Sascha Münnich
Vita
Professional Experience | |
| Since June 2010 | Senior Researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies.
Research Topic: The Sociology of Profit |
| April 2009 - May 2010 | Post-Doctoral Student at the Max-Planck-Institute for Study of Societies (Research Group on the Sociology of Markets) |
| October 2005 - March 2009 | Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 1998-2005 | Studied sociology and economy at the University of Goettingen |
| 1990-1997 | School in Braunschweig, Abitur at the Hoffmann-von-Fallersleben School |
Academic Education and Degree | |
| July 2009 | Granted the Doctor Title (dr. pol rer.) by the University of Cologne (Summa cum laude)
Title of the Dissertation: "The Discovery of Unemployment Insurance. Ideas, Interests and the Emergence of Welfare State Institutions." (Written in German) |
| June 2005 | Diploma in Social Sciences (Final Grade: 1,3) |
Activities | |
| Since September 2009 | Co-Chair of the Working Group "Comparative Welfare State Research" of the German Political Science Association / Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW) |
| April 2009 - June 2011 | Co-Editor of the European Economic Sociology Newsletter (EESN) ( econsoc.mpifg.de ) |
Grants and Scholarships | |
| June 2010 | Awarded the Otto-Hahn-Medal of the Max-Planck-Society for an excellent dissertation |
| January 2007 -July 2007 | Visiting Fellow at the Department of Sociology of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University |
| 2006 | Wolfgang Enke Prize of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Göttingen for the best thesis on social policy. Awarded for the diploma thesis "Die Krise des Wohlfahrtsstaates: Anatomie einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Debatte" (analyzing the social policy debate on the crisis of the welfare state) |
| 1998 - 2004 | Student Fellowship by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) |