Trustees (Kuratorium) of the Sociological Research Institute (Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut: SOFI), University of Göttingen Arbeitskreis moderne Sozialgeschichte American Sociological Association Section Economic Sociology European Sociological Association |
Editorships | |
| since 2007 | Reihe Theorie und Gesellschaft (Campus Verlag), Co-editor |
| since 2006 | Socio-Economic Review, Editor |
| since 2006 | European Studies Forum, Editorial Board |
| since 2006 | Geschichte und Gesellschaft. Zeitschrift für Historische Sozialwissenschaft, Editorial Board |
| since 2006 | Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Advisory Board |
| since 1999 | Economic Sociology - European Electronic Newsletter, Editorial Board |