curriculum vitae
Studies in history, geography, sociology, economics and education at the University of Hamburg,
1st state exam
Postgraduate at the University of East Anglia, School of Economic and Social Studies, Norwich, UK
Ph.D. University of Hamburg, Dept. of History
Teacher's training for "Gymnasium" (2nd state exam)
Habilitation, Department of Economics at the Free University of Berlin
Researcher at the Institut für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz
Consultant for management-training at RKW
Assistant professor, later senior researcher at the Dept. of Economics, Free University of Berlin
Director of the Institute of Economic, Technical and Cultural History of the University of Freiberg (Dept. of Economics)
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)
Professor at the University of Bergen, Dept. of History
Professor II at Norges Handelshøyskole in Bergen, Dept. of Economics
Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald (center of excellence)
Helmut Schmidt Universität der Bundeswehr, Hamburg
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Universität zu Köln
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