Prof. emer. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Fritz W. Scharpf

Prof. emer. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Fritz W. Scharpf

Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Research Interests

  • Organization problems and decision processes in government
  • Multi-level governance in Germany
  • Political economy of inflation and unemployment in Western Europe
  • Federalism and European Integration
  • Applications of game theory
  • Comparative political economy of welfare states

Vita

Curriculum Vitae
2003 Retirement
1986–2003 Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), Cologne
2001 Visting Fellow at the Institut d'Études Politiques, Sciences Po Paris
1999 Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute Florence (EUI)
1995 Jean Monnet Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute Florence (EUI)
1987 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California
1984–1986 Research Professor at the International Institute of Management, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)
1973–1984 Director at the International Institute of Management, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)
1968 Professor of Political Science (Ordinarius), University of Constance
1966–1968 Habilitation Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG), University of Freiburg im Breisgau
1965 Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Law School
1964–1966 Assistant Professor of Law at Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
1964 Second State Exam in Law and Dissertation (Dr. iur.), University of Freiburg im Breisgau
1960–1961 Studies at Yale Law School, Master in Law (LL.M)
1959–1964 Legal Intership Service
1959 First State Examination in Law and Political Science, University of Freiburg im Breisgau
1955–1956 Fulbright Fellowship to study Political Science at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1954–1959 Study of Law and Political Science at the Universities of Tübingen and Freiburg im Breisgau
Fulbright Fellowship to study Political Science at Yale University
Professional Activities and Public Service
2003–2004 Member of the Commission on the Reform of the Federal Order
2003 Member of the Board of Trustees of Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
2002 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2001 Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)
Member of the Steering Committee of the Robert Schuman Centre at European University Institute Florence (EUI)
1999 Honorary Member of the British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies
1998 Member of the International Advisory Board of the European Centre for Comparative Government and Public Policy, Berlin
Awards and Honors
2010 First Prize of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for Articles in the Social Sciences in 2009 for: Legitimität im europäischen Mehrebenensystem. In: Leviathan 37(2), 2009, 244–280.
2008 Honorary Doctorate of the European University Institute Florence (EUI)
2007 Science Prize of the Stifterverband, a joint initiative of German industries to promote science and higher education
Lifetime Contribution Award in EU Studies of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA)
2004 Bielefeld Science Award in Memory of Niklas Luhmann (jointly with Renate Mayntz)
Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2003 Honorary Doctorate of the Humboldt University Berlin
2002 Prize of the Schader Foundation, Darmstadt Lecture on the occasion of the award ceremony: Was man von einer europäischen Verfassung erwarten und nicht erwarten sollte
Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2001 Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)
2000 Skytteanska priset (Skytteanian Prize/Johan Skytte Prize), University of Uppsala, Sweden
1999 Honorary Member of the British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies
Scholarly Journals
Editorial Board European Law Journal
International Organization
Journal of European Public Policy
Advisory Board Themes in European Governance (Cambridge University Press)
Scientific Committee Rivista italiana di politiche pubbliche
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