curriculum vitae

 

  • 1970-76


Studies in history, geography, sociology, economics and education at the University of Hamburg,

  • 1976


1st state exam

  • 1978-79


Postgraduate at the University of East Anglia, School of Economic and Social Studies, Norwich, UK

  • 1981


Ph.D. University of Hamburg, Dept. of History

  • 1982


Teacher's training for "Gymnasium" (2nd state exam)

  • 1992


Habilitation, Department of Economics at the Free University of Berlin

 

  • 1982-83


Researcher at the Institut für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz

  • 1983-84


Consultant for management-training at RKW

  • 1985-93


Assistant professor, later senior researcher at the Dept. of Economics, Free University of Berlin

  • 1994-95


Director of the Institute of Economic, Technical and Cultural History of the University of Freiberg (Dept. of Economics)

  • 1995-97


Professor at the Universities of Cologne (Dept. of Economics), Kiel (Dept. of Economics), Konstanz (Dept. of History) and Norges Handelshøyskole (The Norwegian School for Economics and Business Organisation, Dept. of Economics)

  • Since 1998


Professor at the University of Bergen, Dept. of History

  • 1998-2002


Professor II at Norges Handelshøyskole in Bergen, Dept. of Economics

  • Spring-term 2003


Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald (center of excellence)

  • 2005-06


Helmut Schmidt Universität der Bundeswehr, Hamburg

  • 2007


University of Missouri, St. Louis

  • 2008-09


Universität zu Köln

  • 2010


Visiting Prof. at Fondation Maison de Siences de l'Homme. Paris 

 

 

 

 

 

Memberships

 

  • AKKU (Arbeitskreis für kritische Unternehmensgeschichte)
  • Business History Conference (USA)
  • Business History Society of Japan
  • European Business History Association
  • Forskarforbund
  • Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte
  • Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte
  • ICOHTEC (International Committee for the History of Technology)
  • Institute for Business History Norsk Økonomisk Historisk Foreningen
  • Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History
  • Verein für Socialpolitik (Wirtschaftshistorischer Ausschuss)

 

 

Commissions of Trust

Advisory Board: Institute for Business History (2005)

Board of Editors: Enterprise and Society, The International Journal of Business History

Board of Editors: Historisk Tidskrift (Sweden) (1995-2010)

Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the French Economic History Review

Consultant and referee of several foundations, various publishing houses, professional organizations, and other institutions

Council-member: European Business History Association (2005-2011)

Editing Advisory Committee: Japanese Research in Business History

Editing committee (2004-2007): Scandinavian Economic History Review

President: European Business History Association (2011-2013)

Président du Comité Scientifique: Revue Française d’Histiore Économique

Secretary & treasurer (2005-2007): European Business History Association

Wissenschaftlicher Beirat: Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte