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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DATA Name: Address: Nico Stehr Karl Mannheim Professor for Cultural Studies Zeppelin University Am Seemooser Horn 20 D Friedrichshafen I Lake Constance Germany Telephone office (+) Fax Office (+) Tel priv Fax priv nico.stehr@t-online.de EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1962 Abitur: Pestalozzischule II, Bremerhaven, Germany Universität zu Köln: Economics, Sociology, Law, Social Policy, Fiscal Theory and Policy 1967 Diplom-Volkswirt (sozialwissenschaftlicher Richtung) Universität zu Köln (Gesamtnote: Sehr gut) 1967 University of Oregon, USA: Graduate Study in Sociology 1970 Ph.D. (Sociology): University of Oregon CURRENT POSITION Karl Mannheim Professor for Cultural Studies, Zeppelin University, Germany TEACHING EXPERIENCE Paul F. Lazarsfeld Professor, Human- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien, Austria 2001 Alcatel Professor, TH Darmstadt, Germany

2 Visiting Professorships: Universität Wien, Universität Zürich, Universität Konstanz, Universität Augsburg, Universität Duisburg Eric-Voegelin-Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta, Canada Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, The University of Alberta Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon AWARDS Alcatel-Lucent Fellow, Internationales Zentrum fur Kultur- und Technikforschung, Universität Stuttgart Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Zeppelin University Fellow, European Academy of Sciences and Arts 2005 Research Price of the Jubileumsfond of the Swedish National Bank Visiting Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Social Science Center) Rockefeller Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Italy Paul-Lazarsfeld-Professor, Universität Wien, Austria 2001 Alcatel Professor, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of the Humanities, Essen Fellow, Hanse Center for Advanced Studies, Delmenhorst 2001 Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association: Outstanding Contribution Award DAAD Professor, Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Germany 1999 Visiting Scientist, EAWAG, Zürich, Switzerland 1996; 1998 Guest Scientist, Institute for Hydrophysics, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany

3 3 1993, 1994 Guest Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, 1999 Germany Fellow, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1990 Rockefeller Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Italy McCalla Professor, University of Alberta Fellow of the Royal Society (Canada) Erich-Voegelin-Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 1984 McCalla-Professor, University of Alberta Fulbright Fellowship PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2009 Organizer (with Hermann Strasser) Thematic Session: Toward new forms of civil society: Replacing or developing traditional structures of community. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, USA, August 8-11, Organizer, International workshop on Mitigation and adaptation: the second option, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September Organizer (with Reiner Grundmann), Session on Knowledge Politics, Annual Meeting of the 4S Society, Paris, France, August Organizer, International conference on The moralization of the markets, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, May Organizer, International workshop on Mitigation and adaptation: the second option, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, May Organizer, International Conference on Biotechnology between Commerce and Civil Society, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September Organizer, International Conference on The Governance of Knowledge, Center for Advanced Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany, September Organizer, Workshop on The utility of scientific knowledge, Hanse Center for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany, March 2001

4 Co-organizer, Conference Environmental Research Between Knowledge and Action, Karlsruhe, Germany, December 9-10, Co-organizer, Conference on Markt, Demokratie, Handeln, Ev. Akademie Tutzing, Tutzing, Germany, November 20-30, Chair, Special Session "From class to knowledge-based inequality", Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco 1997 Co-organizer, Lecture Series "Governing Modern Societies", Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1997 Co-organizer International Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada "Practicing Interdisciplinarity", Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 1995 Chairman, Session Nature and Society, Second Annual Meeting Theory, Culture and Society, Berlin, Germany 1994 Chairman, Session The Status of Classical Theory, World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, German 1989 Co-organizer, International Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada "The Knowledge Society: The Social Consequences of Science and Technology", University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta 1985 Chairman, Session Science and Society, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco 1982 Chairman, Session Problems of Conceptual Development in the Social Sciences, 10th World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City; Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Sociology of Science, 10th World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City 1981 Chairman, Session Current Theoretical Developments, Conference on the Contemporary Relevance of Max Weber and Karl Marx, Duisburg, Germany 1980 Chairman, Session Hierarchies in Science, Conference on Scientific Establishment, Oxford University, Oxford, England 1979 Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Science, Annual Meeting Pacific Sociological Association 1975 Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association; Chairman, Session Sociology of Science, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association 1973 Chairman, Session Critical Theory, Annual Meeting Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association 1972 Chairman, Session Sociology of Knowledge and Science, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Canadian Sociology and

