Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II - Geographisches Institut

Personal data

• Date of birth: 8th of August 1961
• Place of birth: München, Germany
• Nationality: German
• Current Position: Professor
• Affiliation (address):
  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Institute of Geography
  Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin
  Phone: +49 30 2093 6892 / 6801
  Fax: +49 30 2093 6835
• E-mail: harald.mieg@geo.hu-berlin.de
• WWW: www.geographie.hu-berlin.de/Members/mieg_harald
• www.mieg.ethz.ch

Scientific career

• 2006: Organizer of the International Berlin Conference on Expertise in Context (DFG-funded, www.expertise-in-context.de)
• Since 2005: Director of the Georg-Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies at Humboldt-University (www.gsz.hu-berlin.de)
• Since 2004: Hans-Sauer Professor of Metropolitan Studies and Innovation at Humboldt University, Institute of Geography
• 1998-2004: Assistant Professor / Professor of Human-Environmental Interaction at the Department of Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich
• 1999: "Habilitation" in Environmental Social Sciences, ETH Zurich
• 1998: Member of the Swiss National Science Foundation working group on the introduction of Research Training Groups in Environmental Sciences.
• 1995-1997: MBA Zurich / Stanford (diploma in 2003)
• 1997: Visiting scholar at Chicago University (Sociology, Prof. Abbott).
• 1994: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the UN Headquarters in New York
• 1993-1997: Research assistant & project manager at the Chair of Social and Natural Science Interface, ETH Zurich (Prof. Scholz), involved in planning Zurich West and Zurich North (revitalization of industrial sites)
• 1990-1993: Dissertation in Social Psychology and Philosophy at Mannheim University (Prof. Irle). Philosophy assistant (to Prof. Delius)
• 1989: Diploma in Psychology / Mathematics at Mannheim University
• 1981: Grant by "Bayerische Hochbegabtenförderung", 1981