Teaching and research


Lectures and seminars

Over three decades (1968-1977; 1982-2006), I taught at several universities (Bochum, Berlin, Hamburg) 43 different subjects, with up to 16 hours per week. This teaching I did as a student tutor, part-time assistant, part-time lecturer, associate professor, and finally professor. I taught the following subjects:


Teaching materials

For my lectures, I produced written material (readers, lecture notes), which had to be updated; e.g.:


Empirical research

I did empirical research in the following projects:


1970-72 job profile of industrial designers empirical diploma study: mainly qualitative interviews self-financed
1971-72 programmed instruction for teaching architecture (APIA) mainly development of teaching materials funded by VW foundation
1977-83 industrial work and myocardial infarction, at WZB (Science Center Berlin) large study (n > 500), quantitative interviews, statistical analysis funded by BMFT (Federal Ministry for Research and Technology), in the programm HdA (humanization of work)
1983-84 health consequences of occupational down-grading small (n > 40) explorative study, qualitative interviews self-funded by WZB
1989-91 AIDS-prevention for lower-class male adolescents small (n > ..) sstudy, qualitative interviews funded by BMG (Federal Ministry for Health)
1997-98 MCS and occupation large study (n > 600), quantitative interviews, statistical analysis small funding by Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
2001-03 environmental justice in Hamburg analysis of secondary data self-financed
2005 environmental justice policy in Scotland analysis of secondary data, few qualit ative expert interviews (n = ..) self-financed


Theoretical work

Theoretical work on the following subjects:



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