5 5 Anthropology Association (elected) Committee on Nominations, Section on Theoretical Sociology, American Sociological Association (elected) Vice-President, Research Committee on the Sociology of Science, International Sociological Association Editorial Appointments Associate Editor, Pacific Sociological Review Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology Book Review Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology Associate Editor, Theory, Culture and Society Associate Editor, History of Sociology Associate Editor, Knowledge Associate Editor, Philosophy of the Social Sciences Associate Editor, Annual Review of Social Theory Associate Editor, Knowledge in Society Associate Editor, Knowledge and Policy Board of International Editors, Sociological Research Online Editorial Board, Regional Environmental Change Journal - Natural and Social Science Perspectives Editorial Board, Sociological Practice Editorial Board, Social Epistemology Review Editor, Climate Research Guest Associate Editor, History, Culture and Archaeology: The Interdisciplinary Crossroad Associate Editor, European Journal for Social Science Research Editorial Board, Applied Social Science Editorial Board, Arca A Philosophical Journal Member, International Advisory Board, Society Member, Editorial Board, Sociological Analysis

6 Member, Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology MEMBERSHIP IN LEARNED SOCIETIES American Sociological Association International Sociological Association; Research Committee Communication, Language and Knowledge, Research Committee Sociology of Science, Research Committee History of Sociology, Research Committee Sociological Theory Royal Society of Canada Society for the Social Study of Science MEMBERSHIP IN RESEARCH INSTITUTES Affiliated Researcher, Center for Climate Science and Policy Research, Linköping University, SE Norrköping, Sweden Member, The Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis. Dunajska cesta Ljubljana Slovenija CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS The Knowledge Society The Modern Economy Knowledge as Medium of Exchange Nature, Climate and Society Globalization Cultural Studies AREAS OF TEACHING INTEREST The Structure and Culture of Modern Societies Climate Change Cultural Studies Communication and Information Media Social Inequality Social Theory The Uses of Scientific Knowledge Knowledge and Science Economic Sociology PUBLICATIONS 1. BOOK REVIEWS (Multiple in most cases) in: Social Forces, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Isis, Contemporary Sociology, Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Earth Sciences History, Nature, Philosophische Rundschau, Social Judication, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Soziologische Revue, Social Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, Theory, Culture and Society, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Cultural Sociology.

7 7 2. PAPERS PRESENTED (and invited public lectrures; selection only) (with Walter E. Schafer) "Participation in interscholastic athletics, academic achievement and social mobility: some intervening processes." Paper presented at the Bi-annual Meeting of the International Research Committee on Sociology of Sport, Vienna, October, (with George H. Lewis and Roland Pellegrin) "Task differentiation in elementary schools: an exploratory analysis." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, February, "Science and the public: a socio-historical analysis." Paper presented at the Seventh World Congress of Sociology, Varna, Bulgaria, "Occupational prestige: the inter-situs dimension." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California (with Roland Pellegrin) "Idiosyncratic specialization and casual interdependence in elementary school teaching." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii "Societal consequences of science/technology and the public." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii (with William Avison) "The social basis of ideology in organized American sociology: a Mannheimian paradigm." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Calgary, Alberta "Societal consequences of science/technology and the public: the impact of religion." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Montreal, Quebec "Paradigmatic crystallization: patterns of interrelations among areas of competence in sociology." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana (with Lyle E. Larson) "Intra-family conflict and participation in extra-curricular activities." Paper presented at the International Congress "Sports in the Modern World", Munich, Germany "Theory and praxis: some empirical findings." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Calgary, Alberta "The development of multi-paradigm disciplines: the case of sociology." Paper presented at the Meeting of the International Research Committee on the Sociology of Science, Warsaw, Poland (with Tony Simmons) "Modes of discourse and the development of sociological specialties." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Victoria, British Columbia, 1974.

8 8 (with Richard Grathoff and Peter Zernitz) "The diversity of sociological languages." Paper presented at the Ninth World Congress of Sociology, Uppsala, Sweden, (with W. Baldamus) "Accounts and actions: the logic(s) of common sense and social science knowledge." Paper presented at the Meeting of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Memoriam of Paul F. Lazarsfeld, "The political realization of social science knowledge and research", Vienna, Austria "The magic triangle: in defense of the strong programme of the sociology of science and knowledge." Paper presented at the Science and Technology Studies Congress, Toronto, Ontario "Ist eine kritische Wissenssoziologie möglich?" Invited lecture, Philosophische Fakultät I, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, May 12, "Toward a critique of the sociology of knowledge." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California "The classical sociology of knowledge and the sociology of science." Paper presented at the Tenth World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, Mexico (with Volker Meja) "A Critique of the Sociology of Knowledge." Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Anthropology and Sociology Association, Vancouver, British Columbia (with Volker Meja) "Social scientific and epistemological discourse." Paper presented at the Workshop "Cognitive Relativism and Social Science" Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands December (with Volker Meja) "Wissen und soziales Handeln: Zur praktischen Effektivität der Keynes'schen Theorie." Paper presented at the II. International Symposium "Theory and History of Sociology", Rheinsberg, German Democratic Republic April "Social Inequality and Knowledge." Paper presented at the II. Conference on "Social Stratification and Mobility" Inter-University Center of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia April (with Volker Meja) "The problem of relativism", Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Eugene, Oregon, April (with David Kettler and Volker Meja) "Rationalizing the Irrational: Karl Mannheim and the Besetting Sin of German Intellectuals" Paper presented at the Conference on "Tragedy of Inwardness? Antirationalism in German Culture, ", McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, October Wissenschaftliches Wissen und soziales Handeln. Paper presented on the occasion of the 20 th Anniversary of the Deutsche Institut für Fernstudien, Universität Tübingen, April (with Volker Meja) "The Design of Modern Society: The Existential Basis of (Post)- Modernity" Paper presented at a Conference of the Italian Sociological Association, Sezione Teorie Sociologiche e Transformazioni Sociali, "Modern and Postmodern: Crisis of Identity of Culture and the Role of Sociology", Amalfi, Italy, April 26-28, "The Authority of Discourse and the Discourse of Authority" Paper presented at an

