Prof. Dr. Alexander Lenger

Appointment:      Sociology 

Office hours:       Per e-mail appointment

Professional career 

• Since 10/2019           Professor of Sociology, Catholic University of Freiburg
• 03/2018 - 09/2019    Acting W2-Professor for Economics and Didactics of                                               Economics, Centre for Economic Education, University of                                       Siegen
• 04/2016 - 03/2017    Acting W3-Professor for Sociology of Knowledge, Faculty of                                     Humanities and Social Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of                                           Technology (KIT)
• 04/2015 - 08/2015    Acting W3-Professor for Sociology, Philosophical Faculty of the                                 Freiburg University
• 03/2015 - 09/2019    Director of the Research Area, "Moral Development and Eco-                                   nomic Understanding", at the Centre for Teacher Education                                     and Educational Research, Office of Educational Research,                                     University of Siegen
• 03/2013 - 12/2016    Research Assistant in the special research area 1015,                                            “Leisure”, at the Institute for Sociology, University of Freiburg
• Since 11/2011           Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Sociology and Research                                     Fellow of the Global Studies Program, University of Freiburg
• 11/2011 - 10/2013    Research Assistant at the Business Ethics Unit, Department of                                 Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt
• 10/2009 - 10/2011    Director Global Studies Program, Institute of Sociology,                                           University of Freiburg (with Florian Schumacher)
• 09/2008 - 09/2009    Parental leave
• 03/2008 - 12/2010    Freelancer at the Chair of Social Policy & Organization of                                         Social Services, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
• 02/2007 - 12/2011    Visiting lecturer at the Institute for the International                                               Education of Students
• 10/2012                   PHD (Dr. rer. pol.) at University of Freiburg
• 12/2006                   Magister Artium (German academic title); Studies in                                               sociology, psychology, and economic policy at the University                                   of Freiburg
• 03/2006                   Diplom-Econmist (German academic title), University of                                         Freiburg

Work and research focus 

• Economic sociology, sociology of economic thought  
• Scientific university research, educational sociology, sociology in professional fields
• Sociology of social problems, social inequality, and social structure analysis
• Processes of economization and globalization
• Social theory, especially sociology of Pierre Bourdieu
• Social science and socio-economic education
• Cultural and contextual economics
• Economic ethics and interdisciplinary justice research

Work and research projects 

• Sociology of economic thought

Publications