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CV of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Menzel



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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