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Curriculum Vitae
Apl. Prof.Dr. habil. Gert-Rüdiger Wegmarshaus
Work Address:
Europa-Universität Viadrina
Grosse Scharrnstrasse 59
15230 Frankfurt(Oder)
Desk Phone+49-(0)335 – 55 34 - 2257
Office+49-(0)335 – 55 34 - 2694
E-mail:
EDUCATION
Habilitation
Political Science, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) July 1999.
Habilitation Thesis: The Complementary Relationship between Civil Society and Democratic State: Public Discourse on Soviet Nuclear Power. (Thesis in German).
Dissertation
Philosophy / Science Theory, Academy of Sciences, Berlin, September 1987.
Ph.D. Thesis: Operationalism and Virus Research. (Thesis in German).
University-Diploma
State University Leningrad (St. Petersburg) July 1978.
Major: Philosophy; State Exam in Philosophy, State Exam in Russian Language.
Diploma-Thesis: Problems of Theory and History of Science in Thomas S. Kuhn’s „Structure of Scientific Revolutions“ (Thesis in Russian).
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2008 – 2010Professor -“Lehrstuhlvertretung“ – Acting Chair: Political Science: Comparative
Analysis of political systems, movements and cultures“- Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, European-University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).
2006 – 2008Director, EuroCollege, University of Tartu, Estonia
Professor (Extra-Ordinarius) of Political Science - Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, European-University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).
2004 – 2005Private-Docent (Associate Professor)of Political Science - Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, European-University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).
Senior Lecturer – Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University Potsdam.
2001 – 2003Private-Docent(Associate Professor)- Head of the Research Project: “Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Societies: Social and cultural patterns of formation, self-identification and behavior of social groups. (Research Grant - German Federal “Hochschulsonderprogramm N/ Artikel 3: Innovative Forschungsstrukturen in den neuen Ländern und Berlin”)Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and Universität Potsdam.
Research Project: „Democratic Attitudes of Teacher Students in Germany and in Poland“.
2000:Private-Docent(Associate Professor)- Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences. European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). Research Project: Structures and Functions of Political Institutions in the Russian Federation, Poland, in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and in Estonia.
Dec.1999:Inaugural Lecture as Private-Docent(Associate Professor)
July 1999:Habilitationin Political Science at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences.
European-University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).
1997-1999:Research Fellow at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences.
1993-1996:Researcher & Lecturer - Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences.
European-University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).
1992 – 1993:Researcher - German Federal Program “Wissenschaftler-Integrations-Programm“ (WIP).
Sept.-Dec.92:Research Fellow. THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND at the AICGS at the Johns-Hopkins-University, Washington D.C. Research at the University of California, Irvine.
July 1992:Fellowat the US-Summer Research Lab in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana / Champaign.
1990 - 1991:Managing Directorof the Institute for Theory, History and Organization of Science.
Sept. 1987:Ph.D.in Philosophy and Theory of Science at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin
1978 - 1989:Researcherat the Institute for Theory, History, and Organization of Science at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin.
LANGUAGES
German (native), Russian (near native), English (excellent written & oral expression), Estonian and Polish
(Basic proficiency), Czech, Slovak (reading skills).
PC-SKILLS
Apple-Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, Internet-Proficiency
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Member of the Council of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, European-University Viadrina 1994-96.
MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIA AND STEERING BOARDS
Member, Academic Board, „Nordeuropaforum“, Berlin
Board Member „Central European Pragmatist Forum“, Bratislava / New York
Member, Editorial Board, “Acta Humanitarica”, Universitatis Saulensis, Shiauliai, Lithuania
Member, Editorial Board “Human Affairs”, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde (DGO)
GRANTS RECEIVED
2001-2003“Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Societies: Social and cultural patterns of formation, self-identification and behavior of social groups.” (Research Grant of the German Federal “Hochschulsonderprogramm N / Artikel 3: Innovative Forschungsstrukturen in den neuen Ländern und Berlin”)
2000:Grantee of the Federal University Program (HSP-III) Research Project: „Struktur und Funktion demokratischer Institutionen in post-kommunistischen Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas“.
1997-1999:Grantee of the Federal University Program (HSP-III) Research and „Habilitation“
1993-1996:Grantee of the „Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft“ Research Project: „Der Kernkraftdiskurs in der ehemaligen Sowjetunion sowie im heutigen Russland und der Ukraine“.
1992:Fellowship at the „Summer Research Lab in Russian and East European Studies“ University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. Fellowship of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY GERMAN STUDIES at the Johns-Hopkins-University.
Research Fellow at the University of California, Irvine.
1982:Research Grant. Research Fellow at the Institute for the History of Science and
Technology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Moscow.
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