9 9 International Workshop "Fifty Years of the Merton Thesis", Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, May 16-19, "Property, Labor and Knowledge" Paper presented at a conference of the Theory Section of the International Sociological Association, Cracow, Poland, July "Practical Knowledge" Paper presented at the XIIth World Congress of Sociology, Madrid, Spain, July "The Power of Ambivalence: The Uneasy Relation Among Scientific and Religious Codes" Theory Section, Italian Sociological Association, Amalfi, Italy May "New forms of social inequality." Invited Lecture at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, October "New forms of social inequality." Invited lecture presented at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, February (with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Society and climate: Historical evidence. Paper presented at the Max-Planck Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany, May "The social construction of political knowledge." Lecture presented at the Institute för Venteskapsteori, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden, May (with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Social order and climate." Paper presented at the International Conference on Global Change, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, June (with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Time/Place co-ordinates in Climate research." Public Lecture presented at the Institute of Meteorology, Universität München, Germany, June "On the limits of the power of scientific knowledge." Public lecture presented at the Institute of Science Studies, Universität Erlangen, Germany, June (with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Social structure, population trends and climate change." Paper presented at the Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada, Edmonton, July "The structure and culture of social inequality." Paper presented at the World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Sorbonne, Paris, France, June "Knowledge-bearing occupations." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Sociological Association, August Opening address "Climate and Society" to international conference "Climate and political action", Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, October "Inequality and knowledge" Invited Lecture presented at the Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany, November (with Hans von Storch) "Climate change and society" Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, January 1994.

10 10 "Moderne gesellschaftliche Prozesse -- Motor der Kulturlandschaftsbewegung? Paper presented to the International Symposium "Strategien der Nachhaltigkeit; Mensch und Landschaft Nutzung - Bedrohung - Chancen", Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria, February "The status of science studies." Paper presented at a seminar of Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, March "Society, knowledge and facts: The social construction of scientific knowledge." Paper presented at a Science/Society seminar, Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, March "New forms of social inequality in modern society" Invited lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, March (with Hans Storch) "The social construction of climate" Paper presented to the International Symposium "When Science Meets Culture", Université du Quebec à Montréal, Montréal, April "The societal consequences of climate change." Invited lecture, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Nuclear Research Center Karlsruhe), Abteilung für angewandte Systemanalyse, Karlsruhe, Germany, April (with Volker Meja) "Scientific and religious codes in modern society" Paper presented at the XIIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July (with Dennis Bray and Guy Germain) "Globalization and embeddness" Paper presented at the XIIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July Modernity and post modernity Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Universität Graz, Austria, August The trajectory of modern societies: The Richta Report and the Coming of Post-Industrial Society, Paper presented at the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology Conference on "Science, Technology and Change", Budapest, Hungary, August 28-31, "The magic triangle: Science, ethics and society." Invited Lecture, Universität Hannover, Germany, October "From class- to knowledge-based inequality" Invited Lecture, Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February "The texture of modern society: The logic and a critique of the orthodox perspective" Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, Washington, USA, March "The essential fragility of modern society" Invited Lecture, University of Groningen, Groningen, Holland, May (with Hans von Storch) "Climate change in historical times and societal consequences: The dispute at the turn of the century" Paper present to the Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May 1996.

11 11 "Knowledge as a capacity for action" Invited Lecture, OECD Workshop, Paris, France, June "Trust and climate" Paper presented at the 14th International Congress of Biometeorology, September 1-8, 1996, Ljubljana, Slovenia. "The fragility of modern societies", Paper presented at workshop on High-tech and Sustainability, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, September 3, Soziale Naturwissenschaft", Invited Lecture, Workshop on Interdisciplinarity, Vienna, September 4, "Knowledge societies and the fragility of modern societies" Invited Lecture, Institut fur Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, September 13, l996. "The 'crisis' of sociology and the use of sociological knowledge" Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Applied Sociology, Atlanta, Georgia, October 18, l996. "Knowledge and inequality" Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, October 21, l996. "Evaluation of interdisciplinarity" Invited Lecture, International Workshop, Die Rolle der Sozialwissenschaften bei der Umsetzung des BMWVK-Leitschwerpunktes Kulturlandschaftsforschung, Wien, Austria, December 11, "Trust in normality: The common sense conception of climate" Invited Lecture, Wuppertal- Institut, Wuppertal, Germany, December 16, "Modern society, inequality and knowledge" Invited Lecture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, January 23, Modern Society, Inequality and Knowledge: From Class- to Knowledge-based Inequality Invited lecture, University of Essex, February "The texture of modern society" Invited lecture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, January 20, "Mastering the global commons" Paper presented at the GKSS Spring School "Anthropogenic Climate Change, Zündholzfabrik Lauenburg, April Planned climate change Paper presented at the 2 nd Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, June 12-14, Managing the global commons. Invited Lecture, Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, June 30, The promise of and the disenchantment with science Invited Lecture, Program on Policy Analysis and Values, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, August 21, Knowledge societies Invited Lecture Series, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, August 20-21, 1997.

