Prof. Dr. Alexander Lenger

Professor

Kontakt

Sociology 

Office hours

Per e-mail appointment

Professional career 

  • Since 10/2019 Professor of Sociology, Catholic University of Freiburg
  • 03/2018 - 09/2019 Acting W2-Professor for Economics and Didactics of Economics, Centre for Economic Education, University of Siegen
  • 04/2016 - 03/2017 Acting W3-Professor for Sociology of Knowledge, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
  • 04/2015 - 08/2015 Acting W3-Professor for Sociology, Philosophical Faculty of the Freiburg University
  • 03/2015 - 09/2019 Director of the Research Area, "Moral Development and Economic Understanding", at the Centre for Teacher Education and Educational Research, Office of Educational Research, University of Siegen
  • 03/2013 - 12/2016 Research Assistant in the special research area 1015, “Leisure”, at the Institute for Sociology, University of Freiburg
  • Since 11/2011 Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Sociology and Research Fellow of the Global Studies Program, University of Freiburg
  • 11/2011 - 10/2013 Research Assistant at the Business Ethics Unit, Department of Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt
  • 10/2009 - 10/2011 Director Global Studies Program, Institute of Sociology, University of Freiburg (with Florian Schumacher)
  • 09/2008 - 09/2009 Parental leave
  • 03/2008 - 12/2010 Freelancer at the Chair of Social Policy & Organization of Social Services, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
  • 02/2007 - 12/2011 Visiting lecturer at the Institute for the International Education of Students
  • 10/2012 PHD (Dr. rer. pol.) at University of Freiburg
  • 12/2006 Magister Artium (German academic title); Studies in sociology, psychology, and economic policy at the University of Freiburg
  • 03/2006 Diplom-Econmist (German academic title), University of Freiburg

Work and research focus 

  • Economic sociology, sociology of economic thought  
  • Scientific university research, educational sociology, sociology in professional fields
  • Sociology of social problems, social inequality, and social structure analysis
  • Processes of economization and globalization
  • Social theory, especially sociology of Pierre Bourdieu
  • Social science and socio-economic education
  • Cultural and contextual economics
  • Economic ethics and interdisciplinary justice research

Work and research projects 

  • Sociology of economic thought

Publications (PDF)