Personal Data
Ulrich Menzel
Academic Grade: Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil.
Date and Place of Birth: 21.7.1947, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Nationality: German
Marital Status: Married, 3 Children
Education
1982 Qualified to become a professor in Political Science (Privatdozent)
at the Department of Social Sciences, Frankfurt University
1981 Submitted "Habilitationsschrift" (second qualifying
thesis) entitled "Autocentric Development despite World Market
Integration"
1978 Received Doctorate "summa cum laude"
1977 Submitted Dissertation "The Chinese Development Model
in Theory and Practice", to the Department of Social Sciences,
Frankfurt University
1974 Passed State Examination for the Teaching Profession on the
Secondary Level in the Fields of Social Sciences and History
1971-73 Tutored in the Fields of Political Science and History
1969-73 Studied in the Fields of Political Science, History, Philosophy
and Political Economy at the Universities of Düsseldorf, Cologne,
and Frankfurt
1967-69 Military Service
1967 Secondary School Diploma with emphasis on the Classics, Humboldt-Gymnasium
(High School) in Düsseldorf
Professional Background
2004 - 2015 Managing Director of the Institute of Social Sciences, Technical
University of Braunschweig
2001-03 Vice-President of the Technical University of Braunschweig
1999-01 Member of Planning Commission of the Senate, Technical
University of Braunschweig
1997-99 Member of the Senate of the Technical
University of Braunschweig
1995-97 Dean of the Faculty for Humanities, Social- and Economic
Sciences, Technical University of Braunschweig
1993 - 2015 Full Professor (Chair) for International Relations and Comparative
Politics, Institute of Social Sciences, Technical University of
Braunschweig
1993 Consultant for the GTZ (German Society for Technical Cooperation)
in Indonesia (Six Universities Development and Rehabilitation Project)
1991-93 Substitute of a Chair for International Relations and Political
Systems in East Asia, University of Duisburg
1988-91 Substitute of a Chair for International Relations, University
of Frankfurt
1985-86 Visiting Fellow (post doc) at the University of Tokyo,
Faculty of Law
1978-82 Lecturer in Political Science at the Department of Social
Sciences, University of Frankfurt
1975-87 Fellow (Wiss. Mitarbeiter) of Prof. Dr. Dieter Senghaas
in 4 research projects: "Strategies Towards Overcoming Underdevelopment",
Historical Experiences in Avoiding Underdevelopment", NICs
in the Far East", Crisis of Hegemony and Probability of War"
1974-75 Secretary and Fellow of Prof. Dr. Dieter Senghaas' Study
Group "Multinational Corporations and the Third World"
Awards
1984 First prize from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the best
magazine essay in Social Sciences for the year 1983
Memberships
2010 Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft
1995 Braunschweigischer Hochschulbund
1993 German Association for Political Science,
Section Development Politics and Development Theory,
Section International Relations
1979 German Society for Sociology
Section Development Sociology
Honorary Posts
2000 Member of the Advisory Committee of the Journal "Peripherie.
Zeitschrift für Politik und Ökonomie in der Dritten Welt"
1988 Co-editor of "Journal für Entwicklungspolitik"
Research Fields
- Theory and History of the International System
- Hegemony in World History/World Society
- Development Theory, Development Politics and North-South-Relations
- International Political Economy
- Peace Research: Humanitarian Intervention, War and the Media,
Ethnic Conflicts
- Globalisation and Global Governance
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