12 12 Governing modern societies. Invited Lecture, International Relations, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, August 22, Knowledge and social inequality. Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology and Department of Philosophy, University of natal, Durban, South Africa, August 25, Managing the global commons. Invited Lecture, Department of Geography and Department of Sociology, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, August 26, From class-based to knowledge-based inequality. Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, August 27, Trust and climate. Invited Lecture, Center for the Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, September 22, Vernunft und Politik: Über Bedingungen der Möglichkeit praktischer Erkenntnis Invited Lecture, Symposium Verschwindet die Perspektivität, verschwindet die Landschaft, Volkshochschule Brigittenau, Wien, Austria, October 11, Wissensgesllschaften Invited Lecture, Arbeitsgruppe Künftiges Wissenschaftssystem des Wissenschaftsrates, Seeheim b. Darmstadt, October 31, Mastering the global commons: The unintentional outcomes of intentional action Invited Lecture, Schwerpunktprogramm Globale Umweltveränderungen der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, Stuttgart, November 11, Knowledge and social inequality. Invited lecture, Soziologisches Kolloquium, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, January 27, Soziale Naturwissenschaft oder die Zukunft der Wissenschaftskulturen: Zur Begründung von Transdisziplinarität Paper presented at the interdisciplinary conference on Küstenbilder/Bilder der Küsten, Flensburg, April Climate works Invited Lecture, Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam, April Wissensgesellschaften oder die Zerbrechlichkeit moderner Gesellschaft, Invited Lecture, Workshop Arbeit in der Wissensgesellschaft?, Institut für Sozialforschung, Universität Frankfurt, May 15, Technologischer Fortschritt, gesellschaftlicher Wandel und Beschäftigung. Invited Lecture, Technologiebedarf im 21. Jahrhundert, Wissenschaftszentrum NRW, Düsseldorf, May 19, Sozialwissenschaft ohne Natur? Invited Lecture, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany, June 11, Die Kultur der Wissensgesellschaften Invited Lecture, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, Tutzing, Germany, June 15, Die gesellschaftliche Realität des Klimas Invited Lecture, Universität Hamburg, July 8, 1998.

13 13 From class- to knowledge-based inequality Paper presented to the 14 th World Congress of Sociology, Montreal, Canada, July Models as focusing tools: linking nature and the social world. Invited Lecture, Second GKSS School on Environmental Research Models in Environmental research, Lauenburg, Germany, September 23-30, Social science discourse and the absence of nature Invited Lecture, University of Oslo, Oslo, January 29, (with Reiner Grundmann) The authority of complexity ; Paper presented at the University of Surrey Conference on "The Transformation of Knowledge: theorizing production and application", 12th-13th January 1999, Guildford, Surrey, England. Wissensgesellschaften und die Zukunft der Hochschulen Invited Lecture, Bündnis Grüne, Literaturhaus, Frankfurt am Main, January 30, Ist die moderne Gesellschaft einen Wissensgesellschaft? Invited Lecture, Institut für empirische und angewandte Soziologie (EMPAS) und SFB 186 Statuspassagen und Risikolagen im Lebensverlauf, Universität Bremen, Februar 10, Wissensgesellschaften oder die Zerbrechlichkeit moderner Gesellschaft, Invited Lecture, Universität Oldenburg, February 12, The future of inequality Invited lecture, Universität Hamburg, April 15, Strukturen und Szenarien von Wissensgesellschaften oder die Zerbrechlichkeit moderner Gesellschaften Invited Lecture, Ev. Akademie Iserlohn, September 9, (with Volker Meja) "Modern societies as knowledge societies", International Symposium, "Knowledge, Education and Space", Heidelberg, Villa Bosch, September, Wissen und Information als Problem moderner Gesellschaften, Invited Lecture, Universität Konstanz, October 4, The productivity paradox. Invited Lecture, Institut Arbeit und Technik, Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Gelsenkirchen, October 24, Knowledge societies Paper presented at the conference Globalitás tudástársadalom lokalitás of the Third Millenium Foundation, Fot, Hungary, December 28, Modern society as a knowledge society. Invited Lecture, Institute for Geography, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, February 2, The uses of science. Invited Lecture, Institut for Geography, Universität Germany, February 3, Heidelberg, Are modern societies knowledge societies? Invited Lecture, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen, Germany, February 7, Herschaftsverlust kraft Wissen Invited Lecture, Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany, May 8, 2000.

