Curriculum

Place and date of birth

Lucerne, Switzerland / July 6th, 1935

University education

1956-1957 University of Basel/Switzerland

1957-1964 University of Bern/Switzerland

1964-1965 Visiting scholar, Columbia University New York and Cornell University, Ithaca/NY

University diploma

1961 Lic. rer. pol., University of Bern

1964 Dr. rer. pol., University of Bern

1967 Habilitation (venia docendi), University of Bern

Professional activities

a) University positions

1961-1967 Research Assistant, Institute of Sociology, University of Bern

1968 Associate Professor, University of Bern

1969-1970 Visiting Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Research Fellow, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

1971 Professor of Sociology, University of Konstanz/GFR

1973-1974 Dean, Faculty of the Social Scienes, University of Konstanz

1980-1981 Academy-Fellowship, Volkswagen-Foundation

1989-2000 Director, Research Center "Society and Family", Konstanz

1990 Visiting scholar, Department of Sociology and Institut of Human Development, UC Berkeley, CA.

1993-1994 Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Konstanz

2000 Professor emeritus, University of Konstanz

b) Major additional activities

1971-1977 Member Board of Directors and Planning Committee University of Aarau/Switzerland

1973-1980 Member International Study Group on Early Childcare

Since 1974 Member Scientific Advisory Board, German Ministry on Family, Seniors, Women and Youth, Bonn

1977-1980 Consultant OECD/CERI, Project "Early childhood"

1979-1982 Member Expert Committee, Family Policy in Switzerland

1981-1986 Chairperson, Section Sociology of the Family and of Youth of the German Sociological Association

1996-2006 Member National Commission on Family Issues and, Family Policy, Switzerland

Since 2001 Teaching activities at the University of Bern and in adult education, consulting activities in social policy.