| 07/2011 – 3/2012 |
Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Bad Homburg |
| 10/2002 - present |
Head, Department “Theory and Constitution of the Welfare State”, Centre for Social Policy Research (CeS), University of Bremen |
| 2003 - present |
Member of the German Research Council’s (DFG) Collaborative Research Center 597 „Transformations of the State“, Head of the Research Project “Transformation of Democratic Legitimation via Internationalization and Deparlamentarization” |
| 01/2007 - 03/2007 |
MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University, New Haven CT |
| 10/2006 - 12/2006 |
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Cologne |
| 2003 - 2006 |
Director, Institute for Political Science, University of Bremen |
| 10/2002 - present |
Full Professor of Political Science, University of Bremen |
| 10/2000 - 9/2002 |
Full Professor of Political Science, University of Essen |
| 4/2000 - 9/2000 |
Professor of Social Policy, University of Konstanz (temporary replacement for Professor Jens Alber) |
| 11/1997 - 3/2000 |
Head of the Research Project „University Development“, University of Hamburg, funded by the Volkswagen-Foundation |
| 1998 |
German “Habilitation”, Political Science, University of Hamburg:
“Political Theory of the Welfare State“ |
| 4/1991 - 9/1997 |
Assistant Professor, Institute for Political Science, University of Hamburg |
| 1990 |
PhD, University of Hamburg („From Max Weber to a Political Science of Knowledge“) |
| 1985 - 1988 |
Lehrbeauftragter im Fach Politische Wissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg |
| 9/1987 - 4/1991 |
Research Fellow, Institute for Political Science, University of Hannover |
| 9/1985 - 3/1988 |
Lecturer, University of Hamburg |
| 6/1986 - 12/1986 |
Research Fellow, Interdisciplinary Centre for Didactics of Higher Education, University of Hamburg |
| 6/1981 - 5/1985 |
Research Fellow, Institute for Public Finance, University of Hamburg; Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Hamburg |
| 1/1981 - 5/1981 |
Research Fellow, Hamburg |
| 1980 |
Diploma in Political Science, University of Hamburg |
