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E-mail: andreas.niederberger@uni-due-de
PERSONAL INFO
Name: Andreas Niederberger
Website: http://politischephilosophieessen.com/,
https://www.uni-due.de/philosophie/andreas_niederberger.php
EDUCATION
2008 – Habilitation, Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
2002 – PhD; Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2012 – Professor; Faculty of the Humanities, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
2008–2012 – associate professor; Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
2006–2008 – visiting assistant professor; Departments of German & Political Science, Northwestern University (Evanston/USA)
1994–2006 – assistant professor, research associate, teaching/research assistant; Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
MENTORSHIP OF PHD AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS
2010 – 2017 – eleven (11) PhD students; Faculty of the Humanities/Social Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen; Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Frankfurt/Main.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
1999 – 2017; Humanities/Social Sciences: Philosophy, Political Science, German Studies – University of Frankfurt (Germany), Saint Louis University (USA), Northwestern University (USA), University of Mainz (Germany), University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), Osaka University (Japan)
SCHOLARSHIP AND STUDY VISITS
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (academic year 1995/1996) – stay at University of Paris I
German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) (1994-1999)
MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the German Society for Philosophy, the Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophe Médiévale, the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers, the Political Theory Association.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Member of the Board of Directors of the Interdisciplinary Center for Integration and Migration Research (InZentIM) – 2016-
Director of the Department of Philosophy, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) – 2016-.
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS (selection since 2016)
Co-Organizer of int. conference Big Risks. Concepts & Research – University of Duisburg-Essen (2017)
Organizer of int. conference European Dimensions and Cosmopolitan Perspectives of Integration and Migration – University of Duisburg-Essen (2017)
Co-Organizer of int. conference The End of Citizenship – University of Duisburg-Essen (2017)
Co-Organizer of int. conference What’s so disturbing about climate change? Assessing the normative Dimensions and risks of climate change – University of Duisburg-Essen (2016)
Co-Organizer of int. conference Big Risks. Multiple Causes, Complex Reasons and Their Normative Assessment – Ruhr-University Bochum (2016)
MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC COOPERATIONS (since 2015)
Coordinator of Horizon2020 project “Norms and Values in the European Migration and Refugee Crisis” (EU-Commission, 2018-2021)
Research-Group-Leader in MERCATOR Forum “MIDEM-Migration and Democracy” (MERCATOR Foundation, 2017-2020)
Co-Director of research project “Big Risks: Perceptions, Management and Neuralgic Societal Risks in the 21st Century” (FUNK-Foundation, 2015-2019).
Director of research project “Ethics of Immigration” (MERCUR-Foundation 2015-2018).
Co-Director of research project “Basic Political Conflicts and the Role of Human Rights. The Case of the Amazon” (DAAD/CAPES, 2015-2016).