14 14 Communication and Knowledge, Keynote Speech, European Communications Network Conference Innovation and Change: Developing Competences for the Media and Communications Professions, Malaga, Spain, May 6, Die neue Ökonomie Keynote Address, Ton Beller AG Forum, Bensheim, Germany, May 11, Erwerbsarbeit in der Wissensgesellschaft oder Informationstechnologien, Wissen und der Arbeitsmarkt. Public Lecture, Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung, Wandel der Erwerbsarbeit in der Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft, Stuttgart, Germany, May 24, Die Zerbrechlichkeit moderner Gesellschaften. Invited Lecture, Kongress der ÖGK, Jahrestagung der DGPuK, Palais Auersberg, Wien, Austria, June 2, Knowledge and inequality, Invited Lecture, Workshop Knowledge Societies, Universität Bielefeld, July 14, (with Hans von Storch) Micro/macro and soft/hard: diverging and converging issues in the physical and social sciences, Invited lecture EFIEA Policy Workshop Series, Scaling issues in integrated assessment. Mechelen, Netherlands, July 17, Wissen als Produktionsfaktor und wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse als Auslöser politischer Probleme, Invited Lecture, Europäisches Forum, Alpbach, Austria, August 28, (with Hans von Storch) "Challenging nature. Paper presented at the International Conference Images and Reconstructions of Weather and Climate over the Last Millennium", Cracow, Poland, September, The world of work in the new economy, Invited Lecture, PRIME, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 20, Museen in Wissensgesellschaften, Festvortrag, Conference Zauberformeln des Zeitgeistes, Landesmuseum für Arbeit und Technik, Mannheim, September 30, Expertise in knowledge societies, Invited lecture, Workshop on Expertise and its interfaces, Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, October 2, (with Hans von Storch) Anthropogener Klimawandel - eine beunruhigende Vorstellung seit dem 18. Jahrhundert, Paper presented to the 5 th Deutsche Klimatagung, Hamburg, Germany, October 4, Wissen. Paper presented to the Potsdam Workshop on Knowledge, December 6-8, 2000, Potsdam, Germany. Is there nothing as practical as a good theory? Invited Lecture presented at the Hanse Center for Advanved Study, February 7, 2001, Delmenhorst, Germany, Informationstechnologien, Wissen und der Arbeitsmarkt. Paper presented to a workshop of the Instritut für Wirtschaftspolitik on the New Economy, Universität Köln, February 15-16, 2001, Cologne, Germany. The Grammar of Productive Knowledge. Paper presented to PRIME Statistics Canada Workshop February 22-23, 2001, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

15 15 IN THE INNOVATION PROCESS: BUSINESS PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION. Die Macht des Schwachen. Invited Lecture workshop Wissen und Weisheit, Ev. Akademie Iserlohn, March 7.-9., 2001, Iserlohn, Gremany. Modern Societies as Knowledge Societies: The Implications for Health and Health Care. Master Lecture presented April 25, 2001 at the CRICS V (Pan American Health Organization) Conference Knowledge for change: Information and Knowledge for Health Equity, April 24-27, 2001, Havana, Cuba. Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, die Komplexität der Verhältnisse und Politikberatung. Invited Lecture, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, November 14, The practical uses of social science knowledge. Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 20, Modern societies as knowledge societies. Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, November 28, The practical relevance of social science knowledge. Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, November 29, Moderne Gesellschaften sind zerbrechliche Gesellschaften. Invited Lecture, Hamburger Institut für Lehrerfortbildung, Hamburg, Germany, January 21, A world made of knowledge. Invited Lecture, International Conference New Knowledge and New Consciousness in the Era of the Knowledge Society, Budapest, Hungary, January 31, Knowledge Societies. Invited Lecture, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie, Berlin, Germany, March 14, Die Natur und die Natur der Gesellschaft. (with Reiner Grundmann), Invited Lecture, Workshop Projektionsfläche Natur, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, March 20, Society and Climate: Extremes, Mitigation and Adaptation. Invited Lecture, Workshop Climate, society and environmental impacts, Linköpings Universitet, Norköpping, Sweden, March 25, Mitigation vs adatation. Invited Lecture, Climate change: what can be done?, 663rd Wilton Park Conference, Wiston House, Shoreham, England, May May, Zur Soziologie der Wissensgesellschaften, Invited Lecture, 1 st Székesfehérvár, Hungary, May 26-25, Alba Region Forum, Das Produktivitätsparadox. Invited Lecture, Sektion Wissenschaftsforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Universität München, June Die Chancen und Risiken der Globalisierung: Rückentwicklung oder Fortentwicklung?. Invited Lecture, 26. Duisburger Akzente, Globalisierungswelten, June 14, 2002.

