Doctoral Position in Sociology The Faculty for Social Sciences (FB03) at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Department of Sociology, in the Team of Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D., Professor for Sociology with the Specialty in the Sociology of Work, invites applications for a half-position (50%) as a doctoral candidate in Sociology for three years (German pay scale TV-H 13) …
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The uniqueness of the German academic system: my insider and outsider perspective, Part II
On January 9, 2013, I gave the keynote talk at the “Meet the Female Faculty” Event at the Ruhr-University of Bochum. The Equal Opportunities Office and the Internal Continuing Education Office at Bochum team up to offer a special program for women scientists to meet each other and talk about their careers. I’ll present the …
Food for Thought: or, “Eat a balanced intellectual diet.”
How much are food and work connected metaphorically? That’s the topic I’m working on this Sunday morning. My introductory sociology class, which meets for the first time this week, will hear from me on Tuesday that, just as a healthy food diet includes a variety of foods, a healthy university education includes a variety of …
Susanne Lindner talks to Colloquium about Careers outside Academia
Dipl. Soz. Susanne Lindner spoke in Heather Hofmeister’s Research Colloquium on January 26, 2012 to Sociology students at the Goethe University, Frankfurt, on “The Future of Market Research from the Viewpoint of a Sociologist in the Industry.” About 40 students attended and enjoyed a lively presentation and discussion about what market research is doing and …
Dissertation Workshop of the Frankfurt team
The Team of the Sociology of Work at Goethe University met for a dissertation workshop on January 25, 2012 in the Old Senate Chambers of the “Jügel” House to discuss current dissertation projects in the Frankfurt team and from associate and external team members and research colleagues. The full program included six dissertation presentations, beginning …
“Gender and Work” class visits the Do-It-Yourself Revolution, Museum of Communication
The Frankfurt Museum of Communication had a special exhibit called the Do-It-Yourself Revolution this winter, ending in February 2012. Our “Work and Gender” class attended one Tuesday afternoon in January to look at the exhibits with special attention to the gendered aspects of unpaid work. Students took special note of the various aspects and wrote …
Aachen Team comes to Frankfurt! Dissertation Workshop
On January 18, 2012, the team from RWTH Aachen joined the team from the Goethe-University Frankfurt for a dissertation workshop at the Old Senate Chambers of the Jügel-House and the AfE-Tower. Heather Hofmeister, Celina Proch, Lena Hünefeld, Nils Matzner, Michaela Jüttemann, Julia Hahmann, Nadine Witt attended. Three team members from Aachen presented their work and …
Team Research Vision Workshop, January 2012
On January 11, 2012, the team of the Sociology of Work at Goethe University met in Bad Homburg at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften to plan a vision for the coming years. We will be expanding our team and focusing our research on three research specialties. We’re also building up our national and international network of researchers and …
Stacey Merola, Ph.D. on non-academic careers
On November 24, Stacey Merola visited two of our courses, “The Work of Science” and the Masters Colloquium. Merola completed her Ph.D. in Sociology in 2002 at Cornell University and has spent the last decade building a career outside of academia in research settings. She joined us at the Goethe University in Frankfurt to explain …
Congratulations, Dr. Grötzbach!
On behalf of the entire team, I’d like to share how happy we are for Jochen Grötzbach and his successful defense of his dissertation on October 31, 2011. The title of his work is “Technology Transfer and Cultural Exchange as Instruments for reducing Socio-Ecological Conflicts in the Modernization Process” („Techniktransfer und kultureller Austausch als Mittel …
