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===== Former Members of the Board ===== | ===== Former Members of the Board ===== | ||
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+ | == Prof. Dr. Volker Bornschier, Vice-president (President 1983-96) == | ||
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+ | Volker Bornschier was born in Witten-Ruhr, | ||
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+ | He is a founder member of the World Society Foundation and was its president from 1983 - 1996. He is currently serving as vice-president of this organisation, | ||
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+ | He was director of the Sociological Institute of the University of Zurich from 1997 to 2000 and was actively engaged in various international bodies, organising, for instance, aspects of four World Congresses of Sociology. He also served as a reviewer for social science journals and for research funding agencies. | ||
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+ | His academic activities at the University of Zurich, using a team-based approach, were research-oriented and included projects supported in particular by the SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation). Developing young scientific talent has, for decades, been of particular interest to him. | ||
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+ | He has produced and published 22 books (including many monographs), | ||
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+ | Various of his works have, besides having been published in German and/or English, been translated and published in Chinese, Spanish, French and Italian. | ||
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+ | In June 2004 he was honoured by his staff and many international colleagues with an international Symposium, The Future of World Society, held at the University of Zurich, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. On May 14, 2009, he delivered his Farewell Lecture at the occasion of his emeritation (see the pdf of the published version and the press release in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung). He lives in Málaga (Spain), Cortona (Italy) and Zurich (Switzerland). | ||
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==Prof. Dr. Peter Heintz, Founder of the WSF (†1983)== | ==Prof. Dr. Peter Heintz, Founder of the WSF (†1983)== |