16 16 Modern societies as knowledge societies. Plenary Address, World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane, Australia, July 9, Science and technology as our salvation? The promises of progress. Invited Lecture, Annual International Congress of the NRW Science Center, Hagen, Germany, October 31, The authority of complexity: scientitfic knowledge and public policies. Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, November 18, Wissenspolitik. Invited Lecture, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Technikfolgenforschung und Systemtheorie, Karlsruhe, November 30, The social role of knowledge. Invited Lecture, International Conference on Social Science and Social Policy in the 21 st Century (in celebration of the 50 th Anniversary of the International Social Science Council, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria, December 9, Eine Welt aus Wissen. Kulturelles Kapital und die Zukunft der Ungleichheit in der Wissensgesellschaft. Invited Lecture, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Heidelberg, December 15, Globale Wissenswelten. Invited Lecture, Conference on Weltrecht, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, January 15, (with Reiner Grundmann) Heat or light: the grand narrative of climate. Invited Lecture workshop on Climate and society, Institute for Marine Research, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, April 3, (with Hans von Storch) Anpassung und Vermeidung - Wie gehen wir mit einer anthropogenen Klimaveränderung um?, Invited Lecture, Symposium "Klimaänderungen" bei der DPG-Tagung 2003, Hannover Knowledge and decision-making. Invited plenary address, 6 th Regional Congress for Information in Health Sciences, Pan American Health Organization, Puebla, Mexico, May 7, Eine (Arbeits)Welt aus Wissen. Invited Lecture, Studium Generale, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, May 14, The governance of knowledge in modern societies. Inivted Lecture, Symposium Shifting boundaries constructing narratives: in quest of new meaning for science in society, Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zürich, May 26, (with Gotthard Bechmann) Praktische Erkenntnis: Vom Wissen zum Handeln. Invited Lecture, Symposium Vom Wissen zum Handeln? Die Forschung zum Globalen Wandel und ihre Umsetzung, Berlin Juli 3 and 4, The social and political control of knowledge in modern societies. Invited Lecture, Birgitta Forum, August , Vadstena Sweden: Microscopic Modifications and Big Politics.

17 17 (with Reiner Grundmann), "Knowledge Politics for the Knowledge Society." Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the European Sociological Association, September 23th to 26th, in Murcia, Spain. The social and political control of knowledge in modern societies. Invited Lecture, The Biotechnological Revolution: Scientific and Societal Aspects, Conference of the Transatlantic Science and Humanities Program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Potsdam, October 24, Eine Welt aus Wissen. Invited Lecture, Braunschweig Price, Braunschweig, October 28, Social inequality in modern societies. Invited Lecture, November 12, 2003 Macquarie University, Sydney Interdisciplinarity. Invited Lecture, Workshop on the Practice of Interdisciplinarity, Macquarie University, Sydney, November 14, The social and political control of knowledge, Invited Lecture, EU Conference on Science and Society, Milan, November 28, A world made of knowledge, Plenary Lecture, The Role of Science in the Information Society, World Summit on the Information Society, CERN, Geneva, December 8, 2003 Economy and ecology in an era of the knowledge-based economy, Invited lecture, Consortion for Science and Technology for Sustaianable Development, International Union on Science, Paris, January 25, Modern societies as knowledge societies, Invited Lecture, Conference of Progressive Governance of the Hungarian Government, Budapest, January 30, Grenzenlose Erkenntnisse. Werkstattgspräch, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, February 2, Is civil society a daughter of knowledge?. Invited Lecture, CiSoNet Conference on Resources and Dynamics of European Civil Society Strategies, Actors and Organizations, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, February 26, Eine Welt aus Wissen, Invited Lecture, Congress "Bildung über die Lebenszeit" of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschung, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung and Österreichische Gesellschaft für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bildungswesen, Universität Zürich, March 24, (with Hans von Storch) Eduard Brücker s analysis of climatic change and climate impact, Paper presented to the Iinternational Commission on History of Meteorology (ICHM), "From Beaufort to Bjerknes and Beyond: Critical perspectives on observing, analyzing and predicting weather and climate," Polling Monastery, Weilheim, Germany, 5-9 July The conditions for the possibility of practical knowledge. Paper presented at the 36 th World Congress of Sociology, Beijing, China, July 6-11, Can information societies become knowledge societies. Invited lecture, 21 st Century Dialogues Building Knowledge Socieities, UNESCO, Seoul, Korea, July 27-28, 2004.

