Prof Dr. Renate Mayntz
Vita
Born in Berlin in 1929
| 2011 | Verdienstorden des Landes NRW: Order of Merit of North-Rhine Westphalia |
| 2010 | Innovationspreis des Landes NRW: Award of the Ministery of Innovation, Science and Research of North-Rhine Westphalia for a researcher's lifework |
| 2010 | 25 Years Membership in the Max Planck Society |
| 2008 | Ernst Hellmut Vits-Preis: Award of the Society for the Advancement of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Munster (Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster e.V.) |
| 2006 | DGS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie) Lifetime Award for outstanding scientific performance |
| 2004 | Bielefeld Science Award, jointly received with Fritz W. Scharpf |
| 2002 | Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2002 | Honorary Doctorate of the European University Institute in Florence |
| 1999 | Prize of the German Schader Foundation |
| 1997 | Retirement |
| 1985 | Honorary Professorship, University of Cologne |
| 1985 | Founding Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 1979 | Honorary Doctorate, University of Paris X - Nanterre |
| 1977 | Honorary Doctorate, University of Uppsala |
| 1974 - 1980 | Member of the Senate of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) |
| 1973 - 1985 | Full Professor (Sociology), University of Cologne |
| 1971 - 1973 | Full Professor (Sociology of Organisation), Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften (School of Public Administration), Speyer |
| 1970 - 1973 | Member of the Governmental Commission for the Reform of Public Administration (Studienkommision für die Reform des öffentlichen Dienstrechts) |
| 1968 | Theodor Heuss Chair, New School for Social Research, New York |
| 1966 - 1970 | Member of the German Council for Educational Reform |
| 1965 | Visiting Professor at FLASCO (Facultad Latino-americana de Ciencias Sociales), Santiago de Chile |
| 1965 - 1971 | Full Professor (Sociology) at the Free University of Berlin |
| 1964 | Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh |
| 1960 - 1965 | Lecturer (Privatdozent, Diätendozentur), Free University of Berlin |
| 1959 - 1960 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New York |
| 1958 - 1959 | Fellowship of the Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1957 | Habilitation at the Free University of Berlin |
| 1953 - 1957 | UNESCO Institute of Social Research, Cologne |
| 1953 | Doctorate in sociology (Dr. phil.), Free University of Berlin |
| 1950 | B.A., Wellesley College (USA) |
| 1947 | Graduation (Abitur) in Berlin |