
Résumé | |
Date and place of birth | 4th October 1945 / Tönning/Schleswig-Holstein |
Family status | married to Prof. Dr. Helga Krüger, widower since Feb. 2008; |
Education | |
1952 – 1956 | Jahnschule Delmenhorst |
1956 – 1962 | Gymnasium an der Max-Planck-Str. in Delmenhorst |
1962 – 1965 | Gymnasium an der Wilmstraße in Delmenhorst |
Feb. 1965 | Abitur |
April 1965 – March1971 | Studies in Chemistry, University of Kiel, parallel studies in Philosophy |
March 1971 | Diplom-Chemiker |
Apil 1971 – Juli 1974 | Continuation of studies in Philosophy, took up studies in Education and Sociology, University of Hamburg |
Nov. 1974 | Dr. phil., University of Hamburg |
Professional career and offices | |
1971 – 1976 | Research Assistant at the Interdisziplinaren Zentrums f. Hochschuldidaktik (IZHD) of the University of Hamburg |
Deputy Managing Director of IZHD | |
Sep. 1976 – Jan. 1979 | Assistant Professor at the University of Bremen ("Analyse der Berufspraxis von Ingenieuren und Naturwissenschaftlern", Faculty of Physics/Electrical Engineering) |
Jan. 1979 | Appointment to the professorship "Berufspraxis von Ingenieuren und technische Innovationsprozesse Sozialwissenschaftlicher Technikforschung " |
1989 – 1995 | Geschäftsführendes Vorstandsmitglied des Forschungszentrums Arbeit und Technik (artec) |
1997 – 2002 | Vice Rector for Teaching and Learning |
since Sept. 2002 | Rector of the University of Bremen and Chairman of the Landesrektorenkonferenz der bremischen Hochschulen |
since Sept. 2006 | Spokesman for the Association of North German Universities |
Aug. 2007 till July 2011 | Vice President for Teaching and Learning of the Conference of University Rectors (HRK) |