18 18 (with Hermann Strasser) Nothing has been decided. Paper presented to the Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August, Die Macht geisteswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse. Invited lecture, Ernst Mach Forum, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften and ORF Wissenschaften im Dialog, Vienna, Austria, October 20, Is Civil Society a Daughter of Knowledge? Worlds of Knowledge and Democracy. Paper presented at the Second Edmund Mokrzycki Symposium Building Democracy and Civil Society in New Europe. Warsaw, Staszic Palace. November 19-20, Die gesellschaftliche Kontrolle neuer Erkenntnisse? Zur Wissenspolitik in demokratischen Gesellschaften. Paper presented at the conference Technik in einer fragilen Welt. Die Rolle der Technikfolgenabschätzung. NTA1 - Erste Konferenz des Netzwerks TA, Berlin, Neues Glashaus im Botanischen Garten, Berlin-Steglitz, November The power of knowledge. Invited Lecture, Swedish Institute for Climate Science and Policy, Linkoeping University, Norrkoeping, April 19, (with Hans von Storch), Invited Paper, A history of human perceptions of anthropogenic climate change in the past 1000 years, ESF Holivar Workshop, Ånnaboda, Sweden, 9-12 May Die gesellschaftliche Kontrolle neuer Erkenntnisse. Invited Lecture, Gesellschaft fur technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Eschborn, June 7, (with Reiner Grundmann). Climate change and knowledge politics. Paper presented at the ESRC Science in Society Programme. Governing Science Towards an Interdisciplinary Narrative or Change? University of Manchster, The Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, Manchester, November 24 th and 25 th Die gesellschafltiche Kontrolle euer wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse. Invited Lecture, Internationale Akademie für nachhaltige Entwicklungen und Technologien an der Universität Karlsruhe und Institut für Philosophie der Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Moskauer Lomonossow Universität, Moscow, October 19, The moralization of the markets. Invited Lecture, New Europe and its Limits to Growth, 3rd Mokrzycki Symposium, Graduate School for Social Research, Centre for Social Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, October 20, World of knowledge and democracy: is civil society a daughter of knowledge?. Invited Lecture Japan Instute for Advanaced Studies in Science and Technology, JAIST Forum 2006 Knowledge creation and innovation. JAIST, November 10, Knowledge and democracy. Invited Lecture, United Nations University, Brugge, Belgium, December 15, Is liberty a daughter of knowledge? A view of the social sciences and humanities in democracies. Invited Lecture, The Role of Social Sciences and Humanities in the Knowledge Society, Auditorium de l Hotel de Ville, Paris, France, March 23, Vorsorge. Wie soll die Gesellschaft mit den Folgen der Klimaveränderung umgehen? Invited Lecture, 11. Benediktbeuerer Gespräche der Allianz Umweltstiftung, Benediktbeuren, Zentrum für Umwelt und Kultur, May 4, 2007.

19 19 The moralization of the markets. Distinguished Lecture, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, May 22, Globales Wissen?. Invited Lecture, DAAD Alumni Treffen, Biographien, Migration und Mobilität, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 8, Global Knowledge?. Invited Lecture, Geographies of Science, Third Interdisciplinary Symposium on Knowledge and Space, Villa Bosch Studio, Heidelberg, Germany, June 28, Das Wissen der Wissensgesellschaft. Tendenzen und Möglichkeiten kultureller, wirtschaftslicher und politischer Handlungsfelder. Invited Lecture Conference Die Wissensgesellschaft und die Zukunft der Bibliotheken, ekz, Reutlingen, July 4, Klimawandel und Gesellschaft. Invited Lecture, 3. Allianz Forum, Allianz Repräsentanz Berlin, March 5, Morally coded markets. Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology, University of Gothenurg, Sweden, November 12, Enabling knowledge. Invited Lecture, Department of Sociology, Section, Science and Technology Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, November 13, "Production and consumption between market and morality, Invited Lecture, Swiss Sociological Association Conference, ""Missbrauch in Wirtschaft, Staat und Gesellschaft. Realitäten, Fiktionen und gesellschaftliche Antworten," Universität Freiburg i.ue., Switzerland, January 16, "Gesellschaft und Klimawandel", Invited Lecture, 5. Expertendialog Managmenent Diagnostik, Kienbaum Management, Koeln, 29. Januar Technik und die Moralisierung der Märkte, Invited Lecture, Ringvorlesung Technik und Interesse, Brandenburgische Technische Universität, Cottbus, February 4, "Adapting to climate change related hazards: Interdisciplinary perspectives". Invited Lecture, Risk and Planet Earth. Vulnerability, Natural Hazards, Integrated Adaptation Strategies. Conference on the Occasion of the International Year of the Planet Earth and the 600th Anniversary of the University of Leipzig, Leipzig, March 4, Research in diverse social contexts, Global Keynote Address, The UNESCO Forum for Gigher Education, Research and K nolwedge, International Expert s Workshop, Paris, March 19, Social pathways of social science knowledge, Invited Lecture, Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects. Europe in Global Context, Swedisch Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, April 25, (with Reiner Grundmann) Climate change and science studies: An uneasy relationship, Invited Lecture, Copenhagen workshop meeting on climate change and science studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 23-24, 2009.

