Professor Dr. Matthias Koenig
Vice President of the DFG since 2021
Professor Dr. Matthias Koenig
Chair for Empirical Macrosociology
Max Weber Institute for Sociology
University of Heidelberg
Academic résumé
| Year | Discription |
|---|---|
| Since 2020 | Chair (W3) for Empirical Macrosociology, University of Heidelberg |
| 2015 | Offer of appointment at the University of Bonn (declined) |
| 2013 | Offer of appointment at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA, declined) |
| 2006 - 2020 | Professorship (W3, W2 until 2008) for Sociology with a focus on Sociology of Religion, University of Göttingen |
| 2008 | Postdoctoral lecturing qualification in sociology, University of Bamberg |
| 2003 - 2006 | University Assistant (C1), General Sociology, University of Bamberg |
| 2003 | Doctorate in Sociology, University of Marburg |
| 1998 - 2003 | Research Associate, General Sociology, University of Marburg |
| 1998 | Internship at the Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO, Paris |
| 1997 | M.A. in Sociology and Protestant Theology, University of Marburg |
| 1991 - 1997 | Degree in sociology and Protestant theology at the universities of Hamburg, Marburg and Princeton |
Awards, visiting professorships, fellowships
| Year | Discription |
|---|---|
| 2018 - 2019 | Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University |
| 2015 | Directeur d’Études Invité, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris |
| 2011 - 2021 | Max Planck Fellow, Max Planck Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften |
| 2011 | Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2010 - 2011 | Hannah Arendt Chair in German and European Studies (DAAD), University of Toronto |
| 2006 | Directeur d’Études Invité, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris |
| 2005 - 2010 | Member of the Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2003 | Dissertation Award, University of Marburg |
| 2002 | Marie Curie Fellowship, Institut de la Recherche sur les Sociétés Contemporaines, Paris |
| 1999 | EUSSIRF Fellowship, London School of Economics and Social Sciences |
| 1991 - 1997 | Scholarships under the Bavarian Scholarship Programme for the Gifted and the Protestant Academic Foundation Villigst |
Third-party funded projects
| Year | Discription |
|---|---|
| 2020 - 2023 | ORA / DFG „Muslim-Jewish encounter, diversity and distance in urban Europe. Religion, culture and social model” (ENCOUNTERS) |
| 2018 - 2021 | Era-Net RUS / BMBF “Post-imperial diversities – majority-minority relations in the transition from empires to nation-states” (ImpDiv) |
| 2017 - 2021 | DFG “Recent immigration processes and early integration trajectories in Germany” (ENTRA) |
| 2016 - 2017 | Stiftung Mercator “Religion, cultural resources and educational attainment” |
| 2013 - 2015 | BMBF Transregionales Netzwerk CETREN |
| 2009 - 2013 | Era-Net NORFACE “Causes and consequences of early socio-cultural integration processes among new immigrants in Europe” (SCIP) |
| 2008 - 2011 | Volkswagen Foundation “Europeanization, multiple modernities, and collective identities – religion, nation, and ethnicity in an enlarged Europe” |
Academic positions and offices
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| Since 2020 | Board Member of the Human Rights Section, American Sociological Association |
| Since 2017 | Member of the Selection Committee of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize (DFG) |
| Since 2015 | Member of the Selection Committee of the Minerva Fellowships Programme (Minerva Foundation) |
| Since 2012 | Academic Advisory Board, International Sociology |
| 2018 - 2020 | Member of the Göttingen Campus Council |
| 2014 - 2020 | Deputy Director, Lichtenberg Kolleg, University of Göttingen |
| 2010 - 2021 | Academic Advisory Board, Journal of Sociology |
| 2009 - 2017 | Board Member of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion |
| 2008 - 2017 | Academic Advisory Board, Institute for World Society Studies, University of Bielefeld |
| 2008 - 2013 | Academic Advisory Board, Social Science Institute of the EKD |
| 2008 - 2009 | Member of the Coordination Group “Science Year 2009” (BMBF) |
| 2007 - 2017 | Board Member of the Sociology of Religion Section of the German Sociological Association |
| 2007 - 2008 | Spokesperson of the Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
Knowledge transfer and consultancy
| Year | Description |
| 2015 | Expert on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, German Bundestag, Berlin |
| 2010, 2019 | Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Washington D.C. |
| 1999 - 2000 | European Minority Centre, Flensburg |
| 1998 - 2009 | Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO, Paris |
Research focus
Empirical macrosociology, globalisation, human rights, migration, sociology of law and religion, sociological theory
Review activity
Journals
Acta Sociologica; American Sociological Review; British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies; British Journal of Sociology; Comparative Migration Studies; Comparative Political Studies; Current Sociology; Ethnic and Racial Studies; Ethnicities; European Sociological Review; International Migration; International Migration Review; International Sociology; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie; Nordic Journal of Migration Studies; Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft; Political Studies; Politics and Religion; Social Compass – International Review of Sociology of Religion; Social Forces; Social Science Research; Socio-Economic Review; Sociological Quarterly; Soziale Welt; The International Spectator; Theory and Society; World Politics; Zeitschrift für Soziologie.
