Director
of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen (KWI, Institute
for Advanced Study of the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr) (since
2007) and Professor for Political Science at Justus-Liebig-Universität
Gießen (since 1989), Founding Director of the Center for Media
and Interactivity (ZMI), Gießen. Fellow at the Institute for Advanced
Study, Berlin (2000-2001) and Körber-Fellow at the Institute for
Human Sciences, Wien (2006). Visiting professor at Université
Paris-Nanterre (1994) and first incumbent of the Max Weber Chair at
New York University (1995-1997). Honorary doctor of the Faculty of Theology
of Universität Rostock (2008). Editor of „Blätter für
deutsche und internationale Politik“, Berlin and of „Transit“,
Wien. Research focus „Climate and Culture“: Cultural premises
of the adaptation of modern societies to the consequences of climate
change. WBGU Member since 2008.