20 20 The changing ethos of capitalism. Public debate with CEO of Vattenfall, German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Goethe Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, April 28, 2009 (postponed). Wissensgesellschaften. Invited Lecture, Impulsworkshop Tendenzen der Wissensgesellschaft, Zentrale des Goethe-Instituts, Munich, May 12, Enabling knowledge. Ludwik Fleck Lecture, Collegium Helveticum der ETH Zürich and Universität Zürich, Zürich, May 13, Ermöglichende Erkenntnisse. Invited Lecture, Kongress Stadt statt Energie. Urbanität als Schlüssel zu mehr Energieeffizienz, TU Graz, Graz Reininghaus, Austria, May 20, (mit Ulrich Ufer), "Wissen als Ware." Invited Lecture, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg Geistiges Eigentum und Gemeinfreiheit, Universität Bayreuth, 22./23. Mai 2009, Tagung: "Wissen - Markte -Geistiges Eigentum." The social control of knowledge in democratic societies. Plenary address, Conference Latin Anmerica and European Perspectives on the Social Science-Policymaking Nexus in the Knowledge Society, Vienna, Austria, June 8, Enabling knowledge. Invited Lecture, 7 th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Knowledge and Space, Knowledge and Power, Supported by thre Klaus Tschira Foundation, Villa Bosch Studio, Heidelberg June 19, Modern Societies as Knowledge Societies: Toward a New Societal Paradigm of Social Integration in the Digital Age. Plenary address, Second International Conference on Digital Culture, Korean Sociological Association, Seoul, Korea, June 26, The origins and nature of sociological discourse. Invited Lecture, Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching: Comprative Study of Everyday Life. Open Society Institute (Higher Education Support Program), St. Petersburg, Russia, July 13017, The texture of modern socities. Invited Lecture, Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching: Comprative Study of Everyday Life. Open Society Institute (Higher Education Support Program), St. Petersburg, Russia, July 13017, Knowledge and democtracy. Invited Lecture, Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching: Comparative Study of Everyday Life. Open Society Institute (Higher Education Support Program), St. Petersburg, Russia, July 13017, Invited Lecture, Irritierter Wohlstand, die neue Moral der Märkte und Moralität ist gut für die Ökonomie, Tagung des Kultuwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen: Kollaborative Ökonomie,: September 30, Public Lecture, Das Unvermeidbare unmöglich machen? Der Klimawandel ist unvermeidlich. Was tun? vhs Kaarst, September 30, Plenary address, Enabling knowledge,, 3 rd International Conference on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation. The Social Dimension of Innovation, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, October 1, 2009.

21 21 Impuls Referat, Die Medizin zwischen Markt und Moral oder das Finden einer mündigen Sprache, Sympoisium Herausforderung Humanität: Medizin und Ethik, Europäisches Forum Alpbach und Gesellschaft der Ärzte, Wien, October , Keynote address, "Making the probable impossible", Sustainability Conference November 5-8, 2009 at California State University, Chico, California, USA. Keynote address, "Die moderne Gesellschaft als Wissensgesellschaft", 33. Stuttgarter Tage der Medienpaedagogik, Akademie der Diozöse Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Hohenheim, April 23, (with Marian Adolf), World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden. July 12, Invited Lecture, The Modern Slaves: The Habitat of Expertise and Enabling Knowledge, Course Beyond the Knowledge Society: Knowledge Production, Consumption and Transformation, Interuniversity Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 16, Keynote address, Das Debakel von 2009 als Chance für eine andere Klimapolitik: Plädoyer für eine Neuausrichtung der Klimaproblematik, dynaklim-symposium: Klimaanpassung in unserer Region gemeinsam gestalten, SAANA-Gebäude, Zollverein Essen, November 9, Plädoyer für eine andere Klimapolitik, KlimaCampus der Universität Hamburg, November 11, (with Marian Adolf and Jason Mast), Keynote Address, Culture and cognition: The foundations of innovation in modern societies, University College Dublin, UCD Innovation Reseach Unit, Conference on Cultural dimensions of innovation, Dublin, November 15, Invited Lecture, "Education, Knowledgeability and the Labor Market" in the context of the lecture series The Future of Educational Research, University of Luxembourg, November 24, Invited Lecture, "Knowledge and democracy," Tokyo University of Information Sciences, Department of Information Science and Culture, Tokyo, Japan, December 8, Keynote address, "Sustainability, climate change and future climate policies," UNU-IAS Seminary Series, United Nations University, Institute for Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan, December 9, Keynote Address, "Sustainability, climate change and future climate policies," ISSC-CIPSH General Assembly Joint Symposium, Nagoya, Japan, Deember 13-14, (with Hans von Storch et al.) Invited Speaker, Regional climare service, 4th ASCE-EWRI International Perspective on Water Resources & the Environment (formerly entitled Singapore 2011), January 4-6, 2011, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Hedy Lamarr Lecture, "Moderne Sklaven oder die Symmetrie von Macht und Wissen. Ein Mythos?" Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, March 14, Invited Lecture, "Klimawandel. Was tun", Akademie nach 5, Europäische Akademie für Geschichte und Kultur, Dornbirn, Austria, March 24, 2011.