Publishers
Amsterdam University Press; Brill Academic Publishers; Hamburger Edition; Palgrave Macmillan; Oxford University Press; University of British Columbia Press; University of Toronto Press.
Research
Agence Nationale de la Recherche; Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst; European Union Horizon 2020; Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung; Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej; Leibniz-Gemeinschaft; Stiftung Mercator; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften; Schweizer Nationalfond; Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes; Thyssen Stiftung; Volkswagen Stiftung.
Selected Publications
- Koenig, Matthias. 2020. “Emile Durkheim and the sociology of religion”. In: Hans Joas & Andreas Pettenkofer (Hg.), Oxford Handbook for Durkheim Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Burchardt, Marian, Zeynep Yanasmayan & Matthias Koenig. 2019. “The judicial politics of ‘burqa bans’ in Belgium and Spain – socio-legal field dynamics and the standardization of justificatory repertoires”. Law and Social Inquiry 44(2): 333-358.
- Ohlendorf, David, Claudia Diehl & Matthias Koenig. 2017. „Religion und Bildungserfolg im Migrationskontext – theoretische Argumente, empirische Befunde und offene Fragen“. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 69(4): 561-591.
- Koenig, Matthias, Mieke Malipaard & Ayse Güveli. 2016. “Religion and new immigrants’ labor market entry in Western Europe”, Ethnicities 16(2): 213-235.
- Spohn, Willfried, Matthias Koenig & Wolfgang Knöbl (Hg.). 2015. Religion and National Identities in an Enlarged Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Koenig, Matthias. 2015. “Governance of religious diversity at the European Court of Human Rights”. In: Jane Bolden & Will Kymlicka (Hg.), International Approaches to Governing Ethnic Diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, S. 51-78.
- Connor, Phillip & Matthias Koenig. 2013. “Bridge and barrier - religion and immigrant occupational attainment across integration contexts”, International Migration Review 47/1: 3-38.
- Koenig, Matthias & Julian Dierkes 2011. „Conflict in the world-polity – neo-institutional perspectives”. Acta Sociologica 54/1: 5-25.
- Bramadat, Paul & Matthias Koenig (Hg.). 2009. International Migration and the Governance of Religious Diversity. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
- Diehl, Claudia, Matthias Koenig & Kerstin Rueckdeschel. 2009. „Religiosity and gender equality – comparing natives and Muslim migrants in Germany“. Ethnic and Racial Studies 32/2: 278-301.
- Koenig, Matthias & Jean-Paul Willaime (Hg.). 2008. Religionskontroversen in Frankreich und Deutschland. Hamburg: Hamburger Edition.
- Koenig, Matthias. 2008. „Institutional change in the world polity – international human rights and the construction of collective identities“. International Sociology 23/1: 95-114.
- Koenig, Matthias & Paul de Guchteneire (Hg.). 2007. Human Rights and Democracy in Multicultural Societies. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Koenig, Matthias. 2007. „Europeanising the governance of religious diversity? An institutionalist account of Muslim struggles for public recognition“. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 33/6: 911-932.
- Koenig, Matthias. 2005. Menschenrechte. Frankfurt a.M. & New York: Campus.