E-mail:
r-koessler [at] gmx.de
Areas of research:
Sociology of Development, Theory of Development, Political Sociology, Sociology & Politics of Work, Ethnicity, Public Memory, Theory of Society
Regional focus:
Southern Africa
Education:
1987
Habilitation in Sociology, University of Münster
1973-1978
Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Sociology, University of Münster
1972-1973
Chinese Studies, University of Leeds
1972
M.A. in, Eastern European History, University of Heidelberg
1967-1972
Sociology, Eastern European History, Medieval & Modern History, Social Anthropology, University of Heidelberg
Professional experience:
since 2015
Visiting Professor and Research Associate, Institute of Reconciliation and Social Justice, The University of the Free State, Südafrika
2013 - 2015
Director, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, Freiburg
since 2012
Adjunct Professor, Institue of Political sciences, University of Freiburg
Most important publications
(2015) Namibia and Germany. Negotiating the Past. Windhoek: University of Namibia Press/Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot
(2013) Gesellschaft bei Marx. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2. Aufl. (mit Hanns Wienold)
(1968) Entwicklung. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot
(1993) Despotie in der Moderne. Frankfurt am Main: Campus
(1990) Arbeitskultur im Industrialisierungsprozeß. Studien an englischen und sowjetrussischen Paradigmata. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot
