Prof. Dr. Frank Ettrich

Research focus

• Sociological-comparative theories,
• Transformation research,
• Transformation processes in Eastern Europe,
• path dependency/theories of social change

Research profile

Publications and lectures

Short vita

After obtaining a diploma in Sociology and Philosophy and a doctorate, he completed his habilitation in Sociology at the Humboldt University in Berlin in 1990. From 1994 he held the chair of structural analysis of modern societies (macrosociology) at the University of Education in Erfurt, since 2001 he has held this professorship at the University of Erfurt. After a DAAD lectureship at the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto in 1993, he again held a DAAD lectureship at Saint Petersburg State University from 2003 to 2005. In 2009-2012, he was director of the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy. In addition, Ettrich is co-founder and, since 1995, editor of the Berliner Journal für Soziologie, one of the five general sociology journals in Germany. Ettrich is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Eastern Europe Association of German Business.

Detailed resume

Professional career

• 2013 - 2018: Deputy Director of the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt
• 2009 - 2013: Director of the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt
• 2008 - 2009: Deputy Director of the Erfurt School of Public Policy (since 2009 Willy Brandt School of Public Policy) at the University of Erfurt
• since 2008: Appointment Officer at the University of Erfurt
• 2006 - 2008: Vice President for Research, Young Academics and International Affairs at the University of Erfurt
• since 09/2005: Professorship "Structural Analysis of Modern Societies" at the University of Erfurt
• 2003 - 2005: DAAD long-term lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, Saint Petersburg State University (Russian Federation)
• 2000 - 2001: Assistant Professor for Social Sciences at the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences at the University of Erfurt
• 1998 - 2000: Director of the Institute of Sociology at the Erfurt University of Education
• since 1995: Co-editor of the Berlin Journal of Sociology
• since 1994: Professorship "Structural Analysis of Modern Societies" at the PH resp. University of Erfurt
• 1990 - 1994: Substitute Chair of Sociology at the University of Education Erfurt
• 1990 - 1994: Editor-in-chief of the newly founded journal Berliner Journal für Soziologie
• 1983 - 1993: Research assistant at the Institute for Sociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin

Study and research stays

• 08 - 09/2010: Short-term lectureship in the course of studies "European Studies" at the German-Russian Center of the St. Petersburg State University/Russia
• 03 - 04/2009: DAAD short-term lectureship in the course of studies "European Studies" at the German-Russian Center of St. Petersburg State University/Russia
• 2006 - 2007: DAAD Short-term Lectureship in the framework of the study program "European Studies" at the German-Russian Center of the St. Petersburg State University/Russia (3 x one-month stay per semester)
• 2003 - 2005: DAAD long-term lectureship at the Institute of Sociology and at the German-Russian Center of St. Petersburg State University/Russia
• 1993: DAAD Lectureship at the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto (Canada)
• 1991: Visiting scholar at the Science Center Berlin (Germany)
• 1990: University of Heidelberg (on invitation of Prof. M. R.Lepsius)
• June/ July 1989: Study trips to the Universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg,Frankfurt/Main and Bielefeld
• 1985 - 1986: Study visit in the framework of the research and publication project "Comparative Analysis of Social Structural Developments in the USSR and the GDR" at the MGU in Moscow

Education

• 1991: Habilitation/Facultas docenti
• 1989 - 1990: doctorate
• 1982: Diploma
• 1978 - 1982: Studies of Sociology and Philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin