Prof. Dr. Dieter Neubert
Vita
Further information on Prof. Neubert can be found here.
born 1952
From 2000: Professor for Development Sociology, from 2004 Chair of Development sociology, University of Bayreuth retired 2018.
PhD sociology 1986, Mainz
Habilitation sociology 1994, Free University of Berlin
1978-1979 Social worker, City of Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany,
1979–1982 Research fellow, Institute of Pedagogy, University of Mainz,
1984-1987 Research fellow, College of Education Heidelberg,
1987-1998 Lecturer, Institute for Anthropology and African Studies, University of Mainz,
1995-2000 Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, Free University Berlin,
1998/9 Professor (temporary) Development Sociology, University of Bayreuth,
1999-2000 Visiting professor, Institute of Agriculture and Social Economy in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim,
2010-2011 Fellow at the Center for interdisciplinary Research (Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forschung, ZIF) (Bielefeld) research group “Communicating Disaster”
Awards, Functions, Service to the Academy (selected)
2004-2007 Speaker of the collaborative research centre 560 “Local action in Africa in the context of global influences”
2000-2018 Member of the steering committee of the “Institute for African-Studies” University of Bayreuth and
2001-2009 & 2015-2018 Director/ Deputy Director of the “Institute for African-Studies” University of Bayreuth
1991-1993, 2010-2012, 2018-2020 Member of the Board / extended board of the German Association for African Studies (VAD)
2007 – 2018 Principal Investigator, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)
Since 2014 Member of the board of the research committee Development Sociology and Transformation of the International Sociological Association (ISA)
2017-2018 Opus Magnum Sponsorship (Volkswagen Foundation) (2017 –2018) „Social structures and inequality in Africa”
Selected Publications
For more information see here.
Books, special issue
2019 Dieter Neubert: Inequality, socio-cultural differentiation and social structures in Africa. Beyond class. Cham: Palgrave, 433 pp.
2014 Dieter Neubert, Christine Scherer (eds.) Agency and changing world views in Africa. Berlin, Hamburg, Münster: Lit Verlag, 167 pp..
2012 Antje Daniel & Dieter Neubert (eds.): Translating globalization, world society and modernity in everyday life. Theoretical reflections and empirical perspectives. Special issue. Sociologus 62, Issue 1, 2012
2005 Roman Loimeier, Dieter Neubert & Cordula Weißköppel (eds.): Globalität im lokalen Kontext – Perspektiven und Konzepte von Handeln in Afrika. Berlin, Hamburg, Münster: Lit Verlag, 351 pp.
2001/1994/1987 Dieter Neubert & Günther Cloerkes: Behinderung und Behinderte in verschiedenen Kulturen. Eine vergleichende Analyse ethnologischer Studien. Heidelberg: Edition Schindele, 137 pp. (3rd edition).
1999 Georg Elwert, Stephan Feuchtwang & Dieter Neubert (eds.): The Dynamics of violence - processes of escalation and de-escalation in violent group conflicts. Sonderband der Zeitschrift Sociologus. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 290 pp.
1997 Dieter Neubert: Entwicklungspolitische Hoffnungen und gesellschaftliche Wirklichkeit. Eine vergleichende Länderfallstudie von afrikanischen Nicht-Regierungsorganisationen in Kenia und Ruanda. Frankfurt, New York: Campus, 558 pp.
Journal articles, book chapter
2019 Antje Daniel & Dieter Neubert: Civil Society and Social Movements: Conceptual Insights and Challenges in African Contexts. Critical African Studies. Online first.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2019.1613902
2016 Artur Bogner, Artur & Dieter Neubert: The complexity of actor-figurations in "conflict transformation" and "post-conflict" processes: Observations from northern Ghana and northern Uganda, in: Steve Tonah, Steve & Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoy (eds.), Managing chieftaincy and ethnic conflicts in Ghana. Accra: Woeli, 255-293.
2015 Elísio Macamo & Dieter Neubert: Science versus metaphysics. The importance of everyday life experience for the interpretation of disaster. In: Heike Egner, Marén Schorch & Martin Voss (eds.), Learning and Calamities. Practices, Interpretations, Patterns. New York/London: Routledge, 272-287.
2014 Dieter Neubert: What is “Middle Class”? In Search of an Appropriate Concept. In: META, Middle East – Topics and Arguments, Issue 2, 23-35.
2011 Andreas Neef & Dieter Neubert. Stakeholder participation in agricultural research projects: a conceptual framework for reflection and decision-making. Agriculture and Human Values 28, 179-194.
