Prof. Dr. Heinz-Hermann Krüger - english version
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle/Wittenberg
Philsophische Fakultät III
Institut für Pädagogik
Franckeplatz 1; Haus 3
Germany
D-06099 Halle/Saale
Tel.: +49-345/5523850
Fax: +49-345/5527235
e-mail: heinz-hermann.krueger(at)paedagogik.uni-halle.de
Date of Birth: 20.11.1947
1. Academic Qualifications/Previous Appointments
1967-1973 Studies in Pedagogy, German Language and Literature Studies, Philosophy, Sociology, Ruhr-Universität of Bochum
1973 German Gymnasium Teacher's First State Examination (Pedagogy and German Language)
1973-1976 Postgraduate Studies, Ruhr-Universität of Bochum (Pedagogy, Philosophy, German Language and Literature Studies)
1976 Dr. phil. Ruhr-Universität of Bochum
1976-1980 Assistant Lecturer in General Pedagogics, Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr of Dortmund
1980-1986 Assistant Lecturer, Universität of Dortmund
1982 habilitation treatise and postdoctoral lecture qualification, Universität of Dortmund
1982-1991 Associate Professor of General Pedagogics, Universität of Dortmund
1987-1988 Acting Chair of General Educational Science, Philipps-Universität of Marburg
1989-1991 Acting Chair of General Educational Science, Philipps-Universität of Marburg
1991- 1993 Professor of General Educational Science, Pädagogische Hochschule Halle-Köthen
1993- Professor of General Educational Science, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1993 Member of the Founding Committee, Member of the Executive Board (1994-), Director (1999-2001), Vice-Director (2007-2011), Centre for School and Educational Research (ZSB), Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1994- Member and Chairman (1994-1998), German Association of Educational Science (DGfE), Educational Biographical Research Committee
2. Main Areas of Research Interest
(a) Theories and Methods of Educational Science
(b) Educational, Biographical and School Research
(c) Research on Childhood and Youth
3. Other Professional Activities (selected)
2002-2008 Director of the Institut of Pädagogik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1984- Member of the Sections General Educational Science and Empirical Educational Research, German Association of Educational Science (DGfE)
1991- Liaison Professor, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (Union related Academic Foundation)
1991- Member of the Review Boards, Hans-Böckler-Foundation, Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation, VW-Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, European-Science-Foundation
1998- Member of the Sections "Biographical Research", "Bildung and Education", „Sociology of Childhood", German Association of Sociology (DGS)
2003-2005 Member of the Expert Advisory Board, 12th Report of Children and Young People "Bildung and Education outside of school", German National Government
2004-2012 Member and Chairman (2008-2012) of the Review Board, Research Council for Educational Science, German Research Foundation (DFG)
2007- Chairman, Graduate School “Education and Social Inequality”, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
2011- Chairman, DFG-Research Unit "Mechanisms of Elite Formation in the German Education System", Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
4. Editorial Board Member of following Journals
Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (Journal of Educational Science)
Zeitschrift für qualitative Forschung (Journal of Qualitative Research)
DISKURS Kindheits- und Jugendforschung (Discourse of Research on Childhood and Youth)
"Taboo, Journal for culture and education", San Francisco, U.S.A.
5. Selected Publications
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Hermann Krüger has authored 21 monographs (1 in English), edited 50 books (thereof 4 in English) and wrote around 200 articles.
Authored (only English)
Outlines of a Modern Critical Educational Science – Discourses and Fields of Research. Frankfurt a.M., Berlin, Bern, New York: Peter Lang 2007
Edited (only English)
Childhood, Youth and social Change. A comparative Perspective. (Ed. with Lynne Chisholm, Peter Büchner, Phillip Brown), London, New York, Philadelphia: Falmer-Press 1990
Growing up in Europe. (Ed. with Lynne Chisholm, Peter Büchner, Manuela du Bois-Reymond), Berlin, New York: De Gruyter 1995
Childhood in Europe. Approaches – Trends – Findings (Ed. with Manuela du Bois-Reymond &Heinz Sünker), New York, Berlin, Bern, New York: Peter Lang 2001
Family, School, Youth Culture. International Perspectives of Pupil Research. (Ed. with Werner Helsper, Gesine Foljanty-Jost, Rolf-Torsten Kramer & Merle Hummrich), Frankfurt a.M., Berlin, Bern, New York: Peter Lang 2008
Eltite education and Internationalisation. (Ed. with C. Maxwell,U.Deppe, W. Helsper), London, Cham: Palgrave McMillan 2018
Published Articles in refereed journals (only English)
Modern Family as Everyday Negotiation: Continuities and Discontinuities in Parent-Child Relationships (with Manuela du Bois-Reymond & Peter Büchner). In: Childhood (1993), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 87-99
Peer Group, Educational Distinction and Educational Biographies (with Sina-Mareen Köhler, Nicolle Pfaff & Maren Zschach). In: Childhood (2011), Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 477-490
Contributions to Books (only English)
The Importance of Qualitative Methods in the German Educational Science. In: Ralf Bohnsack, Nicolle Pfaff, Wivian Weller (Eds.): Qualitative Analysis and Documentary Method in International Educational Research. Opladen, Farmington Hills MI: Barbara Budrich 2010, pp. 53-74
Recent and Current Major Funded Research Studies
1999-2003 Co-Director (with Prof. Dr. Thomas Rauschenbach, German Youth Institute (DJI) München), DFG funded, quantitative Study “Professional Careers of Graduates in Major Courses of Studies in Educational Science”
2003-2006 Co-Director (with Prof. Dr. Werner Helsper, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded, quantative, and qualitative Study “Political Attitudes of Young People between School and Peer Culture”
2005-2011 Director, DFG funded, qualitative Study “Peer Groups and Selection Processes within the Educational System”, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
2011- Director, Key Project “Mechanisms of Elite Formation in the German Education System”, DFG-Research Unit, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
2011 Director, Sub-Project “Educational Careers of Young People and the Role of Peer Cultures”, DFG-Research Unit, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg