Former Permanent Fellow
IWM Non-Resident Permanent Fellow (2015-2025), Professor of Political Sociology, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
Short Biography
Claus Offe was a non-resident permanent fellow at the IWM and taught political sociology at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. He completed his PhD at the University of Frankfurt and his habilitation at the University of Konstanz. In Germany, he has held chairs for political science and political sociology at the Universities of Bielefeld (1975-1989) and Bremen (1989-1995), as well as at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (1995-2005). He has worked as fellow and visiting professor at, among others, the Institutes for Advanced Study in Stanford, Princeton, and the Australian National University as well as Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley and the New School, New York.
