Curriculum Vitae for Marlis Buchman AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Sociology of the Life Course (including Sociology of Youth) Social Change Social Stratification and Mobility Sociology of Work, Occupations, and Labor Markets(including Technology) Sociology of Culture EDUCATION 1988 Habilitation, University of Zurich 1982 Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Zurich 1977 M.A. in Sociology, Mass Communication, Social Psychology, University of Zürich EMPLOYMENT 2004-present Director, Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich 2000/2001 Director, Department of Sociology, University of Zurich 1994-present Professor of Sociology, University of Zurich, Zurich 1990-2005 Professor of Sociology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich 1988-1994 Privatdocent in Sociology, University of Zurich, Zurich 1980-1988 Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Zurich FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS 2002-2003 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA. 2001 Elected Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina 1989-1990 Visiting Professor of Sociology, Stanford University, Center for European Studies and Department of Sociology (Swiss Chair, Fellowship by the Swiss National Sience Foundation 1987-1988 Fellowship of the Committee for the Promotion of Young Academics,
University of Zurich 1985-1986 Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation: Visiting Scholar at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Centre de recherche de l'education et de la culture, (Professor Pierre Bourdieu), February-September, 1985. Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology, Stanford University, (Professor John Meyer), October-December, 1985. Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley, (Professor Neil Smelser), January 1986- June 1986. VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS 2000 Visiting Professor (Invited), Department of Sociology, University of California at Los Angeles, Winter Quarter 2000 1997 Visiting Scholar (Invited), Department of Sociology, University of California at Los Angeles, September 1997-January 1998 1996 Visiting Professor (Invited), Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), November 1995 Visiting Professor (Invited), Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), April. 1994 Visiting Professor (Invited), Department of Sociology, New York University. New York. September-October. 1993 Visiting Professor (Invited), Center for the Study of Status Passages and Risks in the Life Course, University of Bremen, Germany, December. 1992 Visiting Research Scholar at the New School of Social Research (Invited), Center for the Study of Social Change APPOINTED MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC BOARDS 2005-present Consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation s Bellagio program: Reviewer for the Social Sciences 2002-present Member of the Scientific Board of the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development Berlin. 2001-2004 German Research Council: Scientific Member of the Senate in Charge
of the Special Research Programs 2001-2004 Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: Member of the Scientific Board of the Transcoop Program (Trans-Atlantic Research Cooperation) 2000-present Board Member of the European Consortium of Sociological Research (ECSR) 1998-2005 Member of the Scientific Board of the Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozial-psychologie, Cologne, Germany 1998-2005 Member of the Scientific Board of ZUMA (Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen), Mannheim, Germany 1998-present Member of the Presidential Committee of the Max-Planck-Society for the Group of Young Academics at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin. 1997-2005 Member of the Scientific Board of the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialfor-schung, Berlin. 2000 Ad-hoc member of the Scientific Board of the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin, for the Six-Year Evaluation of the Institute 1998 Ad-hoc member of the Scientific Board of the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin; evaluation of the department "Education, Employment, and Social Change" (Professor Karl Ulrich Mayer). PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES 2005 Member of the Conference Organization Committee of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) for the Conference Comparative European Studies: Assessing Ten Years of Sociological Research, Paris, November 24-26. 2005 Organization of the international Conference Comparative Perspectives on Adolescent Development in a Globalizing World: Changing Opportunities, Constraints and Pathways of Risk. Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA., August 4-6. 2004 Vice-Chair of the Euresco Conference European Society or European Societies? On the Causes and Consequences of Low Education in Contemporary Europe, Granada, September 18-23. 2004 Member of the Scientific Committee for the Conference of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 28 (RC28) Social Stratification and Mobility, Neuchãtel, May, 7-9. 2000 Member of the Evaluation Group of the Social Sciences at Humboldt University, Berlin.
2000 Member of the Selection Committee for the Chair of Social Stratification and Inequality at the European University Institute, Florence 2000 Co-organization (with Professor Karl Ulrich Mayer and PD Micahel Corsten, Max-Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin) of the conference "The Future of Work", Jacobs Foundation, Marchbach Castle, November 10-12 1997-1999 European Sociological Association: Re-elected Member of the Executive Committee and Vice-President, responsible for research networks 1997 Member of the Evaluation Group appointed by the Scientific Council of Germany charged with the evaluation of social science institutions in Germany ("Gesellschaft für sozialwissenschaftliche Einrichtungen e.v." (Bonn, Köln, Mannheim) 1995-1997 European Sociological Association: Member of the Executive Committee 1996 Co-organization of the sessions "Democracy in Europe: Institutions and Citizenship" at the Third European Conference of Sociology of the European Sociological Association (with Professor Klaus Eder and Dr. Oliver Schmidtke, Humbold University Berlin), Colchester, August 27-30 1995 Co-organization (with Professor Volker Bornschier) of the spring conference of the Research Committee 28 (Social Stratification and Mobility) of the International Sociological Association, Zurich, May 25-27 1991-1994 European Sociological Review: Member of the Editorial Board 1984-1991 Associate Editor of the Swiss Journal of Sociology 1982-1989 Member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss Sociological Association, Elected-at-Large MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS American Sociological Association; section membership: Sociology of the Life Course; Sociology of Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Sociology of Culture. International Sociological Association; member of the Research Committee 28: Social Stratification and Mobility. European Sociological Association.
German Sociological Association; member of the section Social Inequality and Stratification. Swiss Sociological Association.