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 |
| since 2005 | Member of the Faculty of Economy and Social Sciences, Cologne University (Universität zu Köln) |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 2010 | Appointed member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
| 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-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities - donated by the Commerzbank Stiftung - |
| 2000-2005 | Appointed Member of the "Junge Akademie" at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
| 1987 | Fellow of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Scholarship Foundation) |
Professional Activities | |
| Current Boards / Memberships | Member 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 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 Economic Sociology Section Council Member |
Editorships | |
| since 2010 | European Journal of Sociology, Co-editor |
| since 2010 | Socio-Economic Review, Editorial Board |
| since 1999 | Economic Sociology - European Electronic Newsletter, Editorial Board |
| since 2006 | Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Advisory Board |
| since 2006 | Geschichte und Gesellschaft. Zeitschrift für Historische Sozialwissenschaft, Editorial Board |
| since 2007 | Reihe Theorie und Gesellschaft (Campus Verlag